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San Diego Union Tribune, Gary Warth. “Fruit trees and ‘generational learning’ turn El Cajon into a parrot paradise as temperatures drop.” December 10, 2024.

San Diego Reader, Dave Good. “They names Mt. Helix after a snail. There are so many La Mesas.” October 9, 2019.

San Diego Union Tribune, Ernie Cowan. “Parrot species are nonnative transplants in San Diego.” May 16, 2019.

Ramona Home Journal. “Wild Parrots a Catalyst for Citizen Science.” March 21, 2019.

Ramona Home Journal. “Wild Parrots a Catalyst for Citizen Science.” March 21, 2019.

NBC 7 San Diego, Audra Stafford. “Tracking San Diego’s Parrots:

USD Biology Instructor Launches Study to Track the Wild Birds.”

February 18, 2019.

ABC 10 San Diego, Mark Saunders. “How the wild parrots of San Diego arrived in America’s Finest City.” March 27, 2019.

Forbes, GrrlScientist. “Can We Conserve Endangered Parrots By Keeping Them In Cities?”

February 28, 2019.

The Escondido Grapevine,

D. Weisman. “Tracking the wild parrots of San Diego County.”

February 18, 2019.

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