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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sun, 27 May 2012 02:02:18 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>City Parrots</title><subtitle>City Parrots</subtitle><id>http://cityparrots.org/journal/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://cityparrots.org/journal/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://cityparrots.org/journal/atom.xml"/><updated>2012-05-26T20:30:50Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Police seek person who killed, tortured birds</title><category term="Amazona finschi - Lilac crowned Amazon"/><category term="Animal cruelty"/><category term="Aratinga acuticaudata - Blue-crowned Parakeet"/><category term="Legislation"/><id>http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/26/police-seek-person-who-killed-tortured-birds.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/26/police-seek-person-who-killed-tortured-birds.html"/><author><name>City Parrots</name></author><published>2012-05-26T20:26:24Z</published><updated>2012-05-26T20:26:24Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><object width="500" height="281"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kkvFrDBY7IQ?version=3&amp;hl=nl_NL&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kkvFrDBY7IQ?version=3&amp;hl=nl_NL&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="281" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p>
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<p>Three  birds have been found tortured and killed. Their owners were in the  process of moving and came home to the grizzly discovery.</p>
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Potty parrots help owners with their daily chores including hanging out the washing</title><category term="Ara ararauna - Blue-and-Gold Macaw"/><category term="Ara chloropterus- Green-winged macaw"/><category term="Fun"/><category term="Psittacus erithacus - African Grey Parrot"/><category term="Rescue"/><id>http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/23/are-these-made-from-pollyester-potty-parrots-help-owners-wit.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/23/are-these-made-from-pollyester-potty-parrots-help-owners-wit.html"/><author><name>City Parrots</name></author><published>2012-05-23T21:09:56Z</published><updated>2012-05-23T21:09:56Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<span><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2148715/Potty-parrots-help-owners-daily-chores-Devon.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8158/7258023892_eb1fab4949.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1337807682549" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 500px;">Helpful: Bosun the parrot hangs out the washing for his owners Sharon and Reg Hill </span></span>Household chores are a burden that most of us would happily put off for as long as possible.</span>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Pushy parrots fall off their perch</title><category term="Conflict"/><category term="Disease"/><category term="Trichoglosus haematodus - Rainbow Lorikeets"/><category term="Urban parrots"/><id>http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/23/pushy-parrots-fall-off-their-perch.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/23/pushy-parrots-fall-off-their-perch.html"/><author><name>City Parrots</name></author><published>2012-05-23T17:56:16Z</published><updated>2012-05-23T17:56:16Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/pushy-parrots-fall-off-their-perch/story-fn6bfkm6-1226364987104" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7215/7256926250_392906dd7a.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1337795977037" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 500px;">Greedy: Rainbow lorikeets are accused of hogging trees. HWT Image Library </span></span>BIRD lovers are killing rainbow  lorikeets with kindness - and respected ornithologists at Birds  Australia are not unhappy about the deaths.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Boffins track birds ... from Spaaaaaaaace</title><category term="Calyptorhynchus latirostris - Carnaby's Cockatoo"/><category term="Conservation"/><category term="Release"/><category term="Research"/><id>http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/23/boffins-track-birds-from-spaaaaaaaace.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/23/boffins-track-birds-from-spaaaaaaaace.html"/><author><name>City Parrots</name></author><published>2012-05-23T06:42:41Z</published><updated>2012-05-23T06:42:41Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/doc44/7180673840/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8168/7254144536_79acc41c12.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1337755450422" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 500px;">Carnaby's Black-cockatoo having a drink. Image by ron_n_beth</span></span>Endangered, not-so-angry, birds capture big data.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Cocky count spots record number</title><category term="Calyptorhynchus banksii - Red-tailed Black Cockatoo"/><category term="Count"/><id>http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/23/cocky-count-spots-record-number.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/23/cocky-count-spots-record-number.html"/><author><name>City Parrots</name></author><published>2012-05-23T06:25:56Z</published><updated>2012-05-23T06:25:56Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48991563@N06/6994722966/in/photostream/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7222/7254113968_6a9e9338a7.