10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2022

There appear to be two main threats to this species; being accidentally hooked on fishing lines and in drift nets, and waters warming quicker than it can adapt to (hello climate crisis). Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata). Like the Great Green Macaw, in Costa Rica, this large parrot of the dry forest is fairly easy to see.

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Costa Rica Parrots Albatross Birds 265

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Noisy Yellow-crowned Parrots indicated that it was time to stop the car and get out. These large parrots are popular in the pet trade, and that’s a likely source of the population of this species on Trinidad. About one hundred yards away an Anhinga surfaced with a freshly skewered fish. Yellow-crowned Parrot.

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Trinidad Birds Parrots Falcons 213

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

This article is about the parrots we have, not the ones we wish we had. Yes, Germany has parrots, or parakeets to be more precise. This is what happens when people choose their pet birds on visual factors alone without taking vocalizations into account. A Birdy New Year! Here in Germany, we don’t wish we had.

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Germany Netherlands Zoos Geese 249

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The German name of the Yellow-billed Stork is Nimmersatt, which translates as “Glutton” or “Never full” Wikipedia explains the name: “Parents feed their young by regurgitating fish onto the nest floor, whereupon it is picked up and consumed by the nestlings. They are great for apartment settings.

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Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

This young Western Gull seems to have no idea what to make of this Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish), or perhaps it prefers the company of unusual fish. But many people who live closely with animals, whether as some of the more open-minded researchers or your average pet owners, have always been well aware that this simply isn’t true.

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Emotional Science Birds Mammals 212

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

Dragan continues to be teacher’s pet simply by sharing as he goes. Orange-winged Parrot – Amazona amazonica. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. It simple Beats, really it is.

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