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	Invader of the Month: The Monk Parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus
		Monk parakeets prefer open habitats of native savannah woodlands and human-altered or artificial habitats such as open eucalyptus forests, plantations, farms, orchards, and palm groves (Long 1981, Lever 1987, Bucher 1992, Spreyer and Bucher 1998).
		Monks are essentially granivorous, eating seeds of plants in the families Poaceae, Asteraceae, and Cyperacea during all times of the year, and seeds of maize and sunflower between February and September (Aramburu 1995).
		Monks were first observed to the north in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1980, representing the northernmost known population of monks, and may have taken hold (Gauthier and Aubrey 1996, Spreyer and Bucher 1998).
	invasions.bio.utk.edu /invaders/monk.html (5661 words)

	Parakeet - MSN Encarta
		The parrots popularly called parakeets are grouped together only because of their small size and not because they are all closely related to each other.
		Monk parakeets are 11.4 in (29 cm) long and have mainly green plumage.
		Efforts to control monk parakeets as an invasive species have caused controversy, with some people arguing that the formerly domestic birds should be left alone in the wild.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578321/Parakeet.html (766 words)

	Bird Times Magazine Parakeet Profile
		Parakeets that are tame enough to be outside their cages love to nibble on earrings and other shiny jewelry.
		Originally, parakeets were only available in shades of yellow and green; the albino lutino, a yellow bird with pink eyes and white cheeks, appeared only as a mutation.
		One parakeet of my own was so intent on laying that she laid eggs underneath her seed dish not long after she had hatched out a clutch of babies.
	www.petpublishing.com /birdtimes/breeds/keet.shtml (1896 words)

	FPL \| Monk Parakeet
		Impacts: The monk, or Quaker, parakeet is a temperate to subtropical invasive species that was introduced to the United States in the 1960s.
		Monk parakeets build large communal nests in trees, electrical equipment, telecommunication towers and, in some areas of the world, on cliffs.
		The monk parakeet population doubles approximately every 4.8 years and is expected to grow 14 times larger over the next 10 years if it is not managed appropriately.
	www.fpl.com /environment/exotic/monk_parakeet.shtml (117 words)

	The Newtown Bee
		The monk parakeet, a native of South America, was introduced in the United States in the 1960s and has learned to survive in urban areas.
		Monk parakeets are not native to this country so they are not protected by law.
		While the nonnative monk parakeets, Myiopsitta monachus, are relatively new to the avian scene in America, the country's best-known native parrot species considered common when John James Audubon explored the continent was the Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis, now extinct.
	www.newtownbee.com /Features.asp?s=Features-2005-12-08-13-35-58p1.htm (1118 words)

	NJ OWL Monk Parakeet Outing, July 15, 2001
		Monk parakeets are from South America and now have colonies established throughout the northeastern US.
		Monk parakeets build large, bulky stick nests that have several individuals nesting at once.
		Monk parakeets resemble mourning doves in flight except that their heads are bigger and more blunted.
	www.njowl.org /outing7-01monk.htm (459 words)

	Monk Parakeets - Winter 2003
		The monk parakeet, also known as the Quaker or gray-headed parakeet or parrot, was imported for the pet trade during the late sixties and early seventies.
		Monk parakeets have fed on fields of wheat and corn in South America and fruit orchards in Florida.
		Like the monk parakeet, the Carolina parakeet was a colorful, small parrot that lived on an eclectic diet of seeds, buds, and fruits and was kept as a caged bird.
	chicagowildernessmag.org /issues/winter2003/monkparakeets.html (1445 words)

	Monk Parakeet Species Account - Florida Breeding Bird Atlas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Monk Parakeet is probably the most widespread and successful parrot in Florida, due in large part to its highly colonial behavior.
		Free-flying Monk Parakeets were first reported in the United States in the New York City area in 1967 (Neidermyer and Hickey 1977).
		In South America the Monk Parakeet is a bird of "open woods, cultivated lands, [and] palm groves" (de Schauensee 1970); in Florida, it is a bird of suburban areas.
	www.wildflorida.org /bba/MOPA.htm (607 words)

	Birdorable » Monk Parakeet - Cute bird t-shirts for birders and gifts with cute birds
		The Monk Parakeet, also known as the Quaker Parrot, is a species of parrot that originates in the temperate areas of Argentina and Brazil in South America.
		Monk Parakeets often breed colonially, building a single large nest with separate entrances for each pair.
		The Monk Parakeet was brought to the United States in the late 1960s as a pet.
	www.birdorable.com /meet/monk-parakeet (342 words)

