Lou Gabrielson, shown left, Lisa Umstead, and Sal Puglia share a brief moment of respite while preparing for a Parrot Haven fund raiser. "Goldy", the treasured parrot and companion of one of the club's members, needed to be hospitalized just before Thanksgiving. Goldy's owner is on fixed income and the vet's emergency bill was quite high. [ Read More.... ]

Sure, you've heard about the staggering number of dogs and cats desperately needing homes. But did you know there is a homeless crisis among birds, too? Almost daily, Tina Usher receives a phone call or an e-mail from someone who wants to give up a pet bird. [ Read More.... ]

A man has been reunited with his parrot after being forced to turn over the bird to a knife-wielding thief Monday morning. Police were called to the area of 80 Avenue and 108 Street around 1:20 a.m. after reports that a man had been robbed of his money by two thugs. The victim turned over his belongings after he was threatened. One of the items was a parrot in a travelling case, police say. [ Read More.... ]

Covered in soot, but otherwise unscathed, Chester - the parrot who lived in Robert Brest's store - ordered fire investigators away from the rubble after they found him hiding beneath a table, two days after a two-alarm fire destroyed the historic building. [ Read More.... ]

No one is sure whether he winged it or hitch-hiked, but Hunter, an Indian ringneck parakeet lost in Vineyard Haven, wound up in an animal shelter in Cranston, R.I. And although Hunter actually is a member of the parrot family, he's not talking. [ Read More.... ]

Drivers are being asked to look out for an endangered parrot that enjoys feasting on grain spilt from trucks. The National Parks and Wildlife Service says it has had a report that dozens of superb parrots have recently been killed on a roadside near Binalong. [ Read More.... ]

It all started when Beavis caught an updraft that carried her high above the roofs of downtown Gainesville. Beavis is a green conure, a small breed of parrot. She was downtown with her owner, Joe Easter, traveling on his shoulder. Apparently, her wings needed to be clipped again, because she was gone. [ Read More.... ]

A Delaware man is suing state prison officials over the death of his parrot during the 12 days he was held behind bars on a misdemeanor warrant. Thomas Goodrich says he was denied a phone call that he says he would have used to have a friend feed his pets while he was locked up. When he was finally released, he found his macaw named Freddy was dead. [ Read More.... ]

The death of Freddy the parrot could be debated in federal courts. It also could raise questions about the right of the accused to get "one phone call" after being arrested. Thomas Goodrich charges in a lawsuit he filed this month that he never got that call, causing his expensive and beloved blue and gold macaw to starve to death. [ Read More.... ]

WHO'S an unlucky boy, then? A leading expert on parrots, who claims to own "more birds than Dublin Zoo", has been told by Dublin city council to remove an aviary at his suburban home because the noise is "tormenting" his neighbours. [ Read More.... ]

Responsible parrot caregivers don't keep their birds in tiny cages hanging in the living room. Birds are caged only when they can't be supervised, in cages as large as possible. Most caregivers of large parrots can fit inside the cage to illustrate the size we are referring to. [ Read More.... ]

A common lament among pet owners concerning dogs and cats is the fact that their lifespans are much shorter than ours. Dogs typically live 10 to 15 years and although there have been cats that live well into their 20s, they don't generally live past their late teens. [ Read More.... ]

A flock of rare parrot species, presently under captive breeding in Qatar, will soon fly back to their natural habitat in Brazil. The 50 Spix's Macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii) which are undergoing an international breeding programme at Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation (AWWP) would be re-located at the vast Concordia Farm in Brazil, recently bought by the AWWP. [ Read More.... ]

Polly want a New York City Council resolution? A Queens politician is drafting measures to protect Brooklyn's wild Quaker parrots, whose nests have caused power outages. Councilman Tony Avella wants to make it illegal to capture the parrots and wants the city to relocate their nests when necessary. [ Read More.... ]

Documents released under Freedom of Information laws have revealed Forestry Tasmania was advised not to log part of a coupe on South Bruny Island because of its potential as a swift parrot habitat. [ Read More.... ]

Documents released under Freedom of Information laws have revealed Forestry Tasmania was advised not to log part of a coupe on South Bruny Island because of its potential as a Swift Parrot habitat. [ Read More.... ]

Police in Burlington County have arrested a suspect for walking into a bird store and stealing an exotic parrot Friday afternoon. At around 7 p.m. Saturday afternoon, Vito G. Silvero, 23, turned himself into the Delran police department where he was charged with two counts of shoplifting. [ Read More.... ]

Critically endangered kakapo, tuatara and other threatened New Zealand species will feature in a British television series by writer and actor Stephen Fry. [ Read More.... ]

Critically endangered kakapo, tuatara and other threatened New Zealand species will feature in a British television series by writer and actor Stephen Fry. The BBC series celebrates 20 years since the late Douglas Adams' Last Chance To See book and radio series, which profiled eight species worldwide facing extinction, including New Zealand's native nocturnal parrot, the kakapo. [ Read More.... ]

The blue Amazon parrot, Duke by name, is 27 years old this week! Duke has lived in his cage right next to my desk all his life. He has only left the office on a few occasions when my grandchildren were little and implored me to take him to school to show the other kids how nice a parrot can be as a pet. [ Read More.... ]

A curious dermatologist and a dead parrot have helped unlock the secrets of a virus that has eluded animal researchers for decades. Flint Township dermatologist Dr. Scott Karlene is credited with helping to isolate and identify a new avian bornavirus, which causes a fatal neuromotor disorder in parrots and other exotic birds similar to Parkinson's Disease. [ Read More.... ]

Weird and wonderful pet stories are everywhere these days like the dead goldfish in Chicago whose name showed up on the November voting list or the ground-nesting storks on a golf course in Germany that keep trying, unsuccessfully, to hatch golf balls or the plucky parrot in El Salvador who broke up a gang of robbers and handed them over to police. [ Read More.... ]

Gadget, a red-bellied parrot, hid deep inside Victoria Souza's blouse. When commanded, out he peeked. "He's being shy," said Souza, pulling out the bird, then stroking and kissing him. The parrot nestles with Souza nearly around the clock - even in the shower and during naps, though at night it sleeps in a covered cage - and holds a special place in the heart of this Kailua woman, a diabetic. [ Read More.... ]

Scientist Irene Pepperberg was about to board a plane for Arizona when a reservations clerk refused to let her on with a birdcage. No matter that her avian companion, Alex Pepperberg, the famous African Grey parrot, had his own ticket and the papers to prove he was a valuable research subject and TV celebrity. [ Read More.... ]

WITH spacious, comfortable accommodation, wholesome meals and tip top service the Pretty Polly Hotel is a popular place to stay. However, the guests that keep returning to their perch at the hotel in Potter Heigham are not people, but parrots. [ Read More.... ]

