Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 14:19 
City of Weslaco Public Facilities worker Euben Cabrera assists in placing the nesting boxes in the palm trees.WESLACO — Local red-crowned parrots and green parakeets have a few more nesting options as the Weslaco Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Mid Valley class this week mounted habitat boxes for the birds at Valley Nature Center.
Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 13:00 
A close-up of the monk parakeet, the type of exotic bird that now calls Yonkers home. Photo Credit: quinetYONKERS, N.Y. – A group of exotic birds are bringing some color to a Yonkers neighborhood.
Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 1:49 
The critically endangered Puerto Rican Parrot (Amazona vittata) is the only surviving parrot species native to the United States. (Credit: Image courtesy of BioMed Central Limited)The critically endangered Puerto Rican Parrot (Amazona vittata) is the only surviving parrot species native to the United States. A genomic sequencing project, funded by community donations, has published September 28, in BioMed Central and BGI's open access journal GigaScience, the first sequence of A. vittata, the first of the large Neotropical Amazona birds to be studied at the genomic level.
Amazona vittata - Puerto Rican Amazon | in Research Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 14:11 
Parakeet Nest at Maplewood Train Station circa 2011. Credit Joy Yagid Nest over train tracks was deemed a "tremendous" fire hazard.
Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 12:27 
After months of munching macadamias Sirocco the kākāpō conservation superstar has moved onto Manuka. Photo: Chris Birmingham.As the kakapo's conservation funding faces a $200,000 cut, Nikki Macdonald explores the debate about commercialisation of conservation.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation 
