http://www.cityparrots.org Urban Scarlet Macaw & Parrot Conservation Thu, 08 May 2008 20:57:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By MARIANELA JIMENEZ Associated Press Writer LA GARITA DE ALAJUELA, Costa Rica—Endangered scarlet macaws born in captivity are reproducing in the wild for the first time on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/05/08/scarlet-macaws-born-in-captivity-now-reproduce-in-the-wild/ ABC Landowners in the Burnett Mary region are being encouraged to go birdwatching to help track down a vulnerable native parrot. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/05/08/locals-urged-to-report-sightings-of-rare-cockatoo/ UC Berkeley By Sarah Yang BERKELEY – The population of wild Puerto Rican parrots, among the most endangered birds in the world, has languished for decades, with several dozen remaining birds unable to break through the bottleneck that prevents their numbers from growing. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/05/07/new-study-analyzes-why-endangered-parrot-population-isn%e2%80%99t-recovering/ ABC News South Australian volunteers are delighted with the results of the weekend's annual count of red-tailed black cockatoos. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/05/06/volunteers-happy-with-endangered-cockatoo-count/ Yorkshire Post By Alexandra Wood It's a long way from the Amazon - and a lot colder - but a pair of parrots are thriving in the wild thousands of miles from their natural home. The orange-winged amazons have set up home in the wall of St Mary's Church in Cottingham, near ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/05/06/amazon-jungle-parrots-find-new-home/ Scotsman By Adrian Mather and Hazel mollison They are more commonly found in tropical climes. But a brave bunch of parakeets seem to have decided the Edinburgh climate is to their liking and set up home in the city. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/05/03/parakeets-mystery-is-causing-a-bit-of-a-flap/ Esperance Express by Haidee Vandenberghe After two years of planning, the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) is beginning to implement a controlled burning program that is hoped to both further protect the critically endangered western ground parrot and prevent enormous and destructive fire events in uncleared land. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/04/30/controlled-burning-to-start-to-aid-critically-endangered-western-ground-parrot/ Trinidad & Tobago Express by Kim Boodram Right now, their parents are still searching frantically, calling for them where their nesting area in the Nariva Wetlands used to be. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/04/25/baby-parrots-rescued-from-poachers-in-central/ Times Online by Will Pavia There had been few leads in the case of the vanishing parrot of Margate. By now its owner, and Kent Police’s finest, may well have despaired of ever finding the abducted bird. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/04/24/strange-case-of-the-kidnapped-parrot-could-yet-be-solved-by-a-dna-test/ Scientific American If you use cocaine and need a reason to quit—or one to avoid starting in the first place—think conservation. The national parks of Guatemala and other countries have become the preferred haven of drug traffickers who usurp protected areas and burn the forest to serve their own purposes and ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/04/17/your-forest-on-drugs-americas-cocaine-habit-destroys-national-parks/ By Subhash Chandra N S, DH News Service, Bangalore "Birds thrive where silence prevails." So goes the saying. But as if to rewrite this stereotype, thousands of parakeets have made a single ficus tree, bang in the middle of Bangalore's crowded K R Market, their home... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/04/15/parakeets-fly-into-madding-crowd/ Stuff.co.nz Seven kakapo chicks that hatched just over two weeks ago on Whenua Hou (Codfish Island) are to be transferred to special facilities in Nelson to ensure their survival. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/04/14/kakapo-chicks-get-vip-treatment/ New Zealand Herald By Angela Gregory The Department of Conservation is concerned at the discovery of dead kaka in a populated area of Great Barrier Island. