Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 12:14 
The parakeets seized by Nature enthusiasts and Forest Department personnel from a vendor at Ukkadam in the city on Monday. Photo: S. Siva Saravanan Two nature enthusiasts and Forest Department personnel on Monday rescued five parakeets from a vendor at Ukkadam area.
Monday, July 16, 2012 at 23:53 
Parakeets for breakfast. Image by Jatinder JoshiEvery morning, 74-year-old C Krishnavenni wakes up before sunrise. She doesn't have many domestic chores to do. But she has a large company of parrots to feed, with the birds flocking to her house in Sai Nagar, Virugambakkam, at the same hour.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 7:47 
The Ring-neck parakeet population on the Seychelles island of Mahe will be destroyed. LE JARDIN DU ROI, Seychelles (AP) - The green parrots that live on the tropical paradise of Seychelles fly into the bamboo stalks next to Micheleine Georges' 150-year-old farmhouse at dusk. The birds are small and cute. They are also marked for death.
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 14:14 
The flocks are thought to originate from a handful of birds which escaped in 1969Researchers in Kent believe flocks of wild parakeets have been migrating to the West Midlands from London.
Friday, May 11, 2012 at 13:56 
Ring-necked parakeets nest in their thousands in the Rhine-Main regionDieter Zingel in conversation with Dieter Kassel
The Ring-necked parakeet has the widest range of any parrot. They have now also settled the Rhine-Main area in Germany. The green birds are suspected of being nest robbers. "This is often overstated," says amateur ornithologist Dieter Zingel.
