August 22, 2007 — Filed in: Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
Not without pride, with a sigh of relieve and great joy City Parrots can announce that 2 young Scarlet Macaws have fledged. After 23 days in an egg and 3 months in the nest the two youngster fledged early Tuesday morning within an our of each other.
August 22, 2007 — Filed in: Conservation
SAN DIEGO—About 150 exotic parrots were sent back to Mexico on Wednesday after a repatriation ceremony at San Diego’s Otay Mesa border crossing.
August 22, 2007 — Filed in: Feral, Naturalized and City Parrots
Washington Times by Maxim Kniazkov
TEMPLE CITY, California - New York City is notorious for rats the size of dachshunds, Miami for its alligators loitering on golf courses, and South Texas is besieged by feral pigs.
But here, as befits the red-carpeted land of George Clooney and Paris Hilton, residents suffer from an invasion of especially elegant feral creatures: parrots and peacocks.
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