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Less than
a century after the only parrot exclusively native to the United
States became extinct, another parrot has become established in
North America. The monk or Quaker parrot isn’t crowding out
songbirds or woodpeckers or scissor-tailed fly catchers, but
rather prefers urban habitat modified in ways most native species
cannot survive.
Will this new parrot be allowed to stay?
Is there room today for parrots in the city?
Parrot behavior
consultant, Mattie Sue Athan, has won Amazon's Best-selling Bird
Care and OWFI's Best Non-Fiction Book Awards. Here she joins
Jon-Mark and JoAnn Davey to document the status of wild monk/Quaker
parrots. The coauthors share almost half a century of experience
watching wild parrots in North America.
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Protecting wild habitat is no easy matter.
Although the owners of this site advocate humane treatment of wild
Quaker or monk parrots, this is not to be construed as favoring
their release. Please do not release non-native species into the
wild. If your pet bird flies away, go after it. It's the most
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