Someone plucked a blue Quaker parrot priced at $900 from its perch at a Waukesha pet store, and police are looking for help snaring the bird-napper. The pricey bird was discovered missing from its cage at Pet World Warehouse Outlet on E. Moreland Blvd. about 4:30 p.m. Nov. 20 when a worker went to change the bird's water and found an empty cage, Waukesha police said Monday. [ Read More.... ]

Is it better to have loved and lost? Sandra Seymour would know. SheÂ’s done both. SheÂ’s been looking for her parrot, Ricky, for a long time now. The search has taken its toll on her. Though she lives in New York City, she comes back to Riverside often to look for her beloved pet. [ Read More.... ]

Filmmaker Judy Irving's love affair with birds took wing long before she spotted the cherry-headed conures that soar so memorably through her documentary "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill." [ Read More.... ]

The hawk swooped unseen and unheard upon its prey, a defenseless Quaker parrot named Judy Garland, who was only inches away from its owner, south Fort Myers resident Ronda Piccirillo. It was Friday morning, the day after Thanksgiving. [ Read More.... ]

Mistaken for a stolen rainbow lorikeet, Polly has been at the centre of a whodunit. On Thursday, he was "liberated" by the armed offenders squad executing a search warrant for stolen goods at a Palmerston North home and whisked into the arms of his relieved owner. [ Read More.... ]

MySpace isn't just for people anymore. It's for animals, too. When Deana Dallas, 37, was at a yard sale three years ago, she never thought she'd return home with a Quaker parrot. Then she saw Julian's living conditions and knew she could provide it a better life. [ Read More.... ]

When Alex the African gray parrot died in 2007, the world mourned. The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Boston Globe ran articles reviewing his life achievements. [ Read More.... ]

A Landkey couple are desperately hoping someone can help them find their wolf whistling African grey parrot and have offered a large reward for information leading to her return. [ Read More.... ]

A Sacramento boy with autism and his family are asking for the safe return of his parrot, Rainbow. Toune Chareunsouk, the mother of Mitchell Chareunsouk, said her son's feathered friend was stolen last week. [ Read More.... ]

Mira Tweti heaps so much praise on parrots in "Of Parrots and People" that readers might want to bring one home. That's exactly what she hopes to prevent. Tweti reveals parrots to be human-like in their intelligence, vocabulary skills and social sensibilities - traits that have doomed them to cages for centuries. [ Read More.... ]

A Somerset, England, woman said her parrot has been put on the antidepressant Prozac because the death of her husband made the bird depressed. Helen Dance said the death nine months ago of her husband, George, who had raised the parrot from a chick, took a heavy toll on Fred, an African Grey parrot, The Sun reported Thursday. [ Read More.... ]

A local couple has been reunited with their pet parrot, thanks to some sharp-eyed, kind Tompkins County Probation Department employees. What's more, the feathered foundling's two-day, three-block odyssey has made him a kinder, gentler, albeit quieter bird with a companion, said Wendy Miller, who with her husband Ronald Miller owns Emeril, the once stray, banded Quaker Parrot. [ Read More.... ]

The parrot named Glum Fred came under major depression, when his beloved dad George Dance died 9 months ago, so much that he bit all his neck feathers off and bobbed his head up. Glum is on twice-daily liquid dose of a bird-friendly version of Prozac, called Clomical, which has finally put him back on his feet. [ Read More.... ]

An African gray parrot who spent almost 18 months at a Hartselle convenience store, eating peanuts, entertaining children and reminding workers when the telephone rings, is ruffling health agency feathers. [ Read More.... ]

A family is desperately searching for George, an African grey parrot, taken from their home by burglars. Carina Archbold had been living in her new home in Swords,Co Dublin for less than a week with her two daughters when their home was broken into and parrot and their pet chihuahua was stolen. [ Read More.... ]

Shadow, an African grey parrot, was swooped away from his home by a gust of wind 12 days ago near Mormon Creek and Flume Drive off of Highway 49. You have to imagine that Shadow, who's lived almost his entire 16 years as a coddled pet, is thinking: "There's no place like home. There's no place like home." [ Read More.... ]

A babysitter's parrot is being credited with helping save the life of a 2-year-old girl who was choking Friday at a Denver area home while the sitter was in the bathroom. [ Read More.... ]

How much impact could a one-pound ball of feathers have on the world? It took death for me to find out. And so I write the story of a particular bird's life, but it must begin at the end. [ Read More.... ]

The Kakapo has been declared Bird of the Year. The world's heaviest and rarest parrot, hovering on the brink of extinction, received 578 votes in Forest and Bird's annual contest. [ Read More.... ]

Only 300 blue-throated macaws still survive in the wild, but this critically endangered parrot species is getting a new lease on life in its native Bolivian grassland habitat. [ Read More.... ]

As Laura Stevenson scanned her binoculars over a parking lot Thursday, a row of parrots squawked as they bobbed on telephone lines. "This is like seeing a bird you'd see in a pet store but it's on a wire," said Stevenson, who works in a gift shop in Austin. "Tropical birds - that's the draw." [ Read More.... ]

A Lanarkshire pet owner is selling what could be the world's most expensive parrot. Chev, a multi-coloured Military Macaw, who lives with his owner Jim Gallagher, 54, in Airdrie, is for sale at offers over £179, 000. [ Read More.... ]

THIEVES who snatched a £700 parrot from a pet shop have got more than they bargained for as the bird can say its name and address. Cracker, a six-month-old African grey, was stolen from Pet Care Oldham, Ashton Road, Hollins, at about 5.25pm on Monday. [ Read More.... ]

For a python in search of a meal, a juicy bird relaxing in a Queensland back garden presented too good-an opportunity to miss. [ Read More.... ]

The release of six kaka at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary is a step towards recapturing days when huge flocks of native birds winged their way across Otago skies, staff say. [ Read More.... ]

Bubbles the parrot has been birdnapped. Her owner, Michelle Zimmerman, is pleading for the 7-year-old umbrella cockatoo's safe return. "We just want the bird back," said Zimmerman, 19. "The bird is like my child." [ Read More.... ]

A judge has halted a £116,000 legal battle over a woman's noisy parrots, telling both sides to use their common sense. Judge Roger Jarvis said the money spent by a council on fighting the case was 'out of all proportion' with its importance. [ Read More.... ]

A founding member of the Connecticut Parrot Society says eight of her African Grey parrots, each worth about $1,300, have been pilfered. Barbara Pagano says the birds were stolen from a walk-in cage at an aviary in Franklin. She kept 16 of the parrots there, mostly for behavioral studies. [ Read More.... ]

