Hi Winger,

A friend, who lives in the Montpelier section of Laurel, also had a Monk 
Parakeet at his backyard feeder a couple of weeks ago.  We live less 
than 10 mi apart. 

I'm not familiar with the nest you describe, but it has to be very close 
to Montpelier where my friend lives - probably less than 3 mi.

Douglas Bolt
Beltsville, MD USA
www.boltassociates.com



Winger and June West wrote:
> There was a Monk Parakeet colony in Rehobeth Beach (on Lake Avenue on 
> the north side of Silver Lake) for many years.  The last time I saw 
> any was in 1996.  Don't know why they left.  There was also a Monk 
> Parakeet (single bird) that built a nest here in Maryland a year or so 
> ago on a telephone pole at the intersection of Red Clay and Route 198 
> just off the BW Parkway. Don't know what happened to him either.
>
> Winger West
> Milleresville, MD
> 
>