AR-News: (US MD) Parakeets are powerful problem in Fla.

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Birds' substation nests being blamed for outages, but removal stymies utility 
By Maya Bell
Orlando Sentinel
Originally published February 17, 2004
MIAMI - Demolish their nests, they build them back. Bombard them with lasers, 
noise or stink bombs, they shrug. Hang scarecrow predators in their midst, 
they ignore them. 
So far, nothing but poison gas has dissuaded the monk parakeet, the state's 
most prolific and rapidly growing exotic species, from building its giant 
condo-style nests on power lines and high-voltage substations - a habit that 
occasionally triggers outages. 
After spending nearly $300,000 to encourage the lime-green urbanites to take 
up residence elsewhere, Florida's largest utility is scratching its collective 
corporate head. 
"We've been outsmarted by a bird," said Winifred Perkins, Florida Power & 
Light's manager for environmental relations. "We're really challenged by this 
problem, and we're looking for a solution, but we're stumped."




full story:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.parakeets17feb17,0,3132272
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