Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 5:37 
Bird watchers say they are thrilled to have Monk parakeets in Howard Beach. Image by Alonso Javier TorresBird watchers in Charles Park have been delighted by sightings of monk parakeets, with their distinctive bright green and blue feathers, perched atop utility poles near 165th Avenue in Old Howard Beach.
Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 5:44 
Quaker parrots in flight at Overpeck Park in Leonia. Image WAYNE NORRISLEONIA — It was hard to miss the tangled mass of twigs engulfing a transformer high atop a utility pole in Overpeck County Park on Fort Lee Road.
Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 4:38 
This monk parakeet recently visited Arlene Koch's backyard. At 5:15 Thursday afternoon a week ago, I was peeling potatoes at the kitchen sink and occasionally looking out at the backyard feeders. I've made a lot of planting mistakes through the years but I was much better at putting my bird feeders in the right places.
I knew that if I was going to maintain them properly and spend money for seeds, I certainly wanted to be able to easily see what was going on at them from the spots in the house I most frequent. And those spots are the area around the kitchen sink, the kitchen door window and in the living room recliner with a picture window view of the front yard.
When I was done peeling all the potatoes I scooped up the peels with my hand and nonchalantly looked out the window. But I immediately dropped the peels back into the sink and for a second thought I was hallucinating. There in an open hanging black oil sunflower feeder was a big light green bird with dark blue on its wings.
Friday, March 2, 2012 at 16:27 
Brenda Wilson inspects her parrot, Doc, inside her Battle Ground home. The parrot’s transformation over the past decade has been amazing to watch, Wilson’s friends and family said. Photo by Zachary Kaufman BATTLE GROUND “I’m a bad bird! I’m a bad bird! I’m a bad bird!”
Doc the parrot’s deep-voiced self-assessment bounced off the walls of Brenda Wilson’s home seconds after he bit his new owner on the finger. She had unknowingly committed the cardinal sin in his world. She had threatened his “baby bell.”
Myiopsitta monachus - Monk Parakeet | in At the Vet, Pet care, Rescue, Training Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 15:03 
Monk parakeet (Myopsitta monachus) Photo: J.I.Padilha 2011Campaigners trying to save a colony of monk parakeets on the Isle of Dogs are celebrating victory after Tower Hamlets Council agreed to stop all culling activity in the borough.
Myiopsitta monachus - Monk Parakeet | in Cull, Legislation