Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 8:31 
Another fruitless breeding season for Kakapo. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. No kakapo chicks will hatch this year, putting further pressure on the endangered species.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation Friday, February 15, 2013 at 13:33 
A Moluccan Cockatoo was one of the birds rescued. Image by Susan Pfannmuller
As a veterinarian, Julie Burge has rescued and cared for domestic birds and family pets abandoned in communities ravaged by hurricanes and tornadoes.
The deplorable conditions from which she rescued six parrots last week from a vacant Pleasant Valley house were just as bad, if not worse, she said.
The two cockatoos and four macaws were unhealthy with tattered and discolored feathers. Several birds had large bare patches where feathers had been plucked out or chewed off, said Burge, who operates a veterinarian practice and bird rescue operation in Grandview. She previously rescued pets after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Joplin tornado.
Friday, February 15, 2013 at 7:25 
Young Amazona oratrix belizensisMerida finished her annual Carnival celebration this week.
Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 14:41 
Cameras were installed in nests of Red-tailed Amazon parrot (Amazona brasiliensis) to monitor birth and development of their offspring (Photo: Rafael Rivera / SPVS)The parrots, that nests on islands off the coast of Paraná, are monitored during the breeding period, from September to March.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 3:21 
Cockatiel gave his life to save his human family from fire. A PET parrot has been hailed a guardian angel after giving its own life to save a Llanelli teenager from a bedroom blaze.
Nymphicus hollandicus - Cockatiel | in Oddities 
