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Across from the Hampton House apartments where Washington lived, a city park was renamed Harold Washington Park, which was known for "Harold's Parakeets", [77] a colony of feral monk parakeets that inhabited Ash Trees in the park. A building on the campus of Chicago State University is named Harold Washington Hall.
Harold Washington Park is a small (10 acre) [1] park in the Chicago Park District located in the Hyde Park community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, US.In 1992, it was named for Harold Washington (1922–1987), the first African-American Chicago Mayor.
The monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus), also known as the monk parrot or quaker parrot, is a species of true parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is a small, bright-green parrot with a greyish breast and greenish-yellow abdomen. Its average lifespan is approximately 15 years. It originates from the temperate to subtropical areas of South America.
The victory eliminated wild-card contending Chicago from the NL Central race, giving the title to the Milwaukee Brewers. Braves score twice on Suzuki's fielding error, overcome 6-run deficit to ...
Birdwatchers enjoy the non-native monk parakeet, which is a South American parrot, that nests in the park. [2] Hunters enjoy the seasonal waterfowl. [1] The South American monk parakeets arrived at the site in 1999 and have since established two nests with seven or eight birds each. They are presumed to have migrated from the Hyde Park ...
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."
Over 300 species of birds have been observed in Jackson Park. [33] This includes a well-studied population of feral monk parakeets, descendants of pet birds that escaped in the 1960s. [34] They are a bird population in much of the south and southwest sides of Chicago, including the University of Chicago campus west of Jackson Park.
CHICAGO (AP) — Brandon Johnson, a union organizer and former teacher, was elected as Chicago's next mayor Tuesday in a major victory for the Democratic Party’s progressive wing as the heavily ...