Stanford, CT Builds Monk Parrots "Subsidized Housing" During Stadium Light Renovation Project

A Wild Quaker Parrot on Guard at a Human-Built "Monk Bunker" in Connecticut. Photo by Marc Johnson

Thanks to the input of Quaker Parrot experts from the Wildlife Orphanage and Southern Connecticut State University, wild parrots displaced by an $88,000 light replacement project in Stamford's Cummings Park will be able to use temporary "monk bunkers" while work proceeds, according to an article in the Stamford Advocate.

While it's always traumatic to see these nests torn down, it's great to see these projects being conducted at a time of year when the young have had time to fledge but before the onset of cold weather.

Even those supervising the teardown work have been impressed by the quality of the monks' construction work, as evinced by the comment of Joseph Barbarotta, who noted that the monk parakeets "must have a head engineer" to produce such impressive structures. For this reason, Monk Parakeets are widely known as the Master Architects of the Bird World.

Thanks to Wynne Parry, the author of this story, for sending it our way.