September 05, 2008 — Filed in: Parrot News
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A gang of unruly teenage bush parrots have wrought havoc at a bird sanctuary in New Zealand by using their powerful beaks to destroy nesting boxes.
Source: The Associated Press
September 03, 2008 — Filed in: Parrot News
FLEXICON says it has supplied Telstra with ‘cockatoo-proof’ flexible conduit for protecting cables in the Australian outback from attacks by the wildlife.
Source: Factory Maintenanc
September 01, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
The Opposition is criticising the Federal Government for cutting the Environmental Stewardship program for farmers by $12 million.
Source: ABC Rural
September 01, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
A mathematical model used to assess the nutrient balance of the kakapo diet has the potential to help solve one of the main challenges to saving the endangered native parrot
Source: Massey University
September 01, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
Authorities on Western Australia’s south coast are trying to track the western ground parrot as part of the effort to save the species from extinction.
Source: ABC Science
August 28, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
Recent controversy over the impact of landclearing on Carnaby’s Cockatoos has emphasised the need for better understanding of how to conserve and restore habitat for this endangered species while allowing for other land uses.
Source: Murdoch University
August 11, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation Parrot News
A devastating parrot disease that has pushed one species to the brink of extinction might be spread by a newly-discovered virus.
August 11, 2008 — Filed in: Parrot News
The bird enthusiast who chronicled the adventures of a flock of red-headed conures in his book “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill” knows most of the parrots by name, yet most of us would be hard pressed to tell one bird from another. While it has been known for a long time that we can become acutely attuned to our day-to-day environment, the underlying neural mechanism has been less clear.
Source: Gina Kirchweger - Salk Institute
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