Tree surgeon goes to work with parrot

Sammy the yellow headed Amazon parrot who goes to work everyday with his owner Michael Hickling, a tree surgeon from Carlton, Nottingham. Photo: David MarsdenMichael Hickling’s work mate doesn’t get in a flap when the tree surgeon's on the job, but then again he is a yellow headed Amazon parrot.

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A colorful enigma

WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARROTS—Black-hooded parakeets (Nandayus nenday) are one of the 13 species of parrots that have naturalized in California. These birds can be spotted in Malibu, Latigo Canyon, Malibu Creek State Park and other local areas. On a mild and clear winter day some two or three years ago, I set out on a hike with a friend in Malibu’s renowned Escondido Falls trail, just off Pacific Coast Highway near Point Dume.

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Is Eagle Rock the New Abode for Wild Parrots?

Red-crowned Parrot (Amazona viridigenalis). Credit Courtesy: Kimball Garrett Suddenly, there seem to be more of the pesky birds than ever before, causing some head scratching among residents.

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Funds needed for Belizean Yellow-headed Parrot nest boxes

Belizean Yellow-headed Parrot (Amazona oratrix belizensis)A plan to transfer artificial cavity technology from the Red-cockaded woodpecker of the Southeastern U.S. to the Yellow-headed Parrot of Belize: The RCW-YHP Project 

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Bleaching and Painting of Parrots

A cruel practice that kills thousands of parrots every year.

Every so often we get an e-mail of somebody claiming to have found a new species of parrot on a bird market somewhere in South or Central America. Usually these are experienced birders that are unable to identify a parrot species found for sale.

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