Buddhists Go to the Birds
Critter News
JANUARY 20, 2009
Tags: birds animal abuse animal rescue buddhism animal sanctuary parrots. This is a nice story about the care of abused birds at a Washington, DC, Buddhist temple.
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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. A range of animals come to satisfy their need for salt or the soothing effects of the clay along the river banks of the region.
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Wildlife Rescued in Trinidad and Tobago
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MAY 16, 2009
Over 1,000 animals were rescued, including 500 bull finches and 300 picoplats, The rescued wildlife also included monkeys, parrots, macaws and other species from Venezuela. Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife crime trafficking. There was also over 400 lbs of "wild meat" (I don't want to know what that could be!).
Five Famous First Pets
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 21, 2010
Polly the parrot. First Pet, 1789-1791): In addition to horses and hound dogs, George Washington owned a parrot. It’s said the George Washington and the parrot didn’t get along! Five Famous First Pets originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on February 22, 2010. Tags: random tidbits. Bonus Facts!
Polygynandry and avian swingers
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2011
Happy birding, Dale Forbes Tags: accentors , Alpine Accentor , Birds , features , polygynandry • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds. Davies et al.
A scaredy cat is always a scaredy cat
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2011
Now this, might not sound like anything of particular ground-breaking significance, but in the context of animal personality research, it is a fairly big thing. While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.
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