British municipal officials say they have settled a nuisance case involving squawking parrots after spending $42,000 prosecuting the birds' owner. [ Read More.... ]

Who knows if Shiloh the parrot's vocabulary includes lawsuit, but the bird is at the center of a recent court case concerning visitation rights. [ Read More.... ]

Kashmir Csaky started singing "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" as she danced in front of a large blue parrot standing on his perch. Gucci, a hyacinth macaw, studied her for a moment and then began to dance, swaying in time with her music. He'd pause as the song tapered off, then continue his rhythmic bopping. [ Read More.... ]

When Nancy Boggs goes out to run her errands she generally finds herself to be the center of attention. Well, actually itÂ’s her feathered navigator who gets the attention. As Boggs cruises down the streets and highways, her faithful companion, Gabriel, a caique parrot, sits atop her steering wheel seemingly to skillfully navigate. Occasionally, he walks over to the dashboard to survey the route. [ Read More.... ]

Irene Pepperberg and an African Grey parrot named Alex worked together for more than 30 years. The pair became pioneers that gave the world insight to animals' minds and intellect. In her new book, "Alex and Me," Pepperberg describes their relationship, including their massive success, popularity and emotional connection. Read an excerpt below. [ Read More.... ]

A kakapo, a member of one of the rarest bird species on Earth, is to be released into the wild after being treated for lead poisoning at a New Zealand zoo. [ Read More.... ]

Lisa Oppedisano, owner of RoviliÂ’s Pet World in Bolton, is offering a $500 reward for the safe return of a parrot that stolen was stolen from the business Wednesday evening. The four-month-old, Double Yellow Amazon parrot is believed to have been taken from the shop, located on Allan Drive, sometime between 4 and 8 p.m. [ Read More.... ]

Who knows if Shiloh the parrotÂ’s vocabulary includes lawsuit, but the bird is at the center of a recent court case concerning visitation rights. Edie Connelly, Montgomery County Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace, dismissed the small claims court case Oct. 16 after a short hearing, settling a year-long flap. [ Read More.... ]

Ticket taker Ruby Seays has seen a lot of famous folks traipse through the front gates of what once was known as Parrot Jungle. She's greeted director Steven Spielberg, Bond babe Ursula Andress, funnyman Robin Williams and U2's Bono. [ Read More.... ]

A woman reported to police Tuesday that an African Grey parrot she ordered from Africa never arrived. The woman said she found the bird for sale on the Internet from a man in Africa. He said the parrot would cost $300. He asked that she wire $200 up front to pay for shipping. She complied. [ Read More.... ]

A Country Club Road resident asked the board of supervisors for help Tuesday in silencing a noisy parrot living in the house next to hers. The woman, who did not want to be identified, said the bird's cage is located roughly 35 feet from her bedroom window. [ Read More.... ]

An expensive African Grey Parrot is back home after escaping a Gustav-damaged cage in White Castle. Its owner, who's a speech therapist, taught "Jo-Jo" two languages and uses her to help stroke patients speak. [ Read More.... ]

The world's rarest cockatoo has been found in Indonesia. A research team on behalf of the Indonesian Parrot Project rediscovered the Yellow-crested Abbott's cockatoo this summer in the Masalembu Archipelago. Ten cockatoos have been identified--four males, four females, and two juveniles--making them the most threatened cockatoo in the wild and one of the world's rarest birds. [ Read More.... ]

ONE of Australia's rarest and fastest birds, the swift parrot, seems to be plummeting in number, and logging has been blamed. Sightings of the flashy red and green parrot have declined sharply in its winter home of flowering eucalypt woodlands in Victoria and NSW, surveys show [ Read More.... ]

Forestry Tasmania has rejected a claim it is destroying the habitat of the endangered Swift Parrot. Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown says thousands of hectares of Tasmanian nesting ground is being destroyed each year in the Wielangta Forest. [ Read More.... ]

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd should intervene personally to save an endangered species of parrot from extinction, the Australian Greens say. A new report, prepared for the Greens, recommends the Swift Parrot be reclassified as critically endangered as logging threatens their only known nesting habitat in southeast Tasmania. [ Read More.... ]

I don't much like birds. I love animals mind you and have a house full of them just to prove my point. There's a 6-foot boa constrictor who lives here and pays no rent, a bearded dragon lizard and at various times all sorts of hamsters, gerbils and domestic rats. [ Read More.... ]

U.S. and Costa Rican scientists say their research suggests parrots -- with more than 90 species facing extinction -- might be more adaptable than thought. [ Read More.... ]

Tasmania has deferred logging an area important for the breeding of the endangered swift parrot. Forestry Tasmania will defer harvesting the coupe in the Wielangta State Forest, in the state's east, pending further monitoring of swift parrot behaviour in the area. [ Read More.... ]

A CHEEKY parrot with a knack for impressions, delivered in a broad Oldham accent, has flown the nest leading his devastated owners to offer £500 for his safe return. [ Read More.... ]

Kea around Treble Cone skifield, near Wanaka, have been the subject of a recent Department of Conservation study into the habits of the inquisitive and endangered native alpine parrot. [ Read More.... ]

ZaZu hangs upside down on the curtains of the apartment window, surveying all that is his: the jumble of colorful plastic balls, the climbing ladders, the panoramic view of the ocean. And the woman standing before him, cooing. [ Read More.... ]

Down a long, quiet country road southeast of Stoughton sits a small, unassuming building with a sign tacked to it reading "Fine Feathered Friends Sanctuary." A few cars are parked there, one with a bumper sticker reading "My parrot is smarter than your honor student." Muffled shrieks can be heard coming through the door, and once it opens, the calls of 100 avian exotics shatter the silence of the rural surroundings. [ Read More.... ]

Betty Jean Craige isn't joking when she explains her interest in an African Grey parrot started with dolphins and gorillas. She wanted a smart pet. And only one of those three species could fit in her Athens home. [ Read More.... ]

Feathers were flapping at the Northern Illinois Parrot Society "Flying into Knowledge" seminar Sept. 30 in Franklin Park. The Des Plaines-based organization's sixth annual seminar at North Park Center included guest speakers Sally Blanchard, an author and behavior consultant; Jean Pattison, author, artist and breeder of African parrot species; and Steven C. Latta, assistant director of conservation and field research at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. [ Read More.... ]

So, it's here. The calm before the storm, that is, a time that can lead to conversations about everything from Jason Varitek potentially getting pulled for pinch-hitters going forward to the level of insanity associated with suspending a 12-year-old for getting a "Ray-hawk." [ Read More.... ]

A FED-up pet owner is selling her parrot — because he keeps saying "w*****" to her pals. Mum-of-three Kate Lenihan, 31, spent hours teaching Charlie the African Grey dozens of words after buying him as a chick last year. [ Read More.... ]

