Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 2:40 "Our residents seem to prefer the palm trees," said Leah Pummill, president of the Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 10:46 
Christine Brock SEVEN perched monk parakeets were shot dead in Borehamwood as part of a fact-finding mission by the Government's environmental body in 2008.
Freedom of information requests reveal the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) spent £37,000 investigating the most effective options to attempt an eradication or population control programme, between September and November 2008.
Documents show a range of techniques were employed in an unknown Borehamwood location, censored due to privacy issues, to find out how the birds would react.
Following a four day test in which nests were removed, a report dated October 7 states: “During agonistic activity and rebuilding activity birds presented themselves openly on branches (easy targets for shooter).”
Myiopsitta monachus - Monk Parakeet | in Cull, Urban parrots Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 12:12 
Monk Parakeet Photo: Thomas QuineTHE Government's environmental body has stepped up its efforts to eradicate a feral population of monk parakeets in Borehamwood this week.
Work has centred on a home in Mildred Avenue, near to the backgarden of a house in Furzhill Road, where it is thought a number of the South American birds escaped from an aviary in the 1990s.
A resident, who did not wish to be named, said officers from The Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) were going hell-for-leather as they brought in cherry pickers and chainsaws to continue their work.
Sightings of mysterious white sacks being removed has alarmed some people, following the revelation that four birds have so far been killed.
Myiopsitta monachus - Monk Parakeet | in Cull, Urban parrots Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 5:12 
Monk parakeets enjoying ornamental plants. Image by Ferran PestañaTHE Government's environmental body has confirmed it is culling monk parakeets found in Borehamwood.
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 11:45 
New Jersey Quaker Parrots - Monk Parakeets Photo: Scott HudsonA bill that would allow more than 1,000 New Hampshire residents, currently living here illegally in cages, to remain in their homes is headed to the desk of Gov. John Lynch for his signature, after House Bill 651 passed unanimously by the Senate Wednesday.
