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Want contraband in prison?  How about using pigeons?  Prison guards in Brazil noticed pigeons having a difficult time flying: upon investigation, they discovered that the pigeons were carrying cell phones and drugs!  Reuters has the story.

Parque do Zizo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
30-31 July 2006
 

 
Introduction:
I’ve just spent an inspiring and wonderful couple of days birding the superb Parque do Zizo - an area of (mostly) primary rainforest 700m above sea level in the Serra da Paranapiacaba about three hours drive south of Sao Paulo.

Set up by the Balboni family using a government [...]

Magpie Tanagers Cissopsis leverianus
30 July 2006, Parque do Zizo, Eastern Brazil
 
Magpie Tanagers - clearly named for their pied, ‘magpie-like’ plumages - are found in mobile groups in forest borders and secondary growth or clearings around the Amazon Basin and in south-east Brazil. The eastern subspecies C. l. major (shown here) is larger and has a [...]

Plain Parakeets Brotogeris tirica
15 February 2005, Sao Paulo, Eastern Brazil

Although geographically restricted to that area of South East Brazil that used to be covered in Atlantic Rain Forest, the Plain Parakeet is one of the few birds that seem to have adapted to the destruction of 95% of this critical habitat and survives very well [...]