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/04/11/poison-fears-as-kaka-found-dead/ BirdLife International Conservation efforts have slowed the rate that species are slipping towards extinction, argues a paper published online today in Conservation Biology by scientists from BirdLife International and Cambridge University. Direct conservation action has saved 16 bird species from extinction since 1994 and has substantially slowed the rate of population ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/04/10/biodiversity-conservation-works-but-more-is-needed/ ABC Regional Online Business people at the Preston Industrial Park, near Bunbury, have accused the Western Australian Government of seizing their land. In a new environmental assessment of the park, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has revealed it intends to keep 980 hectares of the park as a protected reserve for the ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/04/09/land-grab-angers-preston-industrial-park-businesses/ PRWEB The illegal wild bird trade remains rampant in Indonesia, and includes a number of parrot species; populations of some of these are considered vulnerable to future extinction. Enforcement of laws protecting parrots is critical, and such interdiction has recently been stepped up in Central Maluku by officers of BKSDA (Conservation ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/04/09/moluccan-cockatoos-and-purple-naped-lories-released-back-to-the-wild/ Lithgow Mercury It’s that time of year when native birds and passing traffic come into conflict in western Lithgow — with the feathered friends clearly coming off second best. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/04/08/feathers-are-sent-flying/ New Scientist What turns you on? For the kakapo, New Zealand's giant flightless parrot, the answer may be key to its survival. Only 86 remain in the wild and the birds only breed every three to five years. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/04/02/how-bumper-harvests-get-endangered-parrots-laying/ BBC News Zoology students and staff from Dundee University are to help in a project which has seen a rare bird reintroduced into the rainforest of Trinidad. The blue and gold macaw was made extinct on the island about 15 years ago and is still an endangered species. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/04/02/students-monitor-endangered-bird/ Kakapo recovery programme The eagerly-awaited arrival of some of New Zealand’s most precious babies has started, with the hatching of five kakapo chicks in the last two weeks. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/31/kakapo-chicks-hatch-on-whenua-houcodfish-island/ Jamaica is home to two endemic parrots, the Yellow and Black-billed Parrots. They live mainly in undisturbed forest areas, such as the Cockpit Country in Trelawny and John Crow Mountains in Portland. Despite illegal activities to capture and sell them, they survive because of the remoteness of much of their ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/29/city-parrots-of-kingston-jamaica/ ProFauna On 29th February 2008, ProFauna Indonesia received a tip-off about six Eclectus parrots (Eclectus roratus) being smuggled from Maluku to Sulawesi and advised the forestry department which succeeded in foiling the trafficking attempt. Unfortunately, the government officers did not arrest the perpetrator who claimed that the parrots were gifts, ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/28/profauna-helps-the-release-of-recently-seized-parrots/ Reuters Life! by Chika Osaka TOKYO - "Ten", a six-year-old New World parrot, can solve a puzzle consisting of two entangled chains in less than 30 seconds. It takes humans about an hour. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/26/japan-parrot-beats-humans-in-solving-chain-puzzle/ HealthNewsDigest.com By Earth Talk At least three dozen different parrot species are now considered threatened or endangered in their quickly shrinking native tropical and sub-tropical habitats (mostly in South America). As such, the health of wild flocks in the U.S. and other developed countries around the world may well be key ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/23/wild-parrot-colonies/ Kangaroo Island Islander By Eleanor Sobey and Lynn Pedler The endangered Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) population on Kangaroo Island was fortunate to escape with relatively minor damage from the December fires. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/21/glossy-blacks-miss-worst-of-fires/ ABC A former officer for Western Australia's Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) has avoided a jail term over his involvement in the illegal transfer of cockatoos to Victoria. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/18/wildlife-officers-escape-jail-term-over-bird-trade/ Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com In a bizarre biological twist, a new study shows that the Hyacinth Macaw depends on its greatest predator, the Toco Toucan, for continued survival. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/14/predator-of-the-worlds-largest-macaw-key-to-its-survival/ Newindpress SAMBALPUR: About 100 parrots got a taste of freedom on Thursday after forest officials released them from captivity. