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| Macaws in the famous sky over Holland |
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Friday, January 06 2006 @ 03:42 PM UTC
Contributed by: roelantjonker
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20 years ago I first heard about Macaws flying freely in my home country of the Netherlands. I was watching a television show presented by famous Dutch comedian and nature show host Ivo de Wijs. He talked about a 17th century estate in the west of The Netherlands that was recently bought by the national forest service. He pictured the audience a romantic view on the history of the estate with many tropical plants that, like magic, got a foothold in its 17th century landscape.
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| Greek officials hunt for diseased German parrots |
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Tuesday, January 03 2006 @ 09:33 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
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3 January 2006
ATHENS - Greek officials began a hunt to track down some 30 parrots imported from Germany which are believed to be carrying a disease that can be passed on to humans, news reports said Tuesday.
Officials in Pireaus, near Athens, said they were starting to track down the birds after they were suspected of having Chlamydia Psittaci, or parrot fever, the Greek daily Kathimerini reported.
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| Who is Stealing the Wild Parrots of Brooklyn? |
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Monday, October 10 2005 @ 11:28 PM UTC
Contributed by: brooklynparrots
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The poachers arrived around 2:00 AM, travelling on bicycles so that sleeping residents did not hear their stealthy approach. They parked their bikes and the leader climbed up the Con Ed power pole until he was within arms' reach of the wild parrot nest. He threw a net over the nest, captured several terrified parrots, and handed down his quarry to a second man, who stuffed the birds into a carrier. The poachers remounted their bikes, rode a few blocks East, climbed another pole, and repeated their operation. Then the thieves were gone, departing as quietly as they had arrived.
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| Birds bid Roaring Fork Valley adieu, as The Gabriel Foundation forced to move |
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Monday, October 03 2005 @ 03:29 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
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By Naomi Havlen; October 2, 2005
It's a bittersweet farewell this weekend for about 150 of the Roaring Fork Valley's most colorful, feathery residents.
The birds that live at The Gabriel Foundation, a parrot rescue and adoption agency located in Emma, have found a new home in Elizabeth, 35 miles south of Denver. The nonprofit had been taking in abandoned or mistreated parrots in their Eagle County and then Pitkin County locations, and adopting them out to good homes nationwide, but was cited for land-use violations by both counties.
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| Philatelic praise for Pacific's parrots and pigeons |
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Monday, October 03 2005 @ 03:18 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 5995
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19-09-2005
Two new sets of BirdLife International stamps have been issued highlighting the diversity of the Pacific's birds. A number of the species illustrated have never previously featured on a stamp.
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Can their wild kin understand them? - National GeographicYour Next Visit to the Houston Zoo Could Help Save St. Vincent Parrot & Other Animals - Houston On The CheapHow San Diego's wild parrots arrived in the region - ABC 10 News San Diego KGTVPermits | US Fish & Wildlife Service - US Fish and Wildlife ServiceBird singing contests: A clash of culture and conservation - Phys.orgBig tech, regulators and conservationists must unite to tackle online wildlife trade - The Conversation‘No excuses’: limited conservation efforts could save at least 47 Australian animals from extinction - The GuardianParrot poachers striking while the market's hot - Science DailyCockatoo Rescue collapse makes case for Animal Welfare Act inspection - Animals 24-7Smart parrots need more stimulation, new research finds - EurekAlertJailbird Parrots Return to the Wild...As Fugitives - National Audubon SocietyUnravelling the mystery of parrot longevity: Bigger brains have led some species of parrot to