Monk Parakeet Problems in Queens

By Corey • May 7, 2009 • No comments yet

Consolidated Edison, New York City’s major electricity supplier, is having issues with Monk Parakeets building nests on utility poles in my home borough of Queens. Having learned from previous public relations nightmares the compnay is not moving straight to extermination but trying to find ways to discourage the birds from nesting on the poles (the bulky stick nests are a fire hazard). Here’s hoping they find a humane way to deal with the situation!

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Corey

Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.