ZaZu hangs upside down on the curtains of the apartment window, surveying all that is his: the jumble of colorful plastic balls, the climbing ladders, the panoramic view of the ocean. And the woman standing before him, cooing. [ Read More.... ]

PUPILS in Rawthorpe have had an exotic visitor to their playground – and now hope to find its pining owner. An African grey parrot paid a visit to Netherhall Learning Campus on Nether Hall Avenue on Wednesday. [ Read More.... ]

ZaZu hangs upside down on the curtains of the apartment window, surveying all that is his: the jumble of colorful plastic balls, the climbing ladders, the panoramic view of the ocean. And the woman standing before him, cooing. [ Read More.... ]

TAMPA - A pet store in Lutz has one bird less after a parrot valued at about $1,400 was reported stolen about noon Wednesday. The 7-month-old black cap caique was taken from Petland, 17657 N. Dale Mabry Highway, according the store's owner. The bird is described as a green, yellow and orange parrot with a black cap. It has special feeding requirements. [ Read More.... ]

A foul-mouthed "chav" parrot has shocked neighbours with his rude behaviour because he only says one word - W*NKER. Owners Aaron and Kate Lenihan spent hours teaching pet Grey African parrot Charlie to squawk dozens of words when they bought him as a baby. But tearaway Charlie became hooked on the swear word and now drives Aaron, 27 and wife Kate, 31, mad by constantly squawking "w*nker" and "cha cha w*nk w*nk." [ Read More.... ]

Employees at an area pet store are looking for help tracking down a stolen parrot they fear could be in danger because of its young age and nutrition needs. [ Read More.... ]

Margo Pyke has become quite a bird brain and she's proud to admit it. The Barrie resident is wild about parrots, and has three as her pets at home. "You get one (a parrot) and you get bit with bird fever," said Pyke, nuzzling her three-year-old sulphur-crested cockatoo, Indie, with her cheek. "My husband says I have a parrot obsession, and that's what happens when you have one. They're fascinating." [ Read More.... ]

THE Atkins diet might work for Hollywood starlets, but it's hopeless at coaxing the world's biggest and most endangered parrot to breed. Conservationists have been filling kakapos with high-protein supplements in the hope of boosting their numbers above just 91, but it now seems they have been focusing on the wrong nutrient. [ Read More.... ]

Ralph Nader can't seem to get the national media to pay attention to his latest presidential run, so he's seeking advice from someone known for ruffling feathers throughout his eight years in the Salt Lake City mayor's office. [ Read More.... ]

To paraphrase Reading jailbird Oscar Wilde, 'to lose one parrot may be regarded as a misfortune... to lose it twice seems like carelessness'. But that is exactly what Greg Collins has done - losing his Congo African Grey parrot, Sky, twice in one day. [ Read More.... ]

A PARROT is ruffling feathers at a zoo by telling visitors to 'f*** off'. Max the African Grey was donated by a previous owner who got fed up with his chatter. The five-year-old also mimics car alarms and mobile phone ringtones. [ Read More.... ]

Marc Johnson bought his first parrot, a blue and gold macaw, after learning of his availability through the Want Advertiser. Wally, as the bird is called, came into Mr. Johnson's life in 1989. While Mr. Johnson was picking up Wally, a neighbor of the seller asked him to take her parrot, too. [ Read More.... ]

Bobby Wilson, a.k.a. Kill Kill, is a roller pigeon fancier -- has been since he was a little boy in the projects in Watts. He was walking his dog down Holmes Avenue when he first spotted the birds flying above Eddie Scott's house. He watched in wonder as they whirled and somersaulted through the sky. [ Read More.... ]

THE Atkins diet might work for Hollywood starlets, but it's hopeless at coaxing the world's biggest and most endangered parrot to breed. Conservationists have been filling kakapos with high-protein supplements in the hope of boosting their numbers above just 91, but it now seems they have been focusing on the wrong nutrient. [ Read More.... ]

Fossils of parrot-like birds thought to be about 55 million years old have been found on marshes in north Kent. Two bird skulls, a pelvis and several bones found on Seasalter Levels are thought to date from the Eocene period when the area had a tropical climate. [ Read More.... ]

WHEN Shane Rudd's $1000 pride and joy flew out the window, he knew he had to get her back. So he called triple 0 to report a bird stuck up a tree. "It sounds funny now when I think about it, but at the time I was pretty upset," he said yesterday. [ Read More.... ]

Fans of parrots are sure to enjoy the new book "Of Parrots and People: The Sometimes Funny, Always Fascinating, and Often Catastrophic Collisions of Two Intelligent Species." They may also find its discussion of the bird trade edifying. Author Mira Tweti (really, like "tweety") has written about parrots and other birds before; a 2003 piece she did for this paper's Sunday magazine won an award from the Humane Society. She's a parrot owner, and this book is something of a love letter to the birds. [ Read More.... ]

It's hard not to have a grin on your face after you spend a few minutes with Karen Semones. Semones, a Quaker parrot breeder in Austinville, has an infectious laugh and exudes unbridled joy when she gets to talking about her birds. [ Read More.... ]

When Lamar and Bonnie Smith first discovered that their parrot, Buddy, had escaped from his cage and flown off into the wild blue yonder, they weren't too concerned. Buddy had escaped before, and had always come back on his own. [ Read More.... ]

A bird thief nabbed a 3 ½-month-old African Gray parrot from a pet store in the Citadel Mall Thursday night, and a store manager is worried the ailing pet might not survive the ordeal. [ Read More.... ]

A mathematical model used to assess the nutrient balance of the kakapo diet has the potential to help solve one of the main challenges to saving the endangered native parrot. Nutritional ecologist Associate Professor David Raubenheimer may have found a way to get kakapo to breed more often. [ Read More.... ]

Authorities on Western Australia's south coast are trying to track the western ground parrot as part of the effort to save the species from extinction. The critically endangered birds are found in the Fitzgerald River National Park, east of Albany, and Cape Arid National Park near Esperance. [ Read More.... ]

SCIENTISTS have discovered that flies are hard to swat because they have incredibly quick-thinking minds. The annoying insects can plan and execute an emergency take-off in just a fifth of a second, making them almost impossible to catch. More research this week also revealed that cows have internal compasses for orienting themselves to magnetic north. [ Read More.... ]

No cage. No wires. Just a broomstick. "That's why he loves to ride back there. I go anywhere with him, he just loves it back there," Felix Melendez said. Melendez has had Peter the Parrot for over a decade, but this is the first year he's given Peter a home on the back of his SUV. [ Read More.... ]

