>> Besides all of the arguments that came up re: for and against netting
>> Montlake Phil, netting the parakeets would pose an interesting dilemma:
>> If you were to net and band them, would it be ethical to re-release
>> an introduced species?
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>
> why not net them and give them to Mike Waller...that would get
> them out of competition with the locals...

I agree completely. If it is possible to capture them, they should be
captured and removed from the wild. There are too many examples of
introduced animals becoming pests.

Scott