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| National Bird Day Endorsement - Douglas Causey, Senior Biologist & Ornithologist, Harvard |
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Tuesday, December 16 2003 @ 05:54 PM UTC
Contributed by: Admin
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All wild birds have protected status in the US, in response to our concern over decades about their population declines. And yet that same kind of protection is not given to wild birds native to other countries when we permit trade here that impacts their lives. Even when that trade is unsustainable or inhumane.
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| Problems with the Wild and Domestic Bird Trade |
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Monday, December 15 2003 @ 06:20 PM UTC
Contributed by: monica
Views: 5207
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Any legal trade in exotic species, whether wild-caught or captive-bred, usually leads to an increase in popularity and demand for the animals as "pets," a demand for which there are always people eager to supply the pet market to make a fast buck, usually at the animal's expense.
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| An economic assessment of the potential for predator management to benefit Puerto Rican parrots |
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Wednesday, December 10 2003 @ 04:57 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 5372
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Engeman RM, Shwiff SA, Cano F, Constantin B
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
46 (2): 283-292 SEP 2003
Abstract:
The Puerto Rican parrot is one of the ten most endangered birds in the world, with the only wild population comprised of 30-40 birds. Predation has been identified as one of the factors limiting Puerto Rican parrot productivity in the wild, and the loss of a very few birds can have a great impact on the species. Management of red-tailed hawks, and black rats, feral cats and Indian mongooses, as well as further management of pearly-eyed thrashers is potentially beneficial to the parrot population. Because funding for the recovery of this rare species is finite, an analytical examination of the economics of predator management as a species enhancement method can provide managers with a solid basis for justifying and implementing this management approach.
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| Wild Monk Parrots of Brooklyn |
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Sunday, December 07 2003 @ 07:22 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 29283
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In and around streets and fields of Brooklyn College, Monk parrots thrive. The neighborhood values these transplanted bits of the wild, and reseachers at the college are observing their everyday habits.
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| Stereotypies in caged parrots, schizophrenia and autism: evidence for a common mechanism |
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Saturday, December 06 2003 @ 10:43 PM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 9431
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Here we show that stereotypy in captive Orange-Wing Amazon Parrots (Amazona amazonica) is correlated with poor performance on the same psychiatric task (the 'gambling task') as stereotypy in autistic and schizophrenic patients.
Garner JP, Meehan CL, Mench JA
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
145 (1-2): 125-134 OCT 17 2003
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| Ecotour Log: Los Ebanos, Tamaulipas, Mexico by J. Marie Digatono |
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Friday, December 05 2003 @ 09:40 PM UTC
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 8616
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 Just back from our ecotour to amazon country, we are truly in awe of what we have been fortunate enough to see! A pair of Amazona oratrix (Double Yellow-headed Amazons) flew directly over as we began our first morning tour, giving new visitors a taste of the excitement to come. Oratrix always seem to be having so much fun out there in the big open sky, yodeling duets with their mates and squawking at others who dare to land on "their" branch. That first afternoon, we got to observe a group of nine fairly closely!
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What happened to them? - Mongabay.comParrot-inspired robots track birds across remote landscapes - GeographicalLegal Poaching Is Threatening Miami's Wild Parrots - Miami New TimesAustin's green parrots deserve a stable home - UT The Daily TexanSocial marketing campaigns can help threatened wildlife species recover - Science DailyBlue parrots that inspired the film 'Rio' are now thought to be extinct in the wild, study finds - indy100Indigenous leaders shoulder duty of saving parrot in peril - The Sydney Morning HeraldTwo rare macaws on show at Bird Park - The Straits TimesPhotos: These animals are bouncing back from the brink of extinction - National GeographicRed-crowned parrots wander into Texas | Local News - Victoria AdvocateBlue parrot featured in ‘Rio’ likely no longer exists in the wild, study concludes - KFVSThe 2018 Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference: our pledges - BirdLife InternationalFlight of Fancy: early depictions of the parrot trade in European art - BirdLife InternationalWestern Ground Parrot nest discovered in Cape Arid - Esperance ExpressScientists Are Tracking Endangered Swift Parrots With Drones - Green MattersVideo: Thousands of illegally caught African gray parrots being rehabilitated - Mongabay.comWhat the Eight Latest Bird Extinctions Can Tell Us - Natural Resources Defense CouncilCould Machine Learning Be the Key to Better Plant Conservation? - Pacific StandardEndangered Species May Need 'Sanctuary Cities,' Too - CityLab10 birds that came back from the brink of extinction - Business InsiderCussing parrot, dolphins that love TV: The wildest animal news of 2018 - CNETIndonesia adds hundreds of birds to protected species list - Mongabay.comThe tragic story of America's only native parrot, now extinct for 100 years - The Conversation - USThe wider impact of illegal wildlife trade - Phys.OrgCaging parrots can put you behind bars - Mumbai LiveThis parrot was thought to be extinct in the wild — until a farmer spotted one - The Washington PostPensacola's wildest of the wild: Our most interesting animal stories of 2018 - Pensacola News JournalAudio: The best wildlife calls featured on the Mongabay Newscast in 2018 - Mongabay.comPuerto Rico's Parrot Population Is Slowly Recovering - Atlas ObscuraHey buddy, want to get rid of that python? - Sun SentinelVermin fence poses ‘threat’ to rare parrot - The West AustralianLincoln Park Zoo Hosts Conference on Reintroducing Endangered Species - Chicago Tonight | WTTWGood Job, Humans: 8 More Bird Species Confirmed Extinct - HuffPostThese are the animals that went extinct in 2018 - MashableSylhet Wildlife Conservation Centre to open on Friday - Dhaka TribuneProtecting Honduras’s national bird - The EconomistHow blockchain gaming could benefit wildlife conservation - Mongabay.comDominica's beloved wildlife still shaky a year after Maria - Phys.OrgRed-Crowned Parrot Demonstrates Potential Of Moving Endangered Species To Cities - Green MattersDid Native Americans Breed Parrots in New Mexico 1,000 Years Ago? - D-brief - Discover MagazineUN Wildlife Conference Bans Global Trade Of Africa's Grey Parrots - Forbes NowField Notes: Reinvigorating wild parrot populations with captive birds - Mongabay.comIn eastern Indonesia, a bird-trafficking hotspot flies under the radar - Mongabay.comRecord numbers of Blue-throated Macaws spotted - BirdLife InternationalThousands of African gray parrots rescued from traffickers in Congo (video) - TreehuggerSaving Our Superb Parrot project in Southern Tablelands receives financial boost - Yass TribuneThese species went extinct in 2018. More may be doomed to follow in 2019. - USA TODAYMating season looking positive for highly endangered orange-bellied parrot - ABC NewsThe week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment - The GuardianLondon Zoo's annual weighing of its animals could be a huge help to conservation in the wild - The IndependentWhy Did the Carolina Parakeet Go Extinct? - SmithsonianOne prominent parrot - Otago Daily TimesFloating Museum Employee Cited In Osprey Shooting - WLRNIn Puerto Rico, a Hopeful Sight: Endangered Parrot Spotted After Hurricane Maria - NBCNews.com
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