No one has so far come forward to claim the exotic bird, after it was found injured and in distress in a garden on Arbroath Road. SSPCA inspectors think the bird — which they nave named Broathy — may have been attacked by crows because of its unusual colouring, and said it could have died if it had been left out much longer. [ Read More.... ]

Though warm blue waters, sandy beaches and island atmosphere seems to be the main draw to Sanibel, there appeares to be another lure. [ Read More.... ]

A pair of burglars broke into a Duncanville pet shop and stole the store's mascot, a popular 28-year-old parrot, NBC 5 reports. Max had lived at the pet store since the day it opened 28 years ago. The bird's cage is empty now, but a missing sign on the door is proof that his owners are not giving up hope that he might come back. [ Read More.... ]

Police in Duncanville are asking for the public's help in locating "Max," a rare parrot and beloved pet stolen from a local store. Someone broke into the Pet Village in the 200 block of North Main Street and took Max on Tuesday morning, police said. [ Read More.... ]

A parrot called Leonard who can imitate Doctor Who baddies the Daleks has been returned to his owners after going missing for four days. Maya Brandt and Ian Chaney said they were "frantic" after the African grey flew out of a window of their workshop in Easton, Bristol. [ Read More.... ]

A British couple are appealing for help in finding their missing parrot Leonard which accurately imitates Dr Who villains the Daleks, but can also reproduce parts of Beethoven's Fifth and Ninth symphonies. [ Read More.... ]

A city animal control officer was arrested Friday after an apparent attempt to steal a parrot valued at as much as $1,200, according to a report obtained Monday and a police spokesman. [ Read More.... ]

Ou est Billy? That's what the Quebec owners of a French-speaking parrot that flew away from their RV during a camping trip at Ivy Lea want to know. The green Jardine's parrot with a splash of black and red feathers says "Oui" and several other words in French including "Mom," and "Go on." [ Read More.... ]

TINLEY PARK, Ill. -- After evading police for three months, a pair of Monee brothers who kidnapped a rare bird at a Tinley Park pet store have turned themselves in. Richard Marberg, 22, and Matthew Marberg, 20, who live in the 5300 block of Pauling Roadin in Monee, have been charged with theft for stealing a 6-inch light blue Quaker Parrot on May 16 from Petland, 16195 Harlem Ave. in Tinley Park, police Cmdr. Phil Valois said. [ Read More.... ]

PLANS to build Australia's largest desalination plant on the Victorian coast have won preliminary environmental approval, despite a report acknowledging the rare orange-bellied parrot has used areas near the site as a feeding ground. [ Read More.... ]

The "parrotmedics" rescue of the city's most well-known feathered patient has resulted in success. Dr Werner Odendaal, who treated the African Grey parrot at the Bird and Exotic Animal Hospital at the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Veterinary Science in Onderstepoort, on Monday confirmed the full recovery of the bird that was rescued on Friday, after it was discovered. [ Read More.... ]

Thinking of adding a bird to your household? Know its needs and life span beforehand! A parakeet can live from seven to 15 years with good care, while a parrot or macaw can become a lifelong buddy, living 50, 75 or even up to 100 years. The more you study up beforehand, the better fit your feathered friend will be! Here are a few hints to help you find the right bird for your family: [ Read More.... ]

A PARROT is causing havoc in a Coventry garden after flying in and taking up residence in an apple tree. Paul Williams, of Lupton Avenue, Styvechale, spotted the bird, believed to be an African Grey Parrot, several days ago. Since it arrived it has been messing up his garden by picking apart apples to get to the pips and throwing the remains on the ground. [ Read More.... ]

The owner of a talkative parrot that likes to say "I love you" and "give us a kiss" was yesterday reunited with her pet after an RSPCA news appeal. The stray male African grey was returned to its rightful owner after she confirmed its favourite lines of speech. [ Read More.... ]

Sinca is a fun-loving and vocal member of the Rochester household of Travelers Rest. She knows and calls most of the family -- Joe, Joey and Mandy -- by their names, but the African grey parrot doesn't say the name of her actual owner, Tina Rochester. [ Read More.... ]

A talkative parrot that likes to say "I love you" and "give us a kiss" is being reunited with its North Lincolnshire owner after an RSPCA news appeal. The stray male African grey is being returned to his rightful owner after she confirmed his favourite lines of speech. [ Read More.... ]

A devastating parrot disease that has pushed one species to the brink of extinction might be spread by a newly-discovered virus. Proventricular dilatation disease – PDD for short – deadens the nerve cells that control the oesophagus and stomach. [ Read More.... ]

A talkative parrot has been reunited with his owner after being spotted in a tree in north Lincolnshire. The male African grey was found in Gunness near Scunthorpe last week. [ Read More.... ]

Budding environmentalists and birdwatchers are being urged to report sightings of the endangered swift parrot this breeding season. Mt Nelson resident Andrew Hingston, who has been involved in monitoring the bird for seven years, has already made a few sightings this month, including six birds last Wednesday. [ Read More.... ]

We've heard of Gulliver and his travels after being shipwrecked. Now one valley parrot is living up to his name sake. FOX 10's Sarah Acevedo explains. [ Read More.... ]

She's been a fan of the birds for a long time and got her first macaw (the biggest species of parrot) in 1996. But it wasn't until after she adopted two macaws from Iowa Parrot Rescue in Letts that she started considering the possibility of opening a rescue center herself. [ Read More.... ]

The RSPCA is looking for the owner of a talkative parrot that likes to say "I love you" and "give us a kiss". The stray male African grey was found perched in a tree in Gunness, near Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, on Wednesday, said the animal charity. [ Read More.... ]

Olivia Kilpatrick has one suggestion for bird owners everywhere: "Do not let those wings grow." Kilpatrick, whose parrot Billy flew away Saturday, bought an advertisement on the front of the Metro section of Wednesday's San Antonio Express-News in an effort to get the bird home. By 8 a.m. that day, Billy was back in his cage. [ Read More.... ]

A talking parrot missing for almost a week was returned to its owner after chatting to a passer-by. Largo, an African Grey, vanished when he flew out of his owner's home in Dunbar last Thursday. [ Read More.... ]

"Gilda", the Macaw, didn't fly the coop. Her owner says she was nabbed in broad daylight from her perch at the "Parrots Naturally" pet store in Tarzana. According the store owner Judy Lantz, the Red Fronted Macaw, was grabbed from the front of the store on Ventura Boulevard about 4 p.m. on August 4th. [ Read More.... ]

The Cape Parrot, Poicephalus robustus robustus, is endemic to South Africa. It only occurs in the afromontane yellowwood forests found in KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern cape and Limpopo. [ Read More.... ]

A SINGLE feather was all that was left after a burglar plucked a parrot from its perch in an Accrington garage. Mittu, a seven-month-old African Grey, was proving a real hit with customers at Antley MOT Centre, in Blackburn Road, until it was stolen shortly after 3am last Friday. [ Read More.... ]

