Sunday, July 8, 2012 at 11:16 
Marie-Elisabeth Gagnon watches Buddy, a Lilac Crowned Amazon parrot, that was separated from his longtime owner, who moved into a nursing home Image by: AARON HARRISWhen his best friend of three decades went into a nursing home, Buddy was bereft. He couldn’t go, too.
Friday, July 6, 2012 at 11:25 
For any of you who've spent time in South Island skifields, or stopped to watch them in Arthur's Pass, the West Coast or Mt Cook, there's no mistaking the raucous cry of our much-loved (and sometimes maligned) alpine parrot, the kea.
Nestor notabilis - Kea | in Fun, Intelligence, Introduced predators Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 1:33 
Dr James Haberfield cares for the sick bird that later had to be put down. Picture: Dominique Menegaldo THE Department of Environment and Conservation has widened its investigation into the death of seven corellas at a Greenwood Park to other sites.
A spokeswoman said similar deaths in several other northern suburbs had prompted the DEC to widen its testing for the cause.
“We are looking at other links to corella deaths in surrounding areas. The birds are of the same species. Testing could take a month.”
Greenwood residents suspected poisoning when they found the dead birds in one area of Blackall Park early on June 30.
Residents have also reported bird deaths at Carine Open Space and at Carine Glades Shopping Centre.
Cacatua sanguinea - Little Corella | in Poisoning, Research Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 5:46 
BIRD STUDY: Kea Conservation Trust chairwoman Tamsin Orr-Walker and scientific adviser Lorne Roberts tag a kea. There are as few kea left in the world as there are tigers, and think how much is being spent on saving tigers.
That's the message from the Kea Conservation Fund when it comes to the future of New Zealand's native parrot.
Trust chairwoman Tamsin Orr-Walker and scientific adviser Lorne Roberts discussed their work last night in Timaru at a New Zealand Alpine Club meeting.
The kea population stood at between 1000 and 5000 but research on four separate populations indicated numbers were decreasing.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 1:22 
Onkaparinga Council will ask the State Government to manage Old Noarlunga's corella problem after its attempts proved unsuccessful.ONKAPARINGA Council will ask the State Government to fix Old Noarlunga's corella problem after its attempts to cull the birds failed.
At a meeting on Tuesday, June 26, councillors voted to lobby the government to take control of corella culling in the district. The decision came after the meeting was told last season's culling program had little impact.
A report to the council recommended that the program - which involved shooting up to 200 birds and using noise to scare the rest away - start in October this year, two months earlier than last year.
Cacatua sanguinea - Little Corella | in Conflict, Cull 
