Another good article on the Monk Parakeet situation is from Audubon
Magazine, January 2005:

http://www.audubonmagazine.org/birds/birds0501.html

Interestingly, this article from the National Audubon Society seems to
defend the Monks, citing the same lack of evidence of any true harm caused
by the many established colonies in the U.S.

By the way, a Tahoma Audubon group was recently in Port Orchard, where it
appears that the Monk nest there has fallen into neglect, and no birds were
seen.

Diane Yorgason-Quinn
Wauna, WA
Avosetta at hotmail.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <jbroadus at seanet.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 4:56 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Good monk parakeet article


> For anyone interested, there is a good article on the worldwide
> spread of monk parakeets at:
>
> http://invasions.bio.utk.edu/invaders/monk.html
>
> I seem to recall reading (elsewhere) that one of the problems
> that utility companies in Florida have had with these nests is
> that certain human individuals, with perhaps more zeal and
> entrepreneurship than brains, have been electrocuted when
> climbing power poles to capture monk parakeets from their
> nests to sell in the pet trade. It may be worthwhile to remember
> that people will figure out a way to make a buck off of anything.
> Jerry Broadus, PLS
> Geometrix Surveying, Inc.
> P.O. Box 249
> Puyallup, WA. 98371