Kakapo chicks needed a helping hand

Feeding one of 21 chicks at a special hand-rearing facility in Invercargill is Department of Conservation kakapo ranger Karen Ludwig. Photo by DoC.A lack of food on Codfish Island has resulted in 21 kakapo chicks being moved to a special hand-rearing facility in Invercargill to improve the critically endangered parrots' chances of survival.

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Farmers say parrots devastating fruits

Wild Cayman parrots along the Mastic Trail, Grand Cayman. Image by Paul-WTo environmentalists and tourism officials, they are the National Bird of the Cayman Islands; and as such are treated as living national treasures, with no exceptions.

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Palm Beach County judge returns Tequila the parrot to original owner

African Grey Parrot, Tequila and the media frenzyDELRAY BEACH — Tequila, the African Grey parrot, is going back to his original owner.

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Exotic visitor adds colour to gardens

Nature watchers have enjoyed spotting an exotic visitor to their gardens in the Burgate area over the past week.

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New conservation zone set up for the critically endangered Yellow-eared Parrot

Yellow-eared parrot. Image by Colombia TravelMarch 2009. ProAves has established a second permanent ecological zone in Colombia to conserve the Critically Endangered Yellow-eared Parrot. The ecological zone was created next door to the Yellow-eared Parrot Bird Reserve on a farm called La Antioqueña, in Riosucio.

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