Black-capped chickadees, dark-eyed juncos and cardinals congregate around a backyard feeder as birdseed falls to the grass like sprinkles. Suddenly, from the sky comes a flash of vivid green and blue, ...

Like some now-ubiquitous celebrity who seems in retrospect to have always been around (think the cast of Seinfeld), I can’t remember the first time I ever laid eyes on a monk parakeet in the Texas ...

Highly intelligent and gregarious, the monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) or monk parrot is a fantastic little bird to keep as a pet. Getting about 11-inches when fully grown and having a much more ...

While they look similar to monks due to their medium size, mostly bright green bodies, and long, pointed tails, Nanday parakeets have bold black faces, throats, and black bills. They also have hints ...

Their squawk sounds like thumbtacks going down a trash disposal. Their habit of nesting on power lines causes blackouts and millions of dollars in damage. Yet the monk parakeets that have colonized ...

Monk parakeets have been around the Houston area for more than 30 years, but many people are still surprised when they see a flock of the bright-green birds in their neighborhood. Perhaps it's that we ...

Stoneybrook residents tell many tales about how dozens of wild monk parakeets — green gray-chested birds native to South America — came to roost in their Denbigh neighborhood. One says a truck bound ...

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