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/14/parrots-allowed-flight-to-freedom/ Medical News Today Though they perch far apart on the avian family tree, birds with the ability to learn songs use similar brain structures to sing their tunes. Neurobiologists at Duke University Medical Center now have an explanation for this puzzling likeness. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/12/bird-brains-suggest-how-vocal-learning-evolved/ icWales by Ben Glaze Illigal traders could be behind a scam in which bird lovers are duped into buying fake parrots that die days later. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/12/this-parrot-scam-must-cease-to-be/ http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/11/parrots-vs-power-companies/ Birders are observing orange-winged Amazon parrots (Amazona amazonica) in Cottingham, East Yorkshire. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/10/amazon-parrots-in-east-yorkshire-uk/ Wildlife Extra March 2008. The first private protected area for the critically endangered Fuertes’s Parrot has been established by Fundación ProAves. The species, whose population size is estimated at just 160 individuals, lives only in a small area in the Andes of Colombia that is heavily impacted by deforestation. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/07/1500-acre-reserve-created-to-protect-critically-endangered-fuertess-parrot-once-thought-extinct/ Wildlife Extra February 2008. The breeding season of the kakapo, New Zealand’s most endangered bird, is off to a great start with at least two fertile eggs having already been laid on Codfish Island and two female birds, previously thought to be too young, also laying eggs. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/07/kakapo-breeding-season-off-to-a-strong-start/ AEDP http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/04/symposium-for-parrot-professionals/ AEDP http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/03/04/seminar-for-pet-parrot-owners/ Manchester Evening News by Deborah Haile He nibbled it, he tossed it aside, he hung from the top of his cage and looked at it, and then... he ate it. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/02/25/parrot-eats-false-leg/ Los Angeles Times By Jonathan Rosen In the extinction of the Carolina parakeet is a parable on the relationship of man and nature. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/02/24/what-a-little-bird-told-us/ Scotsman By Marc Horne PROZAC was certainly was not on Dr Doolittle's list of remedies. But increasing numbers of pets are being given anti-depressants to help them cope with the strain of 21st century life, not least the tendency for many hard-working owners to leave animals on their own for hours. Morose ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/02/24/modern-lifes-pressures-put-pets-on-prozac/ The Oregonian by Holley Gilbert VANCOUVER -- Wild Quaker parrot enthusiasts are joining forces March 1 in Yacolt to erect more alternative nesting sites in an effort to keep the colorful birds from building on Clark Public Utilities' transformers, where they pose a safety hazard. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/02/23/more-parrot-nests-coming-to-yacolt/ Salford Advertiser by Pamela Welsh A parrot who likes to say ‘bloody hell’ will have more cause to be cheerful now that he’s being fitted with a prosthetic device for his missing leg to help him sleep. The false leg will be fitted by University of Salford experts after George, an African ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/02/21/swearing-parrot-gets-a-new-leg-to-stand-on/ Wildlife Extra Back by popular demand, New Zealand’s rare endemic night parrot will be available for viewing by interested public in September-October in southern New Zealand. Get your map, mark your calendar and dust off your intrepid adventuring cap. From September 8-October 22, 2008, you have a date on New Zealand’s Stewart ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/02/18/kakapo-encounter-2008-rare-chance-to-see-a-kakapo/ Luton Today Owner climbs on to a roof to catch his beloved bird http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/02/15/firefighters-called-to-rescue-man-and-his-pet-parrot/ The Age by Ari Sharp Melbourne's Arts Centre spire is under attack from a small but persistent flock of sulphur-crested cockatoos, but a group of trained raptors may be the landmark's saviour. