London zoo‘s “critically endangered” missing parrots have been found 60 miles away behind a family’s garden in Cambridgeshire. The escaped birds were tracked down after numerous sightings from local residents, and were eventually found in the back garden of a family in Buckden. They flew away once more before being traced to a field and […]
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Dracula parrots: what are they and do they feed on blood?
With a gothic sartorial elegance worthy of a Transylvanian count, it’s not hard to see how the Dracula parrot got its name. Even the swept-back hairstyle fits the bill. If it could talk (and there seems to be no indication that it can), it would surely be parroting “I varna drinka your blard” rather than […]
Western ground parrots
We do not fly there was never a need. now our world has changed… for us it is bad, in deed. we have no place to go, we are chased and harassed. if humans do not protect us soon all our of our kind will have passed
I Am A Parrot
We are pretty. We are intelligent. We are born to be free. For the wild we are meant. You think we are entertaining. You like when we “talk” We are parrots. Our language is “squawk”. You think we are accessories to be caged. We are as smart as humans and need to feel engaged. When […]
Cheeky-Kea
We are kea parrots We like to have fun We don’t mean to Bother anyone (Oh maybe just A little bit, Isn’t that the Fun of it.)
Happy New Year!
My creature of the year award for 2015 goes to the neighborhood favorites — Brooklyn‘s monk parakeets! The monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus, is also called Quaker parrot or parakeet and a few other names. There are colonies of them in Queens and Manhattan and elsewhere in New York City, but my favorite flock lives in […]