Where do wild parakeets build their nests?
When the early settlers came to America they found flocks of wild parakeets flying among the trees. There are still wild parakeets in Mexico and South America, and dozens of different kinds live in other parts of the world. But our wild parakeets are lost forever. Our pretty pet parakeets are like colorful jewels. Our only wild parakeet was also a beauty. Most of his feathery coat was bright grassy green. His cheeks and forehead were reddish orange, and on his head he wore a ye11ow cap. From the tip of his hard, hooked beak to the tip of his slim pointed tail he sometimes measured a foot. This friendly bird was the Carolina parakeet. He enjoyed a happy family life with flocks of his relatives in most of our eastern states. Parakeets are members of the gaily dressed parrot family. Flocks of them live in India and Africa, Asia and Australia, Mexico and South America, the Philippines and almost every other warm, woodsy part of the world. It would take a long time to count the different ki
