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  2. Monk parakeet - Wikipedia

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    The first documented parrot nest in Chicago dates to 1973. [63] The species thrives despite harsh winters; attempts to remove them have been resisted by Hyde Park residents, including Mayor Harold Washington. [64] The birds are generally welcomed in the city, especially by bird watchers, and were the subject of a 2012 ornithological study. [62]

  3. List of birds of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Parrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and they have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two to the back. Most of the more than 150 species in this family are found ...

  4. Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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    Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary is a 15-acre bird sanctuary and nature preserve in Lincoln Park within Uptown, Chicago. [1] The preserve includes Prairie, Savanna, Woodland, as well as an ADA Path, Birding Area, and Nature Trail. [2] With 349 recorded species, it is Illinois's hottest spot on EBird. [3]

  5. Feral parrot - Wikipedia

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    The most common era or years that feral parrots were released to non-native environments was from the 1890s to the 1940s, during the wild-caught parrot era. In the psittacosis "parrot fever" panic of 1930, "One city health commissioner urged everyone who owned a parrot to wring its neck. People abandoned their pet parrots on the streets." [30]

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    A Chicago Park District video shows U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ... Meet Searocket, Wild Indigo and Prickly Pear: The first captive-reared piping plover chicks released in Chicago Skip to main ...

  8. Fauna of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The fauna of Illinois include a wide variety of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish and insects (not listed). The state bird is the Northern cardinal. The state insect is the monarch butterfly. The state animal is the white-tailed deer. The state fish is the bluegill. The state fossil is the tully monster.

  9. Chirping sounds lead airport officials to bag filled with ...

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    The 24 bright green baby parrots began chirping and bobbing their heads the second anyone neared the large cages that have been their homes since hatching in March. The Central American natives ...

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