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Birders

WestMichRad

(2,515 posts)

5. Yes

Reply to Cadfael (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 09:12 PM

Aug 13

I know someone who lived in the area of the University of Chicago, and they were present in her neighborhood… I saw them there about 10 years ago. Apparently they can hunker down and survive the worst of Chicago winters.

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Unexpected visitor [View all] Cadfael Aug 13 OP

Send him back to Costa Rica. He's lost. sinkingfeeling Aug 13 #1

Apparently there has been a feral population of monk parakeets in Chicago since the '60s Cadfael Aug 13 #2

Wow! SheltieLover Aug 13 #3

Yes WestMichRad Aug 13 #5

Very pretty bird! biophile Aug 13 #4