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Wild parrots ruffle feathers in Redlands
The Press-Enterprise - Darrell R. Santschi - 2006-12-25

Adrien Litton was working at his desk in the offices of the Redlands-based satellite mapping company ESRI the morning of Feb. 6 when he heard a strange squawking noise .... [ Read More.... ]



Good news about kakariki
The Southland Times - Phil McCarthy - 2006-12-23

A new generation of orange-fronted parakeets (kakariki) had been successfully established on Chalky Island, ending fears the critically endangered parakeet could become extinct .... [ Read More.... ]



Scientists hopeful endangered parrot species survived WA blaze
ABC News Online - Author Unknown - 2006-12-20

The Department of Environment and Conservation is optimistic a bushfire in the Fitzgerald River National Park, in southern Western Australia, has not had a major impact on .... [ Read More.... ]



Beep Guns For Parrot Poachers
The Brooklyn Paper - Dana Rubinstein - 2006-12-18

The poaching of Brooklyn’s wild monk parrots from their perches on neighborhood streets has been ruffling the feathers of bird-lovers for months, and now, the borough’s parrot-owner-in-chief is taking matters into his own … er … talons. [ Read More.... ]



Disease stops parrot release
The Mercury - Michelle Paine - 2006-12-09

A PLANNED release of orange-bellied parrots into the wild this year has been cancelled as a quarantine cover continues over the endangered bird. [ Read More.... ]



Federal Govt clears path for $650m pulp mill
ABC News Online - Author Unknown - 2006-12-07

Construction of a $650 million pulp mill near Penola, in south-east South Australia, could begin in the next few weeks, after yesterday's granting of Federal Government approval.... [ Read More.... ]



Victory for Jamaican conservationists?
Birdlife International - Author Unknown - 2006-12-06

A Jamaican High Court judge has ruled in favour of the Northern Jamaica Conservation Association (NJCA), Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) and four individuals in a Judicial .... [ Read More.... ]



'Hundreds of thousands' of birds saved by import ban
inthenews.co.uk - Author Unknown - 2006-10-27

A temporary import ban on birds introduced due to the threat of bird flu has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of rare and exotic birds, the RSPB has claimed today. [ Read More.... ]



Mystery disease kills parrot nestlings
ABC News Online - Author Unknown - 2006-10-07

A mysterious disease is threatening the endangered orange-bellied parrot. Birds in the captive breeding program near Hobart have been in quarantine since January, when 46... [ Read More.... ]



Outlook grim for exotic bird living in Upper North
Mankato Free Press - Amanda Dyslin - 2006-10-04

The fall foliage of bright greens, reds and yellows makes pretty good camouflage for a misplaced bird that’s found a home in upper North Mankato. Among the robins and .... [ Read More.... ]



Feathers Fly! Bird Watchers Say Parrots Are Being Pinched
Courier-Life Publications - Joe Maniscalco - 2006-09-14

They’ve become as ubiquitous in many parts of Brooklyn as their much less colorful cousin the pigeon. But friends of the South American Monk Parrots, introduced to Brooklyn .... [ Read More.... ]



Orange-bellied parrot listed as critically-endangered
ABC News Online - Unkown Author - 2006-09-07

The orange-bellied parrot, which has been cited by the federal Environment Minister in a decision to overturn approval for a wind farm, has been listed as a critically-endangered .... [ Read More.... ]



$3.2m to save orange-bellied parrot
The Age - Author Unknown - 2006-08-29

The bird which stopped a $220 million wind farm development is now about to come into the money itself, through a $3.2 million federal government investment .... [ Read More.... ]



Parrots 'as intelligent' as young children
The World Today - Kirsten Veness - 2006-07-21

An American scientist says the results of a 29-year study suggest parrots could be as intelligent as five-year-old humans. Brandeis University Professor Irene Pepperberg says .... [ Read More.... ]



Incredible journey of refugee parrots
BBC News - LR Jagadheesan - 2006-07-13

Two parrots owned by 15-year-old Tamil refugee Bhovana Nishanthini Lombert mean absolutely everything to her. So devoted is the teenager to her feathered .... [ Read More.... ]



Talking parrot under threat
inthenews.co.uk - Author Unknown - 2006-07-06

Britain's most popular talking parrot, the African grey, is under threat, wildlife campaigners have warned. According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) .... [ Read More.... ]



Parrot show sales ruled unlawful
BBC News - Author Unknown - 2006-06-14

The High Court has ruled the sale of birds as pets at the Parrot Society show in Stafford is unlawful. Animal welfare worker Malcolm Haynes, from Great Wyrley, .... [ Read More.... ]



Clampdown need on Grey Parrot trade
Birdlife International - Author Unknown - 2006-06-12

The Animals Committee of CITES, the convention governing international trade in species, has recommended up to a two-year ban from January 2007 on exports of .... [ Read More.... ]



Cape Parrot starting to thrive again in SA
The Mercury - Sara Oelofse - 2006-06-02

Preliminary results from the annual national census of the endangered Cape Parrot (Poicephalus robustus), the only parrot endemic to South Africa, are positive, suggesting .... [ Read More.... ]



Save Cayman’s wild parrots
Caymanian Compass - Linda P. Myers - 2006-05-30

As the mangos ripen, and because there is very little food in the remaining forests since Hurricane Ivan, wild parrots are converging on the farms – the only places they can .... [ Read More.... ]


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