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| U.S. government returns smuggled parrots to Mexico |
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Thursday, January 13 2005 @ 12:31 AM GMT
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
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ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press - Posted on Tue, Dec. 21, 2004
 SAN DIEGO - They tried to enter the United States in the wee hours of the morning, many of them stuffed in black metal boxes inside a silver Nissan pickup truck.
After being rescued by a border inspector, they spent months in captivity while U.S. and Mexican officials negotiated their repatriation. An official from Mexico City flew to the border city of Tijuana to greet them Monday.
They are not illegal immigrants. They are smuggled parrots - 90 red-headed and lilac-crowned Amazon parrots believed to have been captured in the tropics of southern Mexico. Authorities said they were likely to be sold at flea markets and pet shops, mostly in Southern California, for up to $800 apiece.
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| Parrot Jungle too broke to make payments... low attendence cited |
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Monday, January 10 2005 @ 11:38 PM GMT
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
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MIAMI -- The new Parrot Jungle is having a hard time paying its bills, and because of an agreement with the county, so far Miami-Dade is having to pick up the multimillion-dollar tab.
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| Parrot smuggler's egg scheme unhatched |
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Monday, November 29 2004 @ 10:10 AM GMT
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 2435
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The Sun-Herald, November 14, 2004, Australia
A man has been charged after allegedly trying to smuggle parrot eggs out of Australia in his underpants.
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| Indian parrots sighted in Edgware, UK |
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Monday, November 29 2004 @ 10:06 AM GMT
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 4046
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 By James Brockett
BIRD lovers were shocked by the sight of some surprise visitors to their feeding day in Canons Park - a group of bright green parrots.
The rare ring-necked parakeets, which are the UK's only naturalised parrot species, are part of an estimated flock of thirteen which have been sighted intermittently in the Edgware area for the last two years.
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| Birders spy parakeets during festival tour |
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Monday, November 29 2004 @ 09:59 AM GMT
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 2628
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 HARLINGEN — Joanne Blake didn’t know there were wild parrots in the United States.
"I thought you had to go to South America to have parrots," she said.
Minutes later, a red lored parrot fluttered over the city lake here.
"It’s thrilling," said Blake, a retired substance abuse therapist from Montana. "It’s a tourist attraction for the area."
Late Thursday afternoon, about 50 birders attending the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival toured Harlingen and San Benito in search of parrots that make up an expanding population.
By FERNANDO DEL VALLE
Joe Hermosa / Valley Morning Star
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| Parrot-watch Eco-tour to Rancho Los Ebanos, Mexico: October 2004 |
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Wednesday, September 29 2004 @ 06:41 PM BST
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
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We're planning another trip to Rancho Los Ebanos, Tamaulipas, Mexico, where birding is awesome! Los Ebanos, a five thousand acre ranch on the Gulf of Mexico, is home to three sympatric Amazon species, Amazona oratrix (Yellow-headed), Amazona autumnalis (Red-lored) and Amazona viridiginalis (Red-headed or Green-cheeked).
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