BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – You’ve seen them. Maybe it registered at the time, but unless you’re a bird person, maybe it didn’t. Parakeets, more than a foot tall, with lime green plumage and touches ...

A San Diego man is facing federal charges for allegedly trying to smuggle 17 exotic birds across the U.S.-Mexico border, with his arrest coming just days after a different man tried to smuggle birds ...

A 54-year-old man was arrested and charged in San Diego federal court this week on allegations that he attempted to smuggle exotic parakeets across the U.S.-Mexico border by hiding the birds inside ...

SAN DIEGO — A 26-year-old San Diego man accused of smuggling 17 exotic birds to the United States from Mexico was charged on Tuesday. Ricardo Alonzo was the driver and registered owner of a vehicle ...

A man who allegedly tried to smuggle seven parrots into the United States through the San Ysidro Port of Entry was facing federal charges Tuesday. The U.S. Attorney's Office said 24-year-old ...

One cage contained undeclared parakeets and parrots. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection) A San Diego man who allegedly tried to smuggle 17 exotic birds across the U.S.-Mexico border ...

A man is accused of trying to sneak exotic birds into California from Mexico, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A man tried to sneak more than a dozen exotic birds into California from Mexico ...

A man stole $10,000 worth of cockatoos, parakeets, canaries and pigeons from a Lake Worth Beach home Wednesday morning, authorities said. A little before 9 a.m., the birds’ owner got a call from a ...

SAN DIEGO -- A 54-year-old man was arrested and charged in San Diego federal court this week on allegations he attempted to smuggle exotic parakeets across the U.S.-Mexico border by hiding the birds ...