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From: "Allen Salzberg" <asalzberg@nyc.rr.com>
To: "Conservation Biology Listserv" <consbio@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Monk Parakeets and electrical towers He is not on list, Please respond to him directly at kaarnold@tamu.edu
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He is not on list, Please respond to him directly at=20

kaarnold@tamu.edu



One of the participants in TexBirds questioned why Monk Parakeet tended
to build their nests on or around electrical substation or towers on
transmission lines.  At least one respondent suggested that the
electrical power [or magnetic waves created by that power] might have an
added attraction for these birds.  At least two other respondents felt
that the sturcture itself was the attraction and pointedout that this
parakeet often uses palm  trees in some situations.

Does anyone know of studies on this species in the U.S. that addresses
WHY Monk Parakeet seem to prefer these electrical substations or is it,
indeed, the structure the birds find so arttractive?

Thanks,

Keith Arnold
WFSC TAMU
College Station

kaarnold@tamu.edu

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