For more than 30 years, a mysterious disease, known as proventricular dilatation disease (PDD), has sent chills of terror down the spines of bird lovers because it has been killing captive parrots. In fact, the Little Blue (Spix's) Macaw, Cyanopsitta spixii, one of the world's rarest and most endangered bird species, may become extinct due to PDD. [ Read More.... ]

Bird owners no longer need be burdened with carrying large, heavy and awkward parrot cage boxes up stairs & through a house apartment or condo. 2 person teams will now professionally guide a parrot's new home from delivery truck to the room of the bird owner's choice. WindyCityParrot.com has moved into a 16,000 square foot fulfillment center April 1st, 2008 due to tremendous growth on the web. [ Read More.... ]

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have identified a virus that may be responsible for the mysterious parrot disease. The team led by Joseph DeRisi, PhD, and Don Ganem have discovered a virus called Avian Bornavirus (ABV), a member of bornavirus family responsible for causing encephalitis in horses and livestock, may be behind the infectious parrot disease. [ Read More.... ]

Police said they've been made aware of quite a bizarre situation involving two women, a dog, a bird and a pet store in Connecticut. Then it got even more strange. [ Read More.... ]

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have identified a virus behind the mysterious infectious disease that has been killing parrots and exotic birds for more than 30 years. [ Read More.... ]

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have identified a virus that may be responsible for the mysterious parrot disease. [ Read More.... ]

Dogs howled all morning. Normally lethargic ponies tittered. A parrot fluttered to the bottom of its cage. Did they somehow know about Tuesday's earthquake before everyone else in the Coachella Valley? [ Read More.... ]

This black-hooded parakeet recently discovered a bounty in Grant Loucks' backyard in the Marquez neighborhood, joined by his fellow 'screechers,' who enjoy sunflower seeds above all other foods, although they also feast on fruits, berries and nuts. [ Read More.... ]

Seven kea have died at Fox Glacier after eating 1080 poison, wiping out almost half a group of the endangered and protected parrot being monitored by the Conservation Department. [ Read More.... ]

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have identified a virus behind the mysterious infectious disease that has been killing parrots and exotic birds for more than 30 years. The team, led by UCSF professors Joseph DeRisi, PhD, and Don Ganem, MD, also has developed a diagnostic test for the virus linked to Proventricular Dilation Disease, or PDD, which will enable veterinarians worldwide to control the spread of the virus. [ Read More.... ]

The Houston Zoo in Houston, Texas, successfully hatched another endangered St. Vincent Amazon parrot, Amazona guildingii, on 28 May 2008. The young parrot was the third of this species to hatch at the Houston Zoo, which is the only zoo in the United States to successfully breed this species in captivity. [ Read More.... ]

Cops, especially rookie cops, are inclined to notice everything. So when Dianna Anderson began patrolling downtown streets in 1982 as a new Long Beach police officer, her attention was quickly drawn to a man who toured those streets over and over on a motor scooter. [ Read More.... ]

A SQUAWKING African grey parrot saved the lives of three members of a Hampshire family when fire ripped through their home. It was three-year-old Bob's frantic calling that alerted them to the flames and smoke at their home near Eastleigh last Sunday morning. [ Read More.... ]

Emporia Police took less than four weeks to arrest suspects in connection with the June 22 vandalism and killings of four birds at the David Traylor Zoo of Emporia. Three juveniles — two 11-year-olds and one 13-year-old — were arrested Friday and accused of killing two black swans and two cereopsis geese in the after-hours incident at the zoo. [ Read More.... ]

Hundreds of thousands of parrots have flocked to a temple in northern India to feed. The parrots gather at the temple in Indore for three months a year to eat sorghum grains left out by devotees. [ Read More.... ]

HE's the feathered pet whose screeching and squawking from his cage certainly didn't endear him to some family members. [ Read More.... ]

Talk about a fledgling business. Vinette Koprowski of Hicksville started Sitting Pretty last summer, figuring that other parrot owners might want a birdie baby-sitting service. [ Read More.... ]

Elvis is alive. He doesn't walk through the gates of Graceland or croon to adoring fans, but he's making history all the same. [ Read More.... ]

Birdtricks.com one of the leading suppliers of bird training videos in America, released a report today detailing high toxicity levels in common bird toys, and they state that these toxins are killing parrots, lots of parrots. [ Read More.... ]

Parakeet-lovers beware! You may be hauled up by the forest department for caging these birds and keeping them at your home just out of love for it. Parakeets are listed under the Schedule IV of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, and cannot be domesticated. [ Read More.... ]

The California condor looks and feeds like the vulture it is and would never be confused with the majestic bald eagle. Nevertheless, it enjoys a coveted place on the U.S. Mint's California quarter and a less coveted spot on the U.S. Endangered Species List. [ Read More.... ]

A BRIXINGTON parrot owner is desperate to be reunited with his friendly African grey talking parrot Digger who flew the nest on June 22. [ Read More.... ]

Black-hooded Parakeets have arrived in Lakeland. This photo, which was shot recently in The Ledger parking lot by staff photographer David Mills, is the first evidence of this species presence in Polk County in many years. [ Read More.... ]

Macaw blimey... Shoppers and store staff were in a flap today when an escaped parrot turned up at a supermarket. [ Read More.... ]

A once critically endangered species of parrot now under threat from a highly contagious virus may be offered a renewed chance of survival by a conservationist at the University of Kent. [ Read More.... ]

(AP) Elvis, the Gladys Porter Zoo's most famous parrot, hasn't had an easy life. Endangered, orphaned and now disease-stricken, the bird's biography - though largely unknown - reads like the most poignant of tragedies. [ Read More.... ]

BABY birds are being taught to sing in karaoke-style lessons. The orphaned fledglings are struggling with the dawn chorus after missing out on vital vocal training from their parents. [ Read More.... ]

There were more parrots than people at Seminole Woods Neighborhood Park in Palm Coast on Memorial Day weekend, and that was fine with organizer J.G. Pasterjak. It was the second gathering of "Parrot's Day Out." [ Read More.... ]

RACING pigeons have nothing on this island-hopping parrot. Blue the homing parrot went on a three-day jaunt across the Orkney islands after being startled by chickens at his home on South Ronaldsay last week. [ Read More.... ]

Thirty-one hook-billed, brightly feathered macaws make a big noise in the blue house as a plethora of parrots parrot the calls from the aviary that looks suspiciously like a converted garage. [ Read More.... ]

He is not even human but Elvis ruffles so many feathers he is being threatened with an Asbo. Elvis the parrot has been accused of dive-bombing people and wrecking street lights when owner Edward Pikul lets him out. [ Read More.... ]

