The Good Stuff | These Birds Shouldn't Be Alive @TheGoodStuff | Uploaded July 2016 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
Monk Parakeets shouldn't be able to survive in Chicago but they have for over thirty years. Now their population is on the decline and no one knows why. Matt and Sam go out and see if they still can find these birds in the city.

Thanks to
Stephen Pruett-Jones
http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ecol-evol/people/pruett-jones.html

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REFERENCES
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_parakeet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_parrot_trade
ecohealthypets.com/browse_animals/birds/17-monk_parakeet_quaker_parakeet
fieldmuseum.org/science/special-projects/illinois-peregrines/peregrine-frequently-asked-questions
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_falcon

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