http://cityparrots.org/index/ Urban Parrot Conservation en director@cityparrots.org Copyright 2008 2008-10-25T15:10:47+01:00 http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/poisoned-kakapo-fighting-fit-again/ http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/poisoned-kakapo-fighting-fit-again/#When:15:10:47Z A kakapo suffering lead poisoning and on the edge of death has been saved by the Auckland Zoo. Conservation 2008-10-25T15:10:47+01:00 http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/worlds-rarest-cockatoo-rediscovered-in-indonesia/ http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/worlds-rarest-cockatoo-rediscovered-in-indonesia/#When:11:51:54Z The world’s rarest cockatoo has been found in Indonesia. A research team on behalf of the Indonesian Parrot Project rediscovered the Yellow-crested Abbott’s cockatoo this summer in the Masalembu Archipelago. This archipelago is in the remote Java Sea, north of the cities of Surabaya and Bali, and east of southern Sumatra. 2008-10-22T11:51:54+01:00 http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/logging-blamed-for-decline-in-already-rare-swift-parrot/ http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/logging-blamed-for-decline-in-already-rare-swift-parrot/#When:15:56:08Z ONE of Australia’s rarest and fastest birds, the swift parrot, seems to be plummeting in number, and logging has been blamed. Conservation 2008-10-20T15:56:08+01:00 http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/quest-to-sniff-out-kakapo-scent-spans-centuries/ http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/quest-to-sniff-out-kakapo-scent-spans-centuries/#When:15:14:55Z Feathers of the flightless kakapo are being flown around the world as part of a Massey biologist’s quest to understand the role of the critically endangered native parrot’s sense of smell and the power of male feather fragrance on breeding behaviour. Parrot News 2008-10-20T15:14:55+01:00 http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/study-parrots-more-adaptable-than-thought/ http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/study-parrots-more-adaptable-than-thought/#When:20:46:42Z COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 14 (UPI)—U.S. and Costa Rican scientists say their research suggests parrots—with more than 90 species facing extinction—might be more adaptable than thought. Conservation, Parrot News 2008-10-14T20:46:42+01:00 http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/endangered-parrot-wins-logging-reprieve/ http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/endangered-parrot-wins-logging-reprieve/#When:19:41:46Z Tasmania has deferred logging an area important for the breeding of the endangered swift parrot. Conservation 2008-10-14T19:41:46+01:00 http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/red-tape-strangles-birds/ http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/red-tape-strangles-birds/#When:19:33:03Z PATNA: People are often caught in red tape. On Monday, it was the turn of parrots, many of whom died due to hunger and thirst as policemen took their own time in releasing a seized cage full of them to forest officials. Conservation 2008-10-14T19:33:03+01:00 http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/pale-polly-may-want-a-drink-to-give-her-colour/ http://cityparrots.org/index.php/site/pale-polly-may-want-a-drink-to-give-her-colour/#When:18:22:30Z MELBOURNE - A bright red parrot and a pale yellow parrot walk into a bar. “Why so pale?” asks the red parrot. “I haven’t had a drink in weeks,” says the yellow parrot. A team of international scientists has spent the past five years investigating what makes some parrots crimson red, others pale yellow and others a splotchy orange-yellow. Parrot News 2008-10-14T18:22:30+01:00