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Monk Parakeet

Posted on Jun 18, 2015

Are we sure Monk Parakeets aren’t native? They certainly look right at home sometimes…and they often make me think of the extinct Carolina Parakeet that we never had the opportunity to see outside of a drawer in the RTPI archives. We as naturalists and conservationists must be working hard every single day so that our currently threatened species do not end up solely as parts of museum collections.

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Scott Kruitbosch
Conservation & Outreach Coordinator