Date: 6/2/26 8:10 pm From: Jacob Newton <newtja84...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] DSM Monk Parakeets?
Looks like there may have been a nesting attempt in 2020-2021, no one kept
an eye on it because they "werent countable". Not impossible that the pair
was...eventually successful and you're seeing the subsequent family group.
On Tue, Jun 2, 2026, 9:20 PM Robert Hibbitts <hibbittsrhh...> wrote:
> So over past couple weeks I thought I had been losing my mind in seeing
> flashes of monk parakeets near where I live. I usually see a bird and
> registers as a species and don’t think about it being out of ordinary most
> of time.
>
> Today I saw a maybe eight Monk parakeets near Euclid and 7th Street
> harassing a Cooper’s Hawk in a tree. I just watched them and didn’t pull
> out phone to try to take a picture because why are there Monk
> parakeets in Iowa? Am I seeing this right?
>
> I searched online and there are records from 2020. Anyone have anything
> regarding monk parakeets?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Robert H Hibbitts
>
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