Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 10:17 
Monk parakeet by Alan Zale for The New York Times IT’S spring, and monk parakeets, the small green birds from South America that have proliferated in Connecticut and other parts of the region, are building their huge nests in utility poles and lighting fixtures here — rebuilding, really, after their nests were torn down by utility workers last fall.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 11:29 
Two Macaws were seen grooming each other Monday, March 9, 2009, high up in the trees on South Douglas. Residents and business owners in the neighborhood have put out food for the pair that have been seen in the area for the past week. Shannon Kirshner/The State Journal-Register
Man certain birds are late father’s
CARLINVILLE — A pair of wayward macaw parrots that temporarily made a south Springfield subdivision home March 6 have found their way back home to Carlinville.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 11:25 
A red-crowned parakeet - one of 14 released at Tawharanui Regional Park at the weekend.Chattering red-crowned kakariki can be heard again on Auckland’s mainland for the first time in a century, following a successful Massey University-led release of the species at Tawharanui Regional Park at the weekend.
Friday, March 13, 2009 at 10:00 
Male Kakariki Photo: Luis Ortiz-CatedralKakariki, or red-crowned parakeets, are the latest addition to the open sanctuary at Tawharanui Regional Park. These birds, which haven’t been seen on the Auckland mainland for around a century, will be released on Sunday 15 March.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 3:41 
Tim GroserConservation Minister Tim Groser says the long running campaign to save the kakapo has reached a new milestone today with confirmation that the population of threatened birds has cracked through the 100 mark.
The Department of Conservation's Kakapo Recovery Team have been closely watching a handful of chicks born in the past few days on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island - the kakapo sanctuary off Stewart Island.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation 
