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Hundreds of parakeets call power lines home.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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Byline: Pablo Gaete
EVERMAN, Texas _ It may not seem very inviting, living on utility poles and between transformers.
But for hundreds of monk parakeets in Everman, it's home.
"People here really like the birds. They hide mostly, but when they come out they squawk and make such a ruckus," said Veronica Rodriguez, Everman city clerk.
No one knows for sure how the parakeet population got its start in Everman, but many think it began when a resident set a male and female free, and those birds multiplied into a community of hundreds, Everman ...
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