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The Natural and Unnatural History of the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo

[…]Palau and Indonesia’s Ceramlaut and Goramlaut Islands. These cockatoos always live within flying distance of water, but otherwise occupy a range of habitats, including forest, open woodlands, brushy savannas and farms.  Favored roosting sites remain in use for decades, even if changes in food availability necessitate long-distance flights. A Variable […]
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Migrating Parrots – Two Long-Distance Travelers from Australia

[…]larger birds also compete.  Furthermore, the Swift parrot must find hollows that are within daily flying distance of its primary food – the blossoms of the Tasmanian Blue Gum Tree and the insects associated with them.  To complicate matters, this tree blooms sporadically and in different locations, rather than all […]
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Brief Notes on Wild Scarlet Macaws (Ara macao) in Venezuela

[…]tree tops, flocks of giant jabiru storks, hundreds of scarlet ibis and roseate spoonbills flying to roost, foraging buff-napped ibis, various hawks so bold that they dived at cast fishing lures.  Undoubtedly, a chief contender among these was a small flock of scarlet macaws that frequented the area.   Memories […]
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Myth-Busters – Do Hand-Reared or Parent-Reared Parrots Make Better Pets?

[…]also learn a great deal from their parents.  Activities such as climbing, manipulating food, flying and landing can be very challenging for those that have not had the benefit of parental training. Co-Parenting “Co-parenting” is a technique wherein parrots are fed and cared for by their parents but are handled […]
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Collecting and Using Live and Processed Insects for Finches and other Pet Birds – Part 1

[…]bird favorites. The type of light utilized in the Bug Napper is particularly attractive to flying insects, but searching around porch and door lights is also a useful insect hunting technique. Homemade Traps Termites (please bear with me on this one!), especially when in mating flights, are major protein sources […]
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Goffin’s Cockatoo (Cacatua goffini): The Natural History and Captive Care of a Popular but Little-Studied Psittacine

[…]cockatoos are extremely cautious in the wild, staying to taller trees and flying off at the slightest hint of danger. They are most often observed in pairs or small family groups of 3-10 birds.   Conservation-oriented information concerning this cockatoo is posted on the web site of the Committee on […]
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The Gorgeous Grass Parakeets – An Introduction to Some Popular Species

[…]view of one will explain why!  Like several of its relatives, this parakeet has the odd habit of flying about and singing as dusk falls. Its erratic flight, best seen in an outdoor aviary, has led some to describe it as a “multi-colored bat”. In common with other Grass Parakeets, […]
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The Many Sides of the Blue and Gold Macaw

[…]huge birds always remain close to their mates…even within large flocks, paired birds, flying so that their wings are nearly touching, are easy to distinguish.  As much or more so than any parrot, Blue and Gold Macaws thrive on company – single captives will languish without ample human companionship and […]

The Rosellas – Australia’s Brilliantly Colored Long-Tailed Parakeets

[…]at mimicking songs and whistles. Averaging 12 inches in length, Rosellas are active and delight in flying, and so are best housed in large cages and given frequent out-of-cage time.  An outdoor aviary is ideal.  Many species are very cold tolerant, but I have run across frost-damaged toes in zoo […]
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Pet Bird Health – Labored Breathing and Respiratory Distress

[…]shows a Budgie that uses an elevator because breathing problems prevent him from flying. Please see also Sinusitis in Birds http://www.azeah.com/Care-Sheets.asp?id=186.     Gahal Cockatoos image referenced from wikipedia and originally posted by Jar0d and Snowmanradio Asian Blue Quail image referenced from wikipedia and originally posted by […]
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