Bill protecting N.J. parrots stalled in Senate committee

Parrots are seen at Memorial Park at the corner of Rt. 5 and River Road in Edgewater on June 4, 2009. Time is running out on a bill to protect the wild monk parakeets that have taken up residence in this urban Bergen County town. For the third time in four years, the parakeet bill has been stalled in Trenton. Image by Ira MachefskyEDGEWATER -- Time is running out on legislation to protect the wild parrots of Edgewater. Again.

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Fighting Real Parrots With a Fake Owl

Exotic green birds in Whitestone, Queens, have built nests up on Con Ed equipment, which often starts fires and destroys costly machinery. Many of Con Edison’s challenges are well known — blackouts and steam pipe explosions included — but a lesser-known problem has proved no less nagging: how to protect equipment from the thousands of monk parakeets that nest in the utility poles of Queens and Brooklyn.

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Power Line Perching Parrots Put Out

Feral parrots roost in an electric substation, the birds, nests and eggs were removed. Feral parrots that called a Dallas electric substation home have a new place to roost.

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Hero Parrot: Who's A Clever Boy Then?

Willie raised alarm to save choking toddler

A parrot whose cries of alamer helped save the life of a choking girl has been hailed a hero.

Willie, a Quaker parrot, has been awarded the local Red Cross chapter's Animal Lifesaver Award in Denver, Colorado.

His histrionics alerted his owner, Megan Howard, who was baby-sitting the toddler last November.

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In This Springtime Battle, the Parakeets Appear to Be Winning

Monk parakeet by Alan Zale for The New York Times IT’S spring, and monk parakeets, the small green birds from South America that have proliferated in Connecticut and other parts of the region, are building their huge nests in utility poles and lighting fixtures here — rebuilding, really, after their nests were torn down by utility workers last fall.

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