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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: 5588
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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: 5745
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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: 30757
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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: 9818
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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: 9033
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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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Track a kākāpō? 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A conservation effort may be the last hope. - The Washington Post'Extinction is a choice’: Margaret Atwood on Tasmania's forests and saving the swift parrot - The GuardianExtinction Watch: Saving the Macaw, one headdress at a time - Economic TimesWhy Do Parrots Waste Most Of What You Feed Them? - ForbesCarolina parakeet: The high cost of empathy - CGTNEscaped pet parrots are now naturalized in 23 US states, study finds - Science DailyThinking Like A Parrot: How Do Parrots View The World? - ForbesThe secret call of the wild: how animals teach each other to survive - The GuardianOnce Believed Extinct, New Zealand's Orange-Fronted Parakeet Makes Comeback - NPRInvasive parrots have varying impacts on European biodiversity, citizens and economy - Science DailyRare Parrots Rebound In New Zealand And Australia - World AtlasHow the wild parrots of San Diego arrived in America's Finest City - 10NewsWild and captive Blue-throated Macaws are genetically distinct - BirdGuidesCayman parrot amnesty ends - Cayman CompassGrey and Timneh Parrots continue to dwindle in Africa's forests - BirdGuidesLegal and illegal trade negatively impacting survival and wellbeing of Africa's wildlife: Report - Mongabay.comReal-life ‘Rio’: near-extinct macaws return to Brazil - INQUIRER.netScience v poachers: how tech is transforming wildlife conservation - Financial TimesWorld Sensation: The Spix's Macaw Is Back - Yahoo FinanceNew Zealand aims to save the ‘strangest parrot on Earth’ - The Washington PostBehold the Return of the Amazing New Zealand “Owl Parrot.” Look at It Dance! - Mother JonesVirginia Zoo welcomes newest ambassador, Zeke the parrot - WAVY.comNew Zealand’s Rarest Mainland Forest Bird Is Having an ‘Epic’ Breeding Season - EcoWatchRed List 2019: Guam Rail second bird to recover from extinction in wild - BirdLife InternationalSA-US breeding programme poses risk to wild birds - IOLGuam Rails Are No Longer Extinct in the Wild (Something Only One Other Bird Can Claim) - EcoWatchHas the Macaw Species from 'Rio' Movies Been Declared Extinct in the Wild? - Snopes.comCrime Investigation Tool Reveals Origins Of UK’s Feral Parrots - ForbesBrazil will let hunters shoot endangered jaguars, parrots and monkeys in rainforests under new law, warn conservation experts - The IndependentThese blue macaws help grow the forest around them, a new study finds - Mongabay.comFossils of a new species of giant parrot found in New Zealand - National GeographicTo look after these birds is to 'fall in love' with them - Nature.comAustralia’s beloved native birds are disappearing – and the cause is clear - The GuardianAction plan to save Bolivia's red-fronted macaw awaits its reboot - Mongabay.comEscaped Pet Parrots Are Doing Great in the Wild - Smithsonian.comConservation in the time of Coronavirus: a message from the CEO - BirdLife InternationalNew Parrot Gets New Reserve, Just in Time - Rainforest TrustParrots, Popular Pet Birds, Threatened by Illegal Trade - National GeographicCOVID-19-led ban on wild meat could take protein off the table for millions of forest dwellers - Forests News, Center for International Forestry Research'Nestbox revolution' for Critically Endangered parakeet - BirdGuidesCaptive tigers in the U.S. outnumber those in the wild. It's a problem. - National GeographicPsychic Numbing: Keeping Hope Alive in a World of Extinctions - Yale Environment 360Man charged with smuggling 7 parrots into U.S. - New York Daily NewsCovid-19 and wildlife trade bans - The EcologistDeadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa - Mongabay.comFormer pet parrots breeding and thriving in 23 U.S. states - National GeographicTrying to save the parrot is not all talk - Irish ExaminerEmergency recovery plan to protect western ground parrot - Esperance ExpressPandemic shines harsh light on Trump's failure to protect pangolins - The GuardianTo prevent the next pandemic and save species, focus on wildlife trade | TheHill - The HillRare kakapo parrots have best breeding season on record - BBC News'A legitimate zoo?' How an obscure German group cornered global trade in endangered parrots - The GuardianEscaped Pet Parrots Are Now Established In 23 U.S. States - ForbesUps and downs for endemic parrots and coffee in Ethiopia - BirdGuides
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