Monday, May 6, 2013 at 5:28 
Monk parakeet on bird feeder. Image by: Su Carlson
Argentine health officials are warning the public not to buy birds sold on the street after at least five people have contracted the very serious disease, psittacosis, according to El Tribuno report May 4.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 12:10 
A wild monk parakeet pulls a twig from a tree outside the Newman Greenie House on Monday afternoon to add to its nest in a nearby stadium light. (Robert Morris)When officials announced last month that a major new drainage project on Jefferson Avenue would begin in April, many Uptown residents worried about the effects on traffic, parking, rainwater drainage during the actual construction, and the removal of trees in the neutral ground.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 4:57 
Several colonies of brightly-colored Quaker Parrots, also known as Monk parakeets, have taken up residence in Bergen County towns along the Palisades. The tropical birds have flourished year-round in large nests built in treetops and utility poles. Image by S.P. Sullivan
EDGEWATER — One of the unique sights the denizens of the New Jersey Palisades become accustomed to is the quick flash of green overhead — a tropical parrot joining his flock in the trees.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 15:59 
PSE&G crew members began removing bird nests along their utility polls in Edgewater on Tuesday and are scheduled to remove more of them in Fort Lee and Leonia Wednesday. Image by KEVIN R. WEXLERPSE&G crews began removing bird nests along their utility poles in Edgewater on Tuesday and are scheduled to remove more of them in Fort Lee and Leonia Wednesday.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 14:29 
Monk parakeets in the Chicago snow. Image by Miller ProsserSo many of Aleksandar Hemon's reasons he'll never leave Chicago are familiar to me, as they'll be to even those who are fairly new in town. But one in particular resonated with me, since it was one of the first things I saw in Chicago, and one of the things that helped get me through to spring:
