Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 3:23 
Mitred parakeet drinking at a rooftop, Miami Springs, FLA couple of weeks back, I got an e-mail from a reader suggesting a column about the Berkeley parrot flock. In trying to pull that column together, I was struck by how little I knew about these birds—in contrast to their celebrity cousins in San Francisco.
Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 12:36
Updated on Friday, January 9, 2009 at 12:52 by
City Parrots
English wit Stephen Fry on his way to Codfish Island on Monday to film a BBC documentary series about the kakapo. Photo by Mark Carwardine. On the eve of its biggest modern breeding season, the kakapo is set to become one of the major success stories of a documentary series looking at the world's most endangered species.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation Friday, January 9, 2009 at 9:27 
Carnaby's cockatoo has halted a massive residential development in Mandurah. Photo: Chris ThomsonA proposed Mandurah mega-development will have to get approval from Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett after a government department decided it would affect the endangered Carnaby's Black Cockatoo.
Friday, January 9, 2009 at 6:35 
Burrowing Parrots, family in flight. Image by Erik SchepersYou might think that 180,000 squawking, screeching parrots living in 35,000 nests along 12km (seven miles) of coastline would draw quite a lot of attention.
Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 12:00 
Philippine Cockatoo. Image by Chris Shank
A pair of rare breeding cockatoos which are on the world's endangered species list have been stolen from Bristol Zoo.
