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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

March 18, 2011 by a Guest 5 Comments

Some of the most popular birds in the world are parrots, particularly the large, multi-coloured Ara Macaws. Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers...

Trips

Kokako and Kaka on Kapiti

November 10, 2010 by Duncan 9 Comments

One of the things about being a birder is that you become, in the eyes of your non-birdy friends, the “bird guy”. In my...

Conservation

Should Birds be Kept as Pets?

November 18, 2009 by a Guest 30 Comments

The following article, written by Monica Engebretson, author and senior program associate at Born Free USA, appeared on Opposing Views (http://www.opposingviews.com/) earlier this month...

Birds

Galahs at the Park

September 6, 2009 by Mike 2 Comments

Can you imagine visiting your local park only to find noisy packs of wild pink parrots cavorting in the grass? That scene might sound...

Birding

Birding Wellington, New Zealand (Part One?)

August 27, 2009 by Duncan 11 Comments

A week or so ago (time is flying by so fast these days it may have been months ago or yesterday I’m no longer...

Birds, Conservation

Parrot Bio-geography and Evolution

March 11, 2009 by a Guest 6 Comments

In January 10,000 Birds held a ‘Parrot Month’ theme (http://10000birds.com/tag/parrot-month), and I’m ashamed to admit one of the posts I didn’t get around to...

Birds

Macaws, Wild and Tame

January 30, 2009 by Julie 7 Comments

We’ve been talking quite a bit about parrots and Guyana lately. One woman with a passion for both and a fascination with the natural...

Conservation

Interview with Karen Windsor, Foster Parrots Ltd

January 28, 2009 by Corey 4 Comments

Yesterday we posted about the tremendous variety of parrots found in Guyana, northern South America, and mentioned the work of Marc Johnson and Karen...

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