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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: 6114
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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: 6315
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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: 33344
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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: 10340
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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: 9664
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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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Can their wild kin understand them? - National Geographic11 animal species that have come back from the brink of extinction - BBC Discover WildlifeJailbird Parrots Return to the Wild...As Fugitives - National Audubon SocietyThe 8 Best Things to Do in the Cayman Islands - AFAR MediaNew Zealand's rare kakapo parrot sees population boom - DW (English)Former pet parrots breeding and thriving in 23 U.S. states - National GeographicBiologist Dejan Stojanovic: Protecting the Swift Parrot - CosmosJoint media statement - Support for WA's rarest bird - Media StatementsThis parrot was thought to be extinct in the wild — until a farmer spotted one - The Washington Post‘No excuses’: limited conservation efforts could save at least 47 Australian animals from extinction - The GuardianOrange-bellied parrot numbers on the rise - Australian Geographic - Australian GeographicN.C. Pet Expo features exotic animals at state fairgrounds - Spectrum NewsFive Ways to Help Wildlife on Earth Day - Defenders of Wildlife'Cool Zoo' brings family fun to the Northern Tier - WENY-TVChasing the Night Parrot: The 'Ghost Bird' of Australia's Outback - The New York TimesThe conservation success stories of 2021 - The Natural History MuseumSeduced By a Rare Parrot | Science - Smithsonian MagazineUganda detains 'smuggler' of 122 rare parrots - The Star KenyaParrots Live in New York City. Here's How They Make It in the Urban Jungle - DISCOVER MagazineCurious Questions: Are parakeets a treasure or a curse? - Country LifeAs animal seed dispersers go the way of the dodo, forest plants are at risk - Mongabay.comUnravelling the mystery of parrot longevity: Bigger brains have led some species of parrot to live surprisingly long lives, new research shows - Science DailyParrot thought to be extinct rediscovered 100 years ago. What came next is a tragedy we must not repeat - Phys.orgHow the Houston Zoo helped Caribbean parrots survive a volcano - ChronSpecies suffer a second extinction when society forgets about them - Earth.comHundreds of wild parrots are thriving in this Brazilian city - National GeographicParrots – They will bite everything - The Portugal NewsAround the UAE: 6 things to do on September 22 - Khaleej TimesAgency Hands Over 73 Seized Parrots To Conservation Foundation For Rehabilitation, Reintegration - Nigeria News August 27, 2022 - NNN NEWS NIGERIAHe rescued a baby parrot with birth defects. His reaction to its first steps is priceless. - UpworthyPreserving Dead Parrots in Order to Save the Living - NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)Six Australian birds you may never have heard of … and may not be heard from again - The GuardianBig tech, regulators and conservationists must unite to tackle online wildlife trade - The ConversationBolivia's 'Death Road' once haunted drivers. Now it's a wildlife haven - Reuters Canada‘Canaries in the coalmine’: loss of birds signals changing planet - The Guardian
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