	Invasion Biology Introduced Species Summary Project - Columbia University
		Monks have their largest population within the United States in Florida due to the large number of flowering, nectar and fruit-producing ornamental and exotic invasive plants that reside in that state.
		Ecological Role: The monk parakeet is primarily an herbivore, eating seeds from plants of the Poaceae, Asteraceae, and Cyperacea families, in addition to corn, wheat, barley, millet, fruit, berries, and sometimes insects.
		Monk parakeets positively play on the psychology of the inhabitants of the areas they have invaded, since most of these places are cities which contain very little wildlife.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/Myiopsitta_monachus2.html (1028 words)

	Monk news
		The monk parakeet, a species non-native to Connecticut, is currently being captured from its nest on utility poles belonging to United Illuminating, a New Haven-based utility company.
		According to Carbone, the track record of the monk parakeets — causing four fires and eight to 12 power outages over the last three years — is enough for the utility company to take strong measures to eliminate the threat of service interruption caused by the small green birds.
		The monk parakeet is believed to have been originally imported as a pet from the tropics and may have escaped from Kennedy airport several decades ago.
	www.animalliberationfront.com /News/2005_12/monknews1205.htm (1008 words)

	Connecticut Audubon Society
		The species, known as monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) ordinarily residents of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, were imported in large numbers to this country by the pet industry in the late 1960's and early 1970's.
		The monk parakeet is approximately 12 inches in length, with a bright green body, deep blue primary feathers, yellowish green underparts and a sharply pointed long blue-green tail.
		A colonial nester, the monk parakeet is the only parrot of 300 members of the Psittacidae family to build a stick nest.
	www.ctaudubon.org /conserv/nature/parowl.htm (2814 words)

	Monk Parakeet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Monk Parakeets are native to South America, specifically Argentina and Bolivia.
		Monk Parakeets are the only species of parrots known to build complex stick nests made from various types of twigs.
		Monk Parakeets can be found in over fifteen states in the United States including Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Connecticut, Texas, New Jersey, and New York.
	www.stevemetzphotography.com /photo%20pages/Oklahoma/Monk%20Parakeet.htm (135 words)

	introduction
		The Monk Parakeet is a South American species, originally ranging from central Bolivia and south Brazil to central Argentina.
		Large flocks of parakeets descend on ripening cereal and citrus fruits and eat the seeds and grains.
		Aside from a population of Monks that have been bred with a blue female phenotype, the only way to correctly identify the sex of the birds is by DNA testing.
	www.geocities.com /bklyncollegemonkparakeets/introduction.html (309 words)

	Monk Parakeet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The story of the introduced Monk Parakeet is one of the most interesting tales of North American birding.
		The Monk Parakeets were not aggressive, and shared whatever space was available with the native seedeaters, including the Black-capped Chickadee in the image directly above.
		Monk Parakeets are at the large end of the parakeet spectrum- any larger and they could be considered parrots.
	www.kenallaire.com /birds/library/monkparakeet.html (280 words)

	Monk Parakeet Information
		The Monk Parakeet is the only parrot that builds a stick nest, in a tree or on a man-made structure, rather than using a hole.
		The Monk Parakeet was brought to the United States in the late 1960s as a pet.
		The lifespan of Monk Parakeets has been quoted to be from 15-20 years [1], to 25-30 years [2].
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Monk_Parakeet (548 words)

	Stop Killing The Parrots
		Monks are essentially granivorous, eating seeds of plants in the families Poaceae, Asteraceae, and Cyperacea during all times of the year, and seeds of maize and sunflower between February and September (Aramburu 1995).
		Monks were first observed to the north in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1980, representing the northernmost known population of monks, and may have taken hold (Gauthier and Aubrey 1996, Spreyer and Bucher 1998).
		Monk parakeets have populated the state’s coastline and are believed to be the only species of parakeet able to live outdoors in the Northeast, according to Noble Proctor, professor of biology and internationally renowned ornithologist.
	stopkillingtheparrots.com (1433 words)

	Choosing a Monk Parakeet
		One of the few states that is hostile to monk parakeets is California, where the birds are prohibited as pets and are sporadically eradicated in some places, according to Annamaria van Doorn, a graduate student at the University of Florida.
		Monks can be quite loud with a shrill call but they are excellent talkers with large vocabularies – sometimes up to a hundred words that they tend to use appropriately.
		Monks usually begin to breed in mid-spring and continue well into the summer months, producing three or four clutches a year.
	www.petplace.com /birds/choosing-a-monk-parakeet/page1.aspx (1550 words)

	Monk Parakeet Species Account - Florida Breeding Bird Atlas
		The Monk Parakeet is probably the most widespread and successful parrot in Florida, due in large part to its highly colonial behavior.
		Free-flying Monk Parakeets were first reported in the United States in the New York City area in 1967 (Neidermyer and Hickey 1977).
		In South America the Monk Parakeet is a bird of "open woods, cultivated lands, [and] palm groves" (de Schauensee 1970); in Florida, it is a bird of suburban areas.
	myfwc.com /bba/mopa.htm (607 words)

