Monday, January 11, 2010 at 11:27 
Birds from Hopetoun and Munglinup will be examined today to see what caused their deaths.
The Department of Environment and Conservation has not ruled out poison as the cause of death of more than 190 birds on the South Coast.
Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 23:36 
In the Ecuador wilderness (guides Nelson, at the helm, and Paa), Charles Bergman sought the roots of the illegal animal trade (a blue-headed parrot chick). Photo: Charles BergmanTwo fire-red birds swooped screeching through the forest, flared their yellow and blue wings and alighted on the upright trunk of a dead palm tree. In the green shadows, the scarlet macaws were dazzling; they might as well have been shot from flamethrowers. One slipped into a hole in the tree, then popped its head out and touched beaks with its mate, whose long red tail pressed against the trunk. The birds eyed us suspiciously.
Friday, January 8, 2010 at 12:34 
Short-Billed Black-Cockatoo or Carnaby's Cockatoo. Image by HelenMore dead birds have been found on the South Coast after extreme temperatures in the region.
Friday, January 8, 2010 at 6:26 
Thirsty Carnaby's cockatoos landing in suburbia to get a drink. Image by Delia AnthonyRecord temperatures are being blamed for the deaths of scores of birds in Western Australia's south.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 2:46 
Male Ring-necked parakeetFor one family the icy cold snap has brought a special feathered visitor seeking a homely refuge from the big freeze to their back garden. Housewife Mandy Wright (42) and her family have been looking after a ring-necked parakeet since New Year's Day after the beautiful bird first flew into the garden of their home in Wisteria Road, Yaxley, near Peterborough.
The parakeet - which is the only parrot that in the wild in the UK - was first spotted by Mandy's nine-year-old son Lewis, who saw it from his bedroom window.
Since then, Polly - as she has been named by Lewis and Mandy's three-year-old daughter Ruby - has been a regular feature in their garden, appearing everyday for a morning meal of apples and bird feed.
