10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2020
Costa Rica is a country situated well south of the Tropic of Cancer and like most places without a winter, parrots are an essential part of the local avifauna. Fancy bird like this Brown-hooded Parrot are common in many forested parts of the country. White-crowned Parrot. White-fronted Parrot.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2011
Big, bold, beautiful parrots full of character and charm, macaws make us long for some of the world’s wildest places and assure us that, as long as they fly free, those magical wild places are still intact. Hyacinth Macaws © Michel Gunther / WWF-Canon Hyacinth Macaws , like parrots the world over, face threats from every side.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2022
On a side note, the bird is also kind of ugly, so maybe the chicks never seeing their father has a certain protective function. The parrot is multicolored, providing a simple explanation for the Latin species name of varius. The female looks a bit duller but I was assured it has a beautiful soul.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2021
In early April, a spectacular parrot that can be found on just one island worldwide made the headlines when a volcano threatened it with extinction: the St. Vincent Parrot of the Lesser Antilles. The volcano eruption is only the latest of the many threats that the parrot has faced in the past century.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
In fact, all of the images of Scarlet Macaws in this post are of the birds that live at Copan Archeological Park, birds that were seized at the border before they could be illegally exported.* Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras. The proposal from U.S.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
In addition to habitat loss, extreme weather, invasive species, hunting, and the illegal capture of birds for pet markets are major contributing factors. Descriptions are similarly compressed–no icons or silhouettes or physical descriptions. I did learn that not every bird with “Cuban” in the name is a Cuban endemic.
10,000 Birds
JULY 31, 2015
He meant well, but his research told him to feed them Exact parrot formula – which is NOT a diet for ravens. We would close the flight around 10 PM to protect them from predators, then we’d get up at four in the morning to open the door again. He and his wife had been feeding them on a regular schedule. Release day came.
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