Just came across this interesting blog, CityParrots, which catalogs and reports on feral parrot populations in cities. Quite a lot of breadth, from parrot conservation, to stories on illegal trade, to Kakapos, to wild parakeets in Connecticut! Check it out!
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tags: US endangered species list, parrots, aviculture, captive breeding, position statement, Parrots International, politics
NOTE: This position statement just came to my attention. I wish I had learned about it on 10 August, since I would have shared it immediately on that day.
August 10, 2009…
The wild bird trade, which is where exotic birds are trapped in their natural habitats and shipped away for pets, has devastated many types of parrot species. Thankfully this practice is now illegal in much of the world, however many parrot species have the unfortunate luck as to live in countries…
'... [it] clambers up and down trees because it cannot fly ... it purrs like a cat and smell like a posy of fragrant flowers ... it allows itself to be picked up and handled without demur or apparent concern' (Vietmeyer 1992, p. 69).
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Previously on this blog, I've criticized the European Union for continuing to allow the import of wild-caught parrots (including African Greys) which has devastated many species of rare birds. I was never sure why the EU, which his usually a trailblazer in the areas of progressive conservation, was…
I'm interviewing the creators of this Web site two weeks from now. After they contacted me about a story I wrote on LA's feral parrot population. They're flying into the Southland ( the couple that is) to attend a conference on wildlife conservation. We're going to tour my neigborhood on a parrot finding tour. We have a large flock that forages the local fruit-bearing trees. Possibly with a wildlife biologist in tow. It should be fun!
That does sound fun! They emailed me today in response to my post a few weeks back about a feral parrot population in Sarasota Florida, where I lived. Make sure to take lots of pictures on your parrot-hunt and let me know when the interview is up! :D
It's not uncommon for me to be woken up before sunrise by large flocks (50+) of squawking parrots in the eucalyptus trees outside my condo here in coastal San Diego. I think that they are red-crowned parrots, endangered in their native habitat in Central America but thriving here. They just love carob beans; they regularly plunder the carob trees down the block from me (eat one bean, drop the rest of the pod on the ground, grab another pod and repeat).