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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. Read on…

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. Read on…

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. Read on…

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 the program was successful and that the wild parakeet population had ballooned to more than 200, experts believe the real figure could be fewer than 20.

The Norfolk Island parakeet is found only on the small Pacific island, an Australian territory. Read on…

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. Read on…

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. Read on…

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 a bird that was down to less than 100 just 10 years ago. Read on…

Stuff.co.nz

If you thought you had a problem with chocolate, just be glad you’re not a parrot. Read on…

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. Read on…

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 from your home country, south of the equator. You no longer whistle exclusively in Spanish or Portuguese, but in English or Spanish, depending. Read on…