Monday, July 28, 2008 at 11:25 
Pet Bird Club of Independence member and bird fair organizer Heidi Szatkowski of Blue Springs plays with a Macaw during the club's annual fair at the Sermon Center in Independence Saturday. Photo: Julie Scheidegger/The ExaminerBirds, even pet birds, won’t be happy if constantly left in cages
Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 7:51 
Kea statueNew Zealand native parrot the Kea has taken up permanent residence at The Remarkables’ newest terrain park – concrete lookalikes, that is.
Two replicas of the cheeky bird – with one more on its way – were choppered into the ski area on Monday.
Arrowtown sculptor Conor McNicholas was commissioned by Burton and NZSki to make the Keas for The Stash terrain park, which officially opens on Saturday.
Nestor notabilis - Kea | in Eco-tourism Monday, July 21, 2008 at 14:12 
Vincent is the third St. Vincent Amazon Parrot born at the Houston Zoo, the only zoo in the country to house the rare species and the first in the world to hatch the species in captivity. Photo: Chronicle, Kevin Fujii / HC On May 28, a tiny St. Vincent Amazon parrot pushed its way out of an egg at the Houston Zoo.
Monday, July 21, 2008 at 10:32 
Green parakeet (Aratinga holochlora) Photo: Steve Sinclair
Wayne Bartholomew, executive director of Frontera Audubon in Weslaco, says visitors constantly ask him one question: "Where can I see the parrots and parakeets?
Monday, July 21, 2008 at 10:00 
African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
Francis Hall and his sons, Sam, 18, and Trevor, 40, were asleep when the blaze began in the kitchen of their home in Fair Oak, Hants, at 6.25am on Sunday.