Thirty-one hook-billed, brightly feathered macaws make a big noise in the blue house as a plethora of parrots parrot the calls from the aviary that looks suspiciously like a converted garage. [ Read More.... ]

Animal cruelty makes the evening news in most major cities every day. Last year more than 2,000 animals died from human inflicted abuse and neglect and more than 22,000 animal cruelty cases were reported to authorities. [ Read More.... ]

Palaeontologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in Scandinavia, according to reports in Science Daily. Scientists discovered the fossilised remains of parrots which could be 55 million years old. [ Read More.... ]

The bird is back. The exotic 6-month-old blue Quaker parrot stolen from the Petland in Tinley Park nearly a week ago was returned by a mysterious man Thursday evening, Petland manager Marion Oddo said. [ Read More.... ]

THE trusty orange-bellied parrot must be about to make a return appearance to the Geelong region. In fact, I predict that it _ along with the legless lizard, growling grass frog, wedge-tailed eagle, hooded plover, bandicoot, skink and spiny rice flower - will soon be engaged in the good fight for nature in the Barrabool Hills. [ Read More.... ]

A UC Berkeley professor and a team of scientists may have determined that the Puerto Rican parrot faces extinction due to multiple factors, including changes in the parrot's breeding patterns and habitat. [ Read More.... ]

When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught - recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help. [ Read More.... ]

Two "notorious" parrot capturers, Roger Atangana and Ignace Onana were recently arrested and detained pending trial, for illegally trapping African Grey Parrots. [ Read More.... ]

Most people think parrots live only in tropical climates, but the endangered thick-billed parrot prefers higher elevations. The thick-billed parrot is one of only two parrot species whose natural range once included the United States. They have adapted quite nicely to the northern-type conifer forests of central Mexico. [ Read More.... ]

Bird sightings are common at Maryville's Greenbelt Park, geese, ducks and occasionally even an African gray parrot and a red lory parrot. Yes, that's right. On a warm afternoon sightings of the exotic birds have become common. [ Read More.... ]

THE endangered orange-bellied parrot - once used in an attempt to scupper a wind farm in Victoria - is set to play a role in the future of a planned $3.1 billion desalination plant. [ Read More.... ]

A parrot was found to have a remarkable ability to communicate with people. Scientists were baffled by this finding. The bird, a captive African grey called N'kisi, has a vocabulary of 950 words, and shows signs of a sense of humour. [ Read More.... ]

You never heard such a ruckus. Screeching, squawking, the occasional curse from someone who's stuck a finger too close to a beak and the whap and whir of a thousand rainbow-hued wings fill the air. Welcome to World Parrot Refuge. [ Read More.... ]

Wellington - The population of New Zealand's kakapo - the world's rarest parrot and critically endangered - has increased by seven after the first chicks for three years hatched on tiny Codfish Island. But that merely brought the number of the nocturnal, flightless birds to 92 and the vulnerable chicks were transferred this week to a specialist unit where they will be hand-reared to ensure their survival until they can be returned to the wild. [ Read More.... ]

MEMBERS of the public will have a chance to see the world's rarest parrot when Sirocco the kakapo is temporarily transferred to Ulva Island, off Stewart Island, later this year. The first Kakapo Encounter was held in 2006, when more than 1000 tourists paid $80 each for a glimpse of the flightless, nocturnal parrot. The encounters did not take place last year but will be held again from September. [ Read More.... ]

HOLLYWOOD It is a packed house in the Palace of Mystery at Hollywood's Magic Castle – the most famous magic nightclub in the world. The crowd is here to watch a "psychic" parrot that does, well, absolutely nothing, to be honest. [ Read More.... ]

FRANKIE the stolen parrot has been reunited with his owners – after pecking on a neighbour's door. The exotic bird was taken from his cage during a break-in to Sharon and Dave Finlay's home in Earl Haig Gardens, Trinity, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. [ Read More.... ]

The burglar who broke into Sharon and Dave Finlay's home is clearly a real bird-brain. As well as swiping an expensive laptop, mobile phone and digital camera, he made off with the family's beloved pet parrot Frankie. [ Read More.... ]

A FLIXTON resident was pleasantly surprised to see a more exotic type of bird than usual coming to feed in her garden. Carol Ager of Daresbury Avenue had to do a double when she saw a parrot eating bird food that was attached to her washing line. [ Read More.... ]

The world's largest species of flightless parrot is edging back from extinction with five new chicks hatched in New Zealand in recent weeks and two more on the way, wildlife officials said Monday. [ Read More.... ]

THE search for missing parrot Zeke is over. The talking Alexandrian parrot has been found and is now safe and sound at his East Mackay home. The fly-away bird had been missing since Easter Sunday and his owners were fretting. "It's so fantastic to have him back. I'm so excited," Zeke's owner, Collette Memory, said. [ Read More.... ]

His name was Ringo, and he disappeared. Palm Sunday was the day his eyes caught sight of the open door. It was a cool day and very clear. You could see a long way - but not as far as Ringo had gone. Where he was headed, no one could say. And the girl he left behind was desperate for answers. [ Read More.... ]

When we last left our hero, he and his trusty sidekick Ed were motoring down to the gold-kissed sands of Daytona Beach, Fla. But first, a recap ... Uncle Rod regaled us all with history of "The Parrot Joke," a sublimely absurd and pointlessly violent shaggy-dog saga that goes like this: [ Read More.... ]

A TEENAGER who set three exotic birds free from a cage in a neighbours shed is behind bars after insisting he should be jailed. The 18-year-old who was accused of stealing a parrot called 'Cheeky' last year escaped a prison sentence after the charges against him were struck out. [ Read More.... ]

Ten, a six-year-old New World parrot, can solve a puzzle consisting of two entangled chains in less than 30 seconds. It takes humans about an hour. The female macaw at a botanical garden in suburban Tokyo competes against more than a dozen human visitors every day, but remains undefeated. [ Read More.... ]

At least three dozen different parrot species are now considered threatened or endangered in their quickly shrinking native tropical and sub-tropical habitats (mostly in South America). As such, the health of wild flocks in the U.S. and other developed countries around the world may well be key to preserving these birds that could otherwise go extinct. [ Read More.... ]

A great deal of confusion, and a few ruffled feathers, have been cleared up with a kiss. It seems a multicolored parrot found in Glendale last week wasn't from far up the coast but from just down the road—in Eagle Rock. [ Read More.... ]

From child to teenager to single, young woman and now wife – Herbie, a Senegal parrot, has been with Rebecca Carson every step of the way. [ Read More.... ]

Perhaps you've seen a colorful, talking bird in a pet shop and thought, "I've always wanted a parrot!" Before you take the plunge, here's a note of caution. [ Read More.... ]

