Monday, April 15, 2013 at 14:34 
A parrot named Malachi paints a tableau at Midwest Avian Adoption and Rescue Services. (Photo courtesy of MAARS)“Art in the Hollow,” the annual art fest in beautiful Swede Hollow Park, is revving up. With the event scheduled for Saturday, June 1 (10 AM to 5 PM), painters and other artists are busy creating new works.
Friday, April 12, 2013 at 23:01 
Carnaby cockatoos utilise non-native pines. Image by lostandcoldENDANGERED Carnaby’s cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) are using pine trees as fast food—and have been since the 1940s.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 12:10 
A wild monk parakeet pulls a twig from a tree outside the Newman Greenie House on Monday afternoon to add to its nest in a nearby stadium light. (Robert Morris)When officials announced last month that a major new drainage project on Jefferson Avenue would begin in April, many Uptown residents worried about the effects on traffic, parking, rainwater drainage during the actual construction, and the removal of trees in the neutral ground.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 4:57 
Several colonies of brightly-colored Quaker Parrots, also known as Monk parakeets, have taken up residence in Bergen County towns along the Palisades. The tropical birds have flourished year-round in large nests built in treetops and utility poles. Image by S.P. Sullivan
EDGEWATER — One of the unique sights the denizens of the New Jersey Palisades become accustomed to is the quick flash of green overhead — a tropical parrot joining his flock in the trees.
Monday, April 8, 2013 at 23:32 
Bridget Organ lives near Landcox Park and says the corellas are wreaking havoc. Picture: Sarah Matray Leader FLOCKS of shrieking corellas in Brighton East are being compared with a Hitchcock horror film.
