Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 1:50 
We might take them for granted, but galahs could be potential tourist attractions. Photo: David Cook
Australia should forget beaches and bikini-clad models as tourist drawcards, and promote the country as a land of parrots to rival the Amazon, a leading tourism expert says.
Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 14:53 
Photo by John Vanacore A member of the monk parakeet colony at Hammonasset State Park is shown here. Monks started moving into shoreline towns in the 1970s and have been flourishing ever since.
Someone's pet got loose. That's what you might have thought the first time you were close to the Sound and caught a glimpse of brilliant green flitting through the trees or across the road-someone's pet parrot got loose and, if it's not found soon, it'll never last the winter.
Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 6:33 
Image by soonerpa
On Saturday, the state’s most notorious illegal pet bird species, the Quaker parrot, also called the monk parakeet, became legal.
Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 14:37 
A kakapo explores Codfish Island. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery.
Overcrowding may force the endangered kakapo to be returned to Resolution Island, more than 100 years after a pioneer conservationist first attempted the move.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 12:21 
Golden conure (Guaruba guarouba), photo: Steve Bailey
Did you know that President William McKinley had a parrot named “Washington Post?” The parrot trend has certainly persisted through time—there are more than 40 million kept as pets in the U.S. alone. While it makes sense that these intelligent and bejeweled animals would make excellent pets, it’s anything but sensible when the illegal animal trade threatens biodiversity and accelerates extinction.