When Wendy Geesey's three children left home, it seemed natural to her to fill her empty nest with a bird. Kermit, a green Hahn's Macaw, came to live with Geesey and her husband, Ken, about two months ago. [ Read More.... ]

ILLEGAL traders could be behind a scam in which bird lovers are duped into buying fake parrots that die days later. RSPCA Inspectors are set to probe claims that common parakeets are being scared out of trees in London parks and sold as 'rare' parrots to unsuspecting buyers. [ Read More.... ]

DEPRESSED dogs, cranky cats and even budgies with the blues are being put on Prozac by vets. Pets are increasingly being prescribed pills to perk them up, treat anxiety and even help them control odd behaviour caused by lustful intentions towards their owners. [ Read More.... ]

Bobo, a prize-winning Congo African Grey parrot from Chicago, is mostly blue these days because her sidekick, Chomper, has gone missing, their owner says. [ Read More.... ]

American Bird Conservancy's partner group Fundación ProAves has established the first private protected area for the critically endangered Fuertes's Parrot. The species, whose population size is estimated at just 160 individuals, lives only in a small area in the Andes of Colombia that is heavily impacted by deforestation. [ Read More.... ]

LAST week's terrifying tremors left an unlikely victim from the North all shook up . . . a parrot. [ Read More.... ]

Jojac, the 13-year-old blue and gold Macaw who is mascot of the Marina Café, returned home today after an arrest was made in his theft. [ Read More.... ]

A Queens couple says their house is literally for the birds. They’ve opened their home to more than 30 parrots of all colors and sizes. NY1’s Roger Clark filed the following story. [ Read More.... ]

On Monday, a couple in the East Lake area lost a very dear friend during a burglary. Their pet parrot was stolen, and now, they want to take action. They tell us right now they aren't sure what they will do, but they do know, that they are tired of the crime in the East Lake area. [ Read More.... ]

On 6th May 2008, the European Parrot Association is organising in Paris its first symposium on the behaviour of the domesticated parrot. [ Read More.... ]

A one-legged parrot is perching on a scientific breakthrough, for it is about to be fitted with a 'wooden leg'. [ Read More.... ]

Polly wants a cracker, but some slick parrot thieves want Polly so they can feed a global black market in rare exotic birds. [ Read More.... ]

Get your map, mark your calendar and dust off your intrepid adventuring cap. From September 8 - October 22, 2008, you have a date on New Zealand’s Stewart Island with one of Earth’s most unusual and fabulous creatures. [ Read More.... ]

This weekend presents an opportunity for amateur bird watchers and professional ornithologists to take part in an international bird counting project. Similar to the annual Eagle Day census, the Great Backyard Bird Count aims to give scientists a general idea of how many bird species are being seen in the backyards of the United States and Canada. [ Read More.... ]

Cutting edge technology used to film endangered birds in NZ. In a world first, Otago film company ELWIN Productions is using new High Definition technology to document a remarkable story following the struggle to bring the world's rarest wild parrot back from the brink of extinction. [ Read More.... ]

ANIMAL experts are still waiting to solve the mystery surrounding an exotic bird that was discovered this week. A rare green parrot, which is believed to be an orange-winged Amazon, was found sheltering under a bush in the back garden of a house in Knightsbridge Gardens, in the West Park area of Hartlepool. [ Read More.... ]

If you got a wolf-whistle or a pinch on the bottom at work, you'd probably report the perpetrator, who, at the very least, would be fired - or worse. Susan Copple endures such activity daily, and loves it. [ Read More.... ]

For 17 years, he perched on carts, took rides on the shoulders of patrons and made smile many who came to Pet Supplies Plus for dog food or kitty litter. Charley, a blue crown conure, wasn't just another pet store parrot. He was practically an employee, a bird who greeted and lured customers, some of whom came only to see him. [ Read More.... ]

More than three hundred parrots were rescued after Belarus border patrol intercepted a man who tried to smuggle the exotic birds out of the country onboard his bike. [ Read More.... ]

A Pennsylvania Game Commission proposal to ban nanday conure parrots is raising a squawk in Harrisburg. Bird fanciers say it's unfair to single out the green South American birds. "If they can justify banning the nanday," said Chet Fuhrman of Columbia, "then they can justify banning any pet bird species." [ Read More.... ]

Cool-headed customs staff are seldom surprised by what they find at airport control. But they were shocked and horrified when they opened a suitcase and came face to face with - a dead tiger! [ Read More.... ]

The beak of a bird is a tool with many features. It's a weapon that can put a dent in any enemy or damage the relationship with a friend. It can be a delicate tool for feeding a newly hatched chick or for the precise adjustment of feathers while grooming. With their beaks, birds can pick a lock, crush a walnut or peel the skin off a grape. [ Read More.... ]

Over 1,200 exotic African Grey Parrots have been seized from traffickers in Cameroon after 2 two shipments were intercepted by the Ministry of Forests and Wildlife in Douala International Airport. [ Read More.... ]

Several Quaker Parrots who have made an unlikely home in this rural burg were a cheerful bunch on Saturday. Joy Tindall could tell so from the birds’ familiar chirps, a far cry from angry shrieks after their most recent eviction from a utility pole transformer platform they covet. [ Read More.... ]

FEDERAL Environment Minister Peter Garrett is under pressure to block a controversial coastal housing development that opponents say will destroy protected wetlands and the habitat of the endangered orange-bellied parrot. [ Read More.... ]

Claudia Shown has her Mo Jo back. Mo Jo, the 6-month-old African grey parrot, is back with his owner after nearly drowning in floodwaters that badly damaged Shown's house on Brandywine Lane. [ Read More.... ]

OUR own Andy Murray was pictured on the front of several newspapers yesterday kissing what looked like a gold stuffed pigeon, celebrating his triumph in the well-known Timbuktu Open. Which brings Alba to the subject of bird-brains. [ Read More.... ]

It sounds like fervent fans getting fired up for a Jimmy Buffet concert: Parrot fever. The scientific name is avian chlamydiosis. When humans catch parrot fever, it's called psittacosis -- unless "parrot fever" refers to the infectious joviality of Jimmy Buffet fans known as "parrotheads." [ Read More.... ]

PetSmart has halted sales of birds at 775 of its stores after cockatiels at 23 of the U.S. retail chain's shops tested positive for parrot fever. A spokesman said the company suspended bird sales in 44 states as a precaution and has quarantined birds that tested positive for the condition known as psittacosis, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Saturday. [ Read More.... ]

The story of a Brandeis University scientist and her famous African grey parrot, Alex, whose untimely death last fall made news around the world, will be told in a book. [ Read More.... ]

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