$12.6 million spent on saving endangered golden shouldered parrot

Staying on the nest. These macaws won’t budge to the researchers. (Photo: Simon Nogueira)One of the benefits of living in Campo Grande, Brazil, is witnessing blue & gold macaws flying unceremoniously across the city's sky. About 100 of these macaws live in the city of Campo Grande today. Their beauty is breath-taking and to see them and you just need a little bit of luck.
The Cape Parrot, with its characteristic loud squawk, relies mainly on yellowwood forest patches for food and shelter. It has a strong beak to crack open nuts and seeds. Almost all of the Cape parrots in King William's Town congregate every morning at this specific bird bath. Notice their poor condition due to the ravages of beak and feather disease and malnutrition. Image by Rodnick BiljonAfter huddling in the cold and mist during a two-day vigil, a band of dedicated bird-watching volunteers has tracked down almost 1 200 of SA’s rarest parrots.