Thirty parrots seized from Georgetown home; some up for adoption

Thirty exotic parrots were seized over the weekend from a Georgetown homeThirty exotic parrots — some Macaws, African Greys and Amazons — that were seized over the weekend from a Georgetown home now are in need of new homes and toys, a Kent County SPCA official said.

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Noisy but beautifully exotic wild parrots call San Diego home

A wild parrot gets a belly full of delicious flora. The parrot populations have returned to the beach communities. Courtesy photo by Karen Straus, Audubon Society.The flocks of large, green-and-red birds around San Diego may seem unusual, but they’re a part of the beach culture now. They’re wild parrots.

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Steve's Sightings: Brownsville park has plenty of surprises

Red-crowned parrots in Oliveira Park, Brownsville, Texas. Image by Steve SinclairWhile photographing birds a few days ago, I had a casual conversation with an out-of-state couple here for a few days of Rio Grande Valley birding.

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Cageless Survivors

Red-crowned amazons.Throughout California, I have filmed thirteen parrot species in over thirty cities to date. Of the current thirteen species of California naturalized parrot flocks filmed, the largest in both flock member population and species diversity occurs in various cities throughout California’s San Gabriel Valley. Pictured here are the endangered Red Crowned Amazon parrot, originally from Central Mexico, they have made their homes in our numerous San Gabriel Valley cities such as Pasadena, Monrovia, Temple City, Arcadia, Rosemead, Duarte,Pomona, Laverne, Covina, West Covina, Azusa and El Monte.

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New habitat to lure birds, tourists to VNC

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.

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