live surprisingly long lives, new research shows - Science DailyThis parrot was thought to be extinct in the wild — until a farmer spotted one - The Washington Post‘We are going to lose these birds’: the quiet fight to save the golden-shouldered parrot - The GuardianThe conservation success stories of 2021 - The Natural History MuseumChasing the Night Parrot: The 'Ghost Bird' of Australia's Outback - The New York TimesFormer pet parrots breeding and thriving in 23 US states - National GeographicAs animal seed dispersers go the way of the dodo, forest plants are at risk - Mongabay.comQueen of the corvids: the scientist fighting to save the world’s brainiest birds - The GuardianUnleashing the conservation potential of captive parrots by enabling wild behaviours - University of BirminghamFor birdwatchers, the princess parrot is one of Australia's most highly desired - Australian GeographicCritically endangered parrots return to Canterbury valley after 15-year absence - StuffSix Australian birds you may never have heard of … and may not be heard from again - The GuardianNew Orange-Bellied Parrots Join Record Flock - Mirage NewsFive Ways to Help Wildlife on Earth Day - Defenders of WildlifeCurious Questions: Are parakeets a treasure or a curse? - Country LifeThe best animal encounter experiences in Southern California - Los Angeles TimesHundreds of wild parrots are thriving in this Brazilian city - National GeographicRelease the cats: Training native species to fear invasive predators - Mongabay.comSpecies suffer a second extinction when society forgets about them - Earth.comSocial Media Helps Sounds of Endangered Birds Soar to No. 5 on the Australian Music Charts - NewsweekConservation Biologist Murdered In Colombia Saved Two Species - ForbesPreserving Dead Parrots in Order to Save the Living - NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)The Violent Cost of Conservation | Audubon - National Audubon SocietyHope for Orange-bellied Parrot as numbers hit 15-year high - BirdguidesSeduced By a Rare Parrot | Science - Smithsonian MagazineGlobal trade in exotic pets threatens endangered parrots through the spread of a virus - Phys.orgRare Parrots Rebound In New Zealand And Australia - Worldatlas.comExtinction: Why scientists are freezing threatened species in 'biobanks' - BBCEscaped Pet Parrots Are Doing Great in the Wild - Smithsonian.comCelebrating the Establishment of the California Desert Conservation Program - Defenders of WildlifeBreakthrough offers a lifeline for one of the world's most endangered birds - The Natural History MuseumSpix's macaw returns to Brazil, but is overshadowed by controversy - Mongabay.comTwo-thirds of Australia has lost its unique birdlife - University of QueenslandBird owners urged to protect flocks after avian influenza detected in wild, domestic birds - Detroit Free PressConfounding Rules Can Hinder Conservation: Disparities in Law Regulation on Domestic and International Parrot Trade within and among Neotropical Countries - DocWire NewsParrots are facing extinction, and only policymakers can save them - ZME ScienceParrots Live in New York City. Here's How They Make It in the Urban Jungle - DISCOVER Magazine‘Canaries in the coalmine’: loss of birds signals changing planet - The GuardianThousands of Years of Inbreeding May Have Saved This Flightless Parrot From Extinction - Smithsonian MagazineWWF report says online wildlife trade on rise in Myanmar - ABC NewsNew Zealand's quirky kākāpō are pulled back from the edge of extinction - The Natural History MuseumSafe Haven for Birds, Midwest Wildlife Refuge Threatened by Electrical Line - Defenders of WildlifeThe Paths We Take | Audubon - National Audubon SocietyThe Heart of the Matter: Cardiac Conditions in Guam Rails - Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteExperts warn of ‘biosecurity risk’ at bustling Bali Bird Market - Al Jazeera EnglishUnder heavy predation, Swift Parrots produce more sons - BirdguidesCops confiscate 2 blue-naped parrots allegedly being sold in Tawi-Tawi - GMA News OnlineCan Parrots That Speak Different Dialects Understand Each Other? - ForbesFor Adams Cassinga, fighting wildlife trafficking in DRC is a life mission - Mongabay.com2022 Appropriations Fall Short of Conservation Needs - Defenders of WildlifeLord of the wings - The Straits TimesRemembering Gonzalo Cardona, Protector of the Yellow-eared Parrot - National Audubon Society
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On November 17th, crews from United Illuminating, the USDA, and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection began killing off Connecticut's population of free-range monk parakeets (otherwise known as monk parrots) using carbon dioxide gas.
