Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 13:31 
Superb parrot (Polytelis swainsonii). Image Stuart HarrisThe ACT Government will halve residential development potential for a new Gungahlin suburb to comply with Commonwealth environment laws to protect nationally significant threatened species.
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 4:41 
More and more Little Corellas have been found dead in Tom Price
An increasing number of Little Corellas have been found dead in the ‘Area W’ vicinity of Tom Price.
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 3:35 
Aroha and Bill close-up – photo by Judi Lapsley MillerA young kākā chick runt at ZEALANDIA - once presumed so close to death his nest-minders had a body bag ready for him - has delighted conservationists at the ecosanctuary by hanging on to life - with some sisterly help from his nestmates!
Nestor meridionalis - Kaka | in Nest box, Oddities Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 3:08 
Dejan Stojanovic and a baby Swift parrotEMILY BOURKE: The endangered swift parrot lives in south-east Australia, but the species only breeds in Tasmania. A scientist who's spending his summer climbing trees to study the parrots has found that the birds will only nest in particular hollows.
Felicity Ogilvie reports from Bruny Island.
FELICITY OGILVIE: The endangered Swift Parrots have made their nest in the hollow of a dead tree in a forest on Bruny Island. The nest is 18 metres off the ground and there's a chick inside.
(Sound of chick cry)
Lathamus discolor - Swift Parrot | in Conservation, Research Friday, January 20, 2012 at 11:16 
RI bills would spare birds with psittacosis and allow parrots to be microchipped instead of fitted with ID bands.The Rhode Island House and Senate proposed companion bills that would allow psittacine birds, also known as parrots, to be microchipped instead of fitted with an identifying band and permit birds exposed to psittacosis to be treated rather than destroyed.