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/02/14/cockies-fall-prey-to-spire-squadron/ By Amy Crawford Brooklyn Daily Eagle Steve Baldwin spotted the first handful of bright green quaker parrots at the grassy margin of an Astroturf soccer field. Excitedly, he pointed them out to the dozen people who had signed up for what he calls a “wild parrot safari”. “They’re doing what they love ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/02/12/the-bird-man-of-brooklyn/ The Star-Ledger If you want to experience a taste of the tropics here in the Garden State, you must visit the monk parakeet colony in Edgewater. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/02/09/tropical-treat-nests-in-edgewater-park/ Seattle Times Sharon Matola, the "Zoo Lady" of Belize, is an unlikely environmental hero. A one-time Iowa housewife, she trained in jungle survival with the Air Force, rode freights to Florida to study animal behavior and apprenticed to a Romanian tiger tamer. Later she worked as a circus dancer (with tigers) ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/02/08/macaw-one-womans-fight-to-save-the-worlds-most-beautiful-bird/ Scoop.co.nz In a world first, Otago film company ELWIN Productions is using new High Definition technology to document a remarkable story following the struggle to bring the world’s rarest wild parrot back from the brink of extinction. ‘Code of the Kakapo’, a co-production between ELWIN Productions in Dunedin and Huntaway Homestead Films ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/02/08/cutting-edge-technology-to-film-endangered-kakapo/ Medill Reports by Angela Nitzke Trudging along the snow-covered streets of Hyde Park, you hear chirping and screeching resembling the sound of Styrofoam pieces rubbing together. You look up and see a bright green and blue parakeet. You may think that all the cold and snow has finally made ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/02/07/tropical-birds-thriving-in-chicago/ ABC news Animal rescuers say a cockatoo rescued from a tree last night had been kept alive for two weeks by his fellow feathered friends. A rescue team was called to Kilsyth east of Melbourne overnight to rescue the sulphur-crested cockatoo. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/02/04/lucky-cockatoo-saved-by-its-mates/ Lancaster Newspapers In the face of angry opposition from pet owners, the Pennsylvania Game Commission Tuesday dropped a proposal that would have banned ownership of nanday conures, a popular South American parrot. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/31/plan-to-ban-parrot-species-dropped/ By Adam Brandolph: Sacramento Bee Bird owners are raising a flap over a Pennsylvania Game Commission plan to ban a fowl some now keep as pets. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/26/no-no-nanday/ By Dr. Marty Becker and Gina Spadafori The beak of a bird is a tool with many features. It's a weapon that can put a dent in any enemy or damage the relationship with a friend. It can be a delicate tool for feeding a newly hatched chick or for the ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/26/birds-beak-an-amazing-formidable-tool/ Reuters MINSK, Veterinarians fearing cases of bird flu have destroyed 275 parrots brought into ex-Soviet Belarus illegally by a smuggler on a bicycle, a newspaper reported on Friday. Officials this week initially said the birds, crammed into cages and abandoned by a man after he was confronted by border guards, were to ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/25/belarus-kills-smuggled-parrots-over-bird-flu-fears/ Newstalk ZB Two juvenile Kea have been found stapled to a road sign near Arthur's Pass National Park. Department Of Conservation ranger Wayne Costello says he is unsure how the native parrots died. They are being sent to Massey University for an autopsy to determine the cause. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/24/kea-stapled-to-road-sign-in-arthurs-pass/ Reuters MINSK - Border guards in Belarus said on Wednesday they had foiled an attempt to smuggle 277 parrots into the ex-Soviet state -- aboard a bicycle. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/23/belarus-border-guards-foil-parrot-smuggler/ Haidee Vandenberghe: Esperance Express Although now contained, fires in the ecologically significant Fitzgerald River National Park continue to burn. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/23/fires-threaten-endangered-western-ground-parrot/ Ewin Hannan: The Australian Peter Garrett has declared the orange-bellied parrot - the poster bird for green activists opposing development - to be an unlikely beneficiary of Victoria's $1 billion channel deepening project. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/22/garrett-and-parrot-fly-in-the-face-of-protest/ By Amanda Keane: Hills News The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service has given Castle Hill Country Club permission to kill native corellas which have been damaging its greens. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/22/contract-out-on-corellas/ St George news By Jim Gainsford THE RSPCA is urging the public to come forward with any information they might have about the shooting deaths of cockatoos at Caringbah. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/15/slug-gun-used-to-kill-cocky/ ABC Online Firefighters in the Fitzgerald River National Park on the state's south will continue back-burning this morning in an effort to contain a blaze before a forecast change in wind direction around midday. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/14/fire-threatens-rare-animals/ By Howard Buck, The Columbian YACOLT — Several Quaker Parrots who have made an unlikely home in this rural burg were a cheerful bunch on Saturday. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/13/parrots-get-new-roost/ The Australian PARROT experts say an aviary breeding program intended to save one of Australia's rarest birds has ended in disaster, with the Norfolk Island parakeet teetering on the brink of extinction. Some of the last surviving parakeets died after being caught for breeding in aviaries on Norfolk Island. While authorities claim ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/10/norfolk-island-parakeet-breeding-program-disaster/ The Age Pet birds are getting sick on well-meaning Christmas presents. Veterinary practices are reporting an increase in the number of pet birds with heavy-metal poisoning and other injuries sustained by eating parts of toys. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/07/christmas-toys-making-pet-birds-sick/ March 1-2, 2008 “Parrot Behavior, Training and Enrichment Symposium” Leiden, Netherlands. Hosted by City Parrots this comprehensive two day event for companion parrot owners features international speakers Barbara Heidenreich and Robin Shewokis. http://www.cityparrots.org/2008/01/04/%e2%80%9cparrot-behavior-training-and-enrichment-symposium%e2%80%9d-march-1-2/ Wildlife Extra After eight years of work in Tolima, the International project to save the critically endangered Yellow-eared parakeet (The Ognorhynchus Project) has achieved two unprecedented records: the finding of 52 Yellow-eared Parakeet active nests in April, and of 132 chicks between May and June. This is a major milestone for ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/21/critically-endangered-yellow-eared-parakeet-in-major-breeding-success/ Stuff.co.nz If you thought you had a problem with chocolate, just be glad you're not a parrot. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/19/greedy-parrot-suffers-a-death-by-chocolate/ BirdLife International In a recently published paper, Asociacion Armonia (BirdLife in Bolivia) monitored the wild birds which passed through a pet market in Santa Cruz between August 2004 to July 2005, and recorded nearly 7,300 individuals of 31 parrot species, of which four were threatened species. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/14/law-enforcement-fails-bolivias-parrots/ The Oregonian O monk parakeet, o escapee from parrot prison: You soar above the flood, you snuggle into the wind, your green plumage rustling. You clutch the utility poles that help bring electricity to the families of Yacolt. You build elaborate nests amid the braided wires, the ceramic insulators, the occasional cherry-pickers. You are far ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/13/an-ode-to-yacolts-parrots/ Whittier daily news WHITTIER - Parrots are multiplying like rabbits, according to residents and bird watchers. Flocks of the birds are turning up in Uptown Whittier, and their numbers are increasing where they are already known to congregate. "They're reproducing," Whittier Audubon Society member Larry Schmahl said. "They're showing up all over the ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/12/talk-squawk/ BBC News A legal battle is under way in the western Greek city of Patras over a parrot that is facing a $650 (£320; 444 euros) parking ticket. The local council says his perch is illegally parked and is obstructing drivers because it partially blocks a metered parking space. Coco the parrot's owner, ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/09/723/ The Oregonian VANCOUVER -- The wild Quaker parrots of Yacolt got a reprieve this week when the town council gave bird enthusiasts four months to develop a plan for their feathered friends' future. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/08/wild-parrots-in-yacolt-get-more-time-as-solution-sought/ Gulf times by Fran Gillespie Brilliantly coloured Birds of Paradise fly from tree to tree in a vast aviary, their iridescent plumage glittering in the sunlight.Below them, pink flamingoes and white spoonbills stalk the shallow waters of a pool, and the silence is broken by the harsh cries of Red-tailed cockatoos. ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/08/endangered-species-at-home-in-qatar/ By Noor-Jehan Yoro Badat Five hundred African grey parrots, valued at about R3,5-million, have been confiscated in Cameroon. Ofir Drori, from the Last Great Ape Organisation (Laga), an organisation designed to establish the effective enforcement of wildlife law in Cameroon - said a dealer had been arrested at the airport. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/07/whos-a-bad-boy-then-asks-agency/ Reuters ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) - Ethiopian Airlines said on Thursday it was not aware of a Cameroonian conservation group's allegation that the state-run airline was involved in illegal wildlife smuggling. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/07/ethiopian-airlines-denies-wildlife-allegations/ Ananova A Huddersfield man says he's had to change his ringtone five times - because his parrot keeps copying them. Stuart McNae says Billy waits until he leaves the room, then mimics the sound of a call - and laughs when he dashes back to answer. Every time Stuart, 54, changes his ringtone ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/07/polly-phonic/ Galesburg.com Parrot has a way with students at AlWood Elementary http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/07/school-has-its-own-flying-ace/ By Tansa Musa Yaounde (Reuters) - A wildlife conservation group in Cameroon said on Wednesday it was considering suing Ethiopian Airlines for complicity after it caught smugglers trying to take 1,000 African Grey parrots out of the central African country. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/05/cameroon-group-faults-airline-over-parrot-smuggling/ United Press International Warsaw, Poland, (UPI) -- Polish police found a 38-year-old Armenian man trying to illegally enter the country by hiding in a woman's luggage. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/04/polish-police-find-man-parrots-in-luggage/ The Department of Conservation This month the sound of booming male kakapo will herald the start of the breeding season on Codfish Island / Whenua Hou, an island sanctuary located 3km off the coast of Stewart Island. The Department of Conservation is preparing to trial artificial insemination this kakapo breeding season in ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/03/doc-hopes-to-expand-kakapo-gene-pool-this-breeding-season/ By Tom Vogt, Columbian Yacolt - It's an appealing mixture of food, fellowship and shelter. Actually, it's a trap. But Christopher Driggins hopes the parrots of Yacolt won't realize that until the door slaps shut. See video The Vancouver man is part of a campaign to capture the tropical birds so they don't have ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/01/birdman-sets-his-traps-calling-all-parrots/ New Zealand Herald Usually it's the aircraft at Auckland International Airport which carry the passengers. South African Pillipus Fourie had passengers of his own. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/01/big-bucks-see-bird-smuggling-spread/ By Tom Vogt, Columbian Yacolt's parrots are in a holding pattern. The tropical birds are no longer under an imminent death sentence, but the town's parrot advocates must find a new hangout for their feathered friends. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/12/01/yacolts-wild-parrots-granted-a-reprieve-for-now/ The Orange County Register San Juan Capistrano – Omar and Carolyn Gonzalez may have dedicated their lives to teaching others about rare and exotic birds, but a recent trip to Brazil provided the two with an education of their own. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/11/30/brazil-adventure-gives-local-parrot-lovers-new-perspective/ Columbian.com- By Tom Vogt YACOLT - Jennette Kachmar picked up a twig at the base of the power pole and added it to the twiggy bouquet in her other hand. When she went to bed Monday night, some of those sticks had been part of a Monk parakeets' nest - a basketlike ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/11/29/wild-parakeets-nests-destroyed/ by Nick Tattersall YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Authorities in Cameroon have arrested two Ghanaians for trying to illegally export 500 African Grey parrots out of the central African country to Bahrain, officials said on Tuesday. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/11/28/cameroon-holds-ghanaians-for-smuggling-500-parrots/ By David Krough and Teresa Blackman, kgw.com YACOLT, Wash. -- Authorities captured three out of some 50 parakeets said to be causing repeated power outages in the Yacolt area and euthanized them. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/11/27/problem-parakeets-euthanized-in-washington/ By Eric berger - Houston Chronicle Parrots around the world are dying. Predators chomp them up at alarming rates. Human development has consumed their forest habitats. And, most alarmingly, says Texas A&M University parrot specialist Don Brightsmith, demand from bird collectors has created a thriving market in wild-caught birds. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/11/26/threatened-parrots-may-find-a-shot-at-survival-in-texas/ Don Henry -Canberra Times Pity the swift parrot: it has the misfortune to tilt against a pulp mill, rather than a windmill, like its orange-bellied cousin famously did. There are perhaps 1000 breeding pairs of the swift parrot left. If you managed to line them up side by side, every one of ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/11/19/political-neglect-will-lead-to-parrots-swift-demise/ The Sydney Morning Herald A Bendigo man trying to retrieve a neighbour's pet cockatoo from a tree plunged to his death in front of his wife yesterday. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/11/13/man-dies-during-cockatoo-rescue/ By Deire Mussen - Sunday Star Times The first artificial insemination of a rare New Zealand bird is planned this summer in a bid to boost kakapo numbers. Low population numbers have kept the critically endangered nocturnal parrot perilously close to extinction for the past 30 years, since a small breeding population ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/11/12/kakapo-to-be-artificially-inseminated/ The Brownsville Herald Harlingen — The chase was on Saturday as birders rode in a bus around Harlingen to catch a glimpse of parrots and parakeets. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/11/11/birders-find-parrots-roosting-in-downtown-harlingen/ International Herald Tribune WELLINGTON, New Zealand: A South African national was convicted and fined Friday for trying to smuggle 44 parrot eggs into New Zealand, officials said. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/11/09/new-zealand-fines-south-african-man-for-smuggling-in-44-parrot-eggs/ Ba-Isa, Arab News by Molouk Y. ALKHOBAR, 4 November 2007 — Bird Flu hasn’t been in the news much lately. Still, controls set up to slow the spread of this disease are very much in force. Such controls affect not only those in the live animal trade, but also expatriates ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/11/04/bye-bye-birdie/ Tanzanian standard newspaper The Tanzanian government is finalising plans to lift the ban, imposed in 1992, on the export of “Fisher’s Love Birds”, known in Kiswahili as “Kasuku”. http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/11/03/exporting-parrots-to-be-okayed-in-tanzania/ Earthtimes.org Brussels - As debate rages in Europe over genetically- modified maize and "Frankenstein's potatoes," the continent is quietly moving towards a different new species: the Euro-parrot. "Ring-necked parakeets in Europe are isolated from the native population, so they will develop along their own evolutionary path. Given enough time, that should ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/11/02/from-europa-to-euro-parrot/ Parrot workshop teaches responsibility and challenge of adoption By Sarah Breitenbach - The Frederick News-Post Bringing a parrot into the family just might be more challenging than adopting a baby. For starters, there's a five-page application form with a full page of prerequisites for adopting and a list of steps in the process. Home ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/10/28/polly-want-a-home/ news.com.au Australia's second-rarest bird has been sighted in the Coorong, raising new hopes for the parrot teetering on the edge of extinction. Recent surveys in Coorong National Park have detected two small groups of the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot. Surveys by Environment and Heritage Department rangers, interstate biologists and volunteers have confirmed orange-bellied ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/10/27/parrot-back-from-brink/ New Haven Register by Ed Stannard The monk parakeets that choose utility poles as the real estate for their large nests will be evicted next week, but they won't be executed. United Illuminating Co. said Friday that it will remove 89 nests from its equipment starting Tuesday, which it has done about ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/10/20/ui-evicting-monk-parakeets/ A proposed bill is soon to be deliberated by the Peruvian Congress to reduce the size of a key National Park by 200.000 ha. Candamo is a megadiverse site and cannot be allowed to be the target of gas companies, as it's natural resources are far more valuable in the ... http://www.cityparrots.org/2007/10/17/vital-parrot-habitat-under-threat/