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1337754878059" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 500px;">Record number of red-tailed black cockatoos counted. Image by Bill &amp; Mark Bell</span></span>A record number of red-tailed black cockatoos, almost 1,500, were spotted in an annual count of the species.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Nature Report: Red Crowned Parrot</title><category term="Amazona viridigenalis - Red-crowned Amazon"/><category term="Urban parrots"/><id>http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/21/nature-report-red-crowned-parrot.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/21/nature-report-red-crowned-parrot.html"/><author><name>City Parrots</name></author><published>2012-05-21T20:11:01Z</published><updated>2012-05-21T20:11:01Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><object width="500" height="284"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zNit70HO4Rk?version=3&amp;hl=nl_NL&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zNit70HO4Rk?version=3&amp;hl=nl_NL&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="284" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p>
<p>Perched on a weathered cottonwood snag, a pair of red-crowned parrots  affectionately grooms one another in the early morning.&nbsp; Just below and  to the right of them is their nest cavity.</p>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Princess found in the desert</title><category term="(Re-)discovery"/><category term="Polytelis alexandrae - Princess Parrot"/><category term="Research"/><id>http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/21/princess-found-in-the-desert.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/21/princess-found-in-the-desert.html"/><author><name>City Parrots</name></author><published>2012-05-21T06:05:32Z</published><updated>2012-05-21T06:05:32Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2012/s3507009.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7097/7239620166_abd7d63e48.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1337580554894" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 500px;">The princess parrot at Newhaven Reserve. (Peter Struik) </span></span>They've only been seen a handful of times over the last 100 years.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Cockatoo blues</title><category term="Calyptorhynchus latirostris - Carnaby's Cockatoo"/><category term="Conservation"/><category term="Release"/><category term="Research"/><id>http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/19/cockatoo-blues.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/19/cockatoo-blues.html"/><author><name>City Parrots</name></author><published>2012-05-19T07:30:03Z</published><updated>2012-05-19T07:30:03Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://carnabyscockatoo.blogspot.com/2012/05/satellite-tracking-trial.html?spref=fb" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7231/7225732690_6587cd37fa.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1337413740908" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 500px;">These cockatoos have also had part of their white tail feather panels coloured blue and an individual identifying letter stencilled on each tail feather.</span></span>Satellite tracking devices and distinctive blue tail  feathers will help keep tabs on six Carnaby's cockatoos released in  Perth this morning.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Seized birds now wards of the court</title><category term="Primolius auricollis - Yellow-collared macaw"/><category term="Rescue"/><category term="Welfare"/><id>http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/18/seized-birds-now-wards-of-the-court.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/18/seized-birds-now-wards-of-the-court.html"/><author><name>City Parrots</name></author><published>2012-05-18T07:23:00Z</published><updated>2012-05-18T07:23:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheezie3/3338941655/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7231908380_b0af5d52c3.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1337499243151" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 500px;">Yellow collared macaw. Photo: Wheezie3 </span></span>MORAINE &mdash;&nbsp;Pet birds seized as part of a raid at an exotic bird rescue center will not be given back to their owners until the court decides the case.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Bird lovers come together to find missing parrot</title><category term="Psittacus erithacus - African Grey Parrot"/><category term="Rescue"/><id>http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/14/bird-lovers-come-together-to-find-missing-parrot.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://cityparrots.org/journal/2012/5/14/bird-lovers-come-together-to-find-missing-parrot.html"/><author><name>City Parrots</name></author><published>2012-05-14T08:21:00Z</published><updated>2012-05-14T08:21:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><object width="500" height="284"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g-A9fcjD6SU?version=3&amp;hl=nl_NL&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g-A9fcjD6SU?version=3&amp;hl=nl_NL&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="284" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p>
<p>KITSAP COUNTY, Wash. -- A missing parrot had a volunteer search team  combing the woods in Kitsap County on Monday, and thankfully the ordeal  had a happy ending for the bird's worried owner.</p>]]></summary></entry></feed>