	Monk Parakeet - Myiopsitta monachus - Conure veuve
		Monk Parakeet is mostly green with pale grey to whitish forehead, face, chin and throat.
		In South America, Monk Parakeet is common in semi-arid savannahs with scattered or isolated trees, and in woodlands, from sea level to 1,000 m, sometimes 1,800 m of elevation.
		Parakeets are preyed upon by snakes and some mammals which visit the nests for eggs and chicks.
	www.oiseaux.net /oiseaux/psittaciformes/monk.parakeet.html (963 words)

	United Illuminating (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Monk parakeet nests that are located on utility equipment pose a serious risk to public health and safety and can impede UI's ability to provide reliable electric service to its customers.
		No. Monk parakeets are not native to the United States and therefore not protected by federal or state laws.
		Monk parakeets are, while beautiful in appearance, are an invasive, non-native species whose nests, when on electrical equipment, pose risks to public health and safety and threaten UI’s ability to provide reliable electric service to its customers.
	www.uinet.com /about/News2005/news11.29.05.asp (901 words)

	parakeet - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Cockatoo, common name for 17 species of birds in a family of the same order as the parrot family, found in Australia, the East Indies, and the...
		The Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus), also known as the Quaker Parrot, is a species of parrot that originated in the temperate areas of Argentina and Brazil in South America.
		Information on how to care for and train your budgie or parakeet, plus budgie sounds and pictures.
	encarta.msn.com /parakeet.html (187 words)

	Nesting of the Spot-winged Falconet in Monk Parakeet Nests
		In contrast, the parakeets do not appear to be greatly disturbed when a neighbor- ing colony, as close as 5 m, has been occupied by a falconet, even during the breeding season.
		The parakeets are sup- planted from active nests, and we have not seen fal- conets and parakeets sharing the same communal nests.
		The use of the large thorny nests of Monk Para- keets by the Spot-winged Falconet is analogous to the nesting niche of the African Pigmy Falcon (Po- lihierax semitorquatus), which uses the communal nests of Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius).
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v101n03/p0614-p0615.html (1128 words)

	Monk parakeets in Brussels / Myiopsitta monachus
		Monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus), who normally live in South America in Argentina and Brazil, have escaped or have been set free in several places in Europe and in the U.S.A. In Bruxelles (Brussels) in Belgium there are some colonies.There are three nests in the commune of Uccle and four nests in the commune of Ixelles.
		The story about the parakeets in Bruxelles (Brussels) - as I am told - is that a petshopper in the 1974 went bankrupt and instead of killing the 12 pairs of monk parakeets he set them free.
		If you want to read and se more about monk parakeets then there are some big websites on freely living monk parakeets in U.S.A. The websites have lists of literature and links.
	hjem.get2net.dk /phk/parakeeteng.htm (511 words)

	The Monk Parakeets of Milford, CT Photo Gallery by Rick Baumhauer at pbase.com
		The Monk Parakeets of Milford, CT The theory goes that, sometime in the mid-1960s, a shipment of Monk Parakeets (also known as Quaker Parrots) fell off a plane at JFK airport, and several birds escaped.
		The parakeets are usually most active starting around 3pm in the summer, when all the birds pitch in on adding to the ever-growing nests - they are really quite something to watch as they fly off to retrieve new nesting material, fly it back, and weave it into the existing structure.
		The parakeets do sometimes build their nest at the top of power/telephone poles, and this has led to some localities pondering declaring them a nuisance/pest, as the nests have caused utility outages.
	www.pbase.com /rnb2/monk_parakeets (360 words)

	Monk Parakeet - wildbird.com
		Monk Parakeet: Medium-sized parakeet, green overall with gray forehead, cheeks, lores, and throat.
		Monk Parakeet: Native of South America; introduced to North America, establishing feral populations in and around cities from New England to the midwest, southeast Texas, and Florida; south Florida supports the largest population.
		Monk Parakeet: This noisy bird utters a wide range of various shrieks and screams.
	whatbird.wildbird.com /obj/932/_/target.aspx (495 words)

	Lesson Plans
		Between the late 1960s and early 1970s, over 64,000 monk parakeets were imported into North America, and their establishment was the result of intentional or unintentional releases of captive individuals.
		Monks are quite vocal and have a wide vocabulary, with many different screeches and squawks and nearly continuous chatter at communal nests.
		Monks usually fly in loose flocks of 15 to 20 birds, but flocks of 100 birds are not uncommon.
	www.thirteen.org /edonline/ntti/resources/lessons/s_south/b.html (2521 words)

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