Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 11:45 
New Jersey Quaker Parrots - Monk Parakeets Photo: Scott HudsonA bill that would allow more than 1,000 New Hampshire residents, currently living here illegally in cages, to remain in their homes is headed to the desk of Gov. John Lynch for his signature, after House Bill 651 passed unanimously by the Senate Wednesday.
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 1:42 
“The current controls aren’t working and are pushing native wildlife closer to the brink – we need a more comprehensive approach.” Image by David Wake.ENVIRONMENTAL experts say a population shift of WA’s iconic Carnaby's Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) will put more pressure on habitats that are rapidly being lost to development without effective laws to protect them.
Murdoch University Dean of Environmental Science and former WA Conservation Commission chairman John Bailey says the state’s Wildlife Protection Act, which has not been updated in more than 60 years, is “woefully inadequate” for dealing with current threats to endangered species.
He says the lack of comprehensive statewide biodiversity legislation means conservation and planning laws are not well integrated and look at each case individually instead of a wider scale.
Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 12:00 
Cover of "The flight of Cornelius Cockatoo by Stewart Metz1997 was a turning point in the life Dr. Stewart Metz. Until then, he had followed the typical route for a physician practicing Medicine in the university setting—seeing patients; doing research in Diabetes; teaching; and Administrative work. Eventually he became Head of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes as a Tenured Physician at the renowned University of Wisconsin-Madison, with about 130 research publications under his belt. But he sensed, increasingly, that something important was missing—and that ‘something’ was parrots. In 1993, he recognized that passion, which grew by leaps and bounds with the acquisition of China, a very special Salmon-crested cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis). But in 1997, when he turned to the then-fledgling Internet, he found only a striking paucity of knowledge about these cockatoos, which were endangered in the wild. So in 2000, he became a member of the Indonesian Parrot Project (originally called “Project Bird Watch”) and in 2002 became the Director of the project. This NGO is a small, all-volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of endangered Indonesian parrots, including the Salmon-crested cockatoo.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 4:42 
Image by Marcel Holyoak - Brehm's Tiger-parrot (Psittacella brehmii) male Recently released genetic research from CSIRO and New Mexico State University in the US is helping scientists better understand how Australian birds evolved. The researchers found that the tiger-parrots of New Guinea's rainforests -- named for their striped or barred plumage -- are not, as has been widely accepted, closely related either to a group of rosella-like parrots found in Australia and Oceania, nor a similar group found in Asia and Africa.
Monday, May 2, 2011 at 7:11 
Linda Brannian from Tweed Bird Observers is on the lookout for black cockies.PLAYING a part in saving the lives and habitat of the glossy black cockatoo has inspired a keen band of birding volunteers to take part in an annual birding day.
On Sunday 22 May they will assist Tweed Shire Council in a bid to learn more about the distribution, habitat use and population numbers of the threatened glossy black cockatoo.
The birding day is an initiative supported by the Glossy Black Conservancy and its partner agencies.
