Where screeching, scarlet macaws enjoy raucous celebrity status

Feral macaws in Kirkby Stephen: 'As we crossed the road, a pair peered down at us from the sky, Technicolor adornments on a grey day.' In London, parakeets are regarded by some as a feral nuisance; in Kirkby Stephen, the locals relish their glimpse of Amazonia

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Parrots Barter With Nuts

Cockatoo exercising patience. Polly may want a cracker, but when a parrot wants a better deal, it will trade a so-so nut for an even better snack, a new study has found.

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Nottinghamshire woman saves parrot by knitting it woolly jumpers

Charlie the parrot was so neglected, he had plucked out his feathers.A neglected parrot which was nursed back to health wearing hand-knitted jumpers now refuses to be without them.

Charlie, a green eclectus parrot, was rescued by Safehaven, a bird charity with a base in Nottinghamshire.

The parrot had plucked out most of its feathers was was said to resemble an oven-ready chicken.

A vet said it should be put down but Rebecca Blagg, the charity's coordinator, knitted jumpers to keep it warm.

Mrs Blagg said: "He has a green one, a blue one and a couple of peach-and-brown ones which we change once a week.

"We make them with very big wing holes so they don't restrict his movements.

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32 parrots returned to Uwec

African Grey Parrots, which were confiscated in contraband in 2010, departed for Uganda last Friday.At least 32 African grey parrots said to have been seized in eastern Europe in a botched pet trade deal, were returned to a natural habitat in Uganda at the weekend.

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Birds vs. bees

From left, Andrew Morrill and interim cub scout leader Shawn Denton demonstrate how the completed bird houses will look. Florida Power & Light has agreed to help set poles for the bird houses to be mounted. Image by Michelle KanaarThat buzz you might hear among some South Florida bird enthusiasts is about bees — reports that Africanized honey bees, known for their aggressive behavior, are taking over birds’ nesting sites.

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