Change to law would let owners keep endangered birds

Buddy Waskey of Colonial Heights is shown with three of his birds. On his left hand is a blue-throated macaw. A blue and gold macaw named Mikhail rests on his back and on his right arm is a camelot macaw named Cosmo.COLONIAL HEIGHTS - When the East Wings Freeflight Club meets, an array of green, gold, blue and red feathers become a blur as macaws cut through the air at the club's Blackstone meeting place. The six members of East Wings gather to let these exotic birds stretch their wings.

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Bird lovers discover haven for parakeets across city

A group of ornithologists (above) willsensitise people by advising them on conducive habitats for parakeetsA City wildlife team gears up with exciting plans to identify trees for creating habitats and ensuring that the joy of watching parakeets fly will be preserved for coming generations

A census of rose-ringed parakeets using an internationally acclaimed method (box field method) found 10, 500 of the birds in and around Orion Mall, Rajajinagar. Similar hubs are said to have been found at Banashankari, Vidyapeeta Circle and near Binny Mills according to callers, who have been responding to the report Celeb status for city's parakeets,'on March 16 in Bangalore Mirror.

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Why save the orange-bellied parrot?

The endangered orange-bellied parrot is worth fighting for. If we don't put in resources to save the orange-bellied parrot as a rich comfortable country, what's our excuse?

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Rare parakeets flown to safe island home

Orange-fronted parakeetEighteen rare native parakeets are today winging their way from Christchurch to a Bay of Plenty island sanctuary to build a self-supporting population there as this species faces the ongoing threat of predators in Canterbury.

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Cockatoo perched in Renaissance painting forces rethink of history

Madonna della Vittoria, completed in 1496, is typical of the period except for one important feature – there’s an Australian bird in the background. Image by: University of MelbourneDiscovery of an animal more closely associated with Sydney than Venice is leading to a revision of early trading networks

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