Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 23:53 
Do parakeets understand language, or are they just all talk? Photo: Duncan Smith/PhotodiscA lost parakeet in Japan was returned safely to its owner last week after it told police its home address. Why do captive birds mimic human speech, and how do they decide what to say?
Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 22:49 
WATCH OUT: Motorists have been warned to watch out for black cockatoos which are drinking and feeding on roadsides, leading to vehicle strikes . Picture: Leighton De BarrosDRIVERS have been warned to watch out for black cockatoos, after 13 have been killed by passing vehicles near the South Coast Highway in recent weeks.
Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 0:04 
Terry Thompson comforts Bob, a blue gold macaw, after Bob was retrieved from a tree Friday in Jamestown. Aaron Miller of Jerry's Tree Service assisted with the rescue using a bucket truck. The tree line along one Jamestown avenue had an unusual visitor Friday when a family’s exotic bird escaped to greater heights. Bob, a 16-year-old blue gold macaw parrot, spent the better part of Thursday night and part of Friday morning perched and squawking high in a tree along the 700 block of Third Avenue Northeast.
The tree line along one Jamestown avenue had an unusual visitor Friday when a family’s exotic bird escaped to greater heights.
Bob, a 16-year-old blue gold macaw parrot, spent the better part of Thursday night and part of Friday morning perched and squawking high in a tree along the 700 block of Third Avenue Northeast.
Ara ararauna - Blue-and-Gold Macaw | in Rescue Friday, May 4, 2012 at 3:10 
Count the cockiesVolunteers will be out in western Victoria again this weekend for the annual red-tailed black cockatoo count.
Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 15:46 A feisty young patient is set to be discharged from the Auckland Zoo vet centre tomorrow so she can begin her new life at pest-free sanctuary Little Barrier Island.
