Winnie the parrot's new name fits the bill / Decadelong bird visitor is a fussy eater, jealous too

Updated on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 7:43 by City Parrots

Winnie the parrot likes the peanuts, sunflower seeds, apples and bananas that Marilyn Pon feeds her. Photo by Robert Noel BlauBerkeley's free parrot of Prince Street, who has spent 10 years visiting us through our bedroom window ("A fussy bird moves in," July 9, 2005), has turned out to be a girl.

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Old pictures of the Dutch Scarlet Macaws immensely valuable

The Dutch Macaw population in 1989We from Araproject always love to hear from the public. We know many people check in at our website to stay informed about the developments of the Scarlet macaws. In our talks with the people we meet, we often get questions about the origin of the macaws. Many locals recall bigger groups of macaws flying in the research area.

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Parrots prosper in Orange County

Parrots may be endangered in the wild but they are doing fine in O.C.

Yellow-headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix)Parrots might be gravely endangered in their native rain forests, but not in Orange County, where they've taken up residence in large flocks, attracting both love and hate from people who share their space.

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New Caledonia's most wanted

The sole remaining specimen of New Caledonian Lorikeet: a female preserved in the Paris Museum of Natural History. Photo: Nigel Collar/BirdLifeA number of the world's birds have seemingly vanished from existence, with no reliable sightings for a number of years. This article focuses on two such enigmatic inhabitants of New Caledonia in the Pacific, one of which will be the subject of renewed search efforts following funding from the 2006 British Birdwatching Fair (Saving the Endangered Parrots of the Pacific).

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Festive boost for Georgetown

This is the first time that the Festive Parrot Amazona festiva has been recorded in Georgetown, Guyana The Guyana Amazon Tropical Birds Society has discovered a breeding pair of Festive Parrots (Amazona festiva) in the capital city of Georgetown, Guyana. Georgetown is well known for its diverse bird life (199 recorded species), but this is the first time that the Festive Parrot has been recorded in the city.

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