If you live in California, chances are you've had Polly and friends show up in your yard. You're definitely not alone. California has thriving populations of wild parrots and parakeets, and their ...

There are no wild parrots or parakeets in Minnesota. Once it was thought the Carolina parakeet’s range nipped southwestern Minnesota, but the bird got no closer to us than southern Iowa. That’s as ...

Visitors to Chicago’s Hyde Park or New York’s Green-Wood Cemetery may be surprised to hear the raucous squawks of lime-green monk parakeets. These birds, descendants of escaped pets, have managed to ...