Australia's Fascinating Wild Budgerigars, Living With Elvis - A Green-Cheek Conure

Issue 115 - August 2007

The Complete Psittacine – Training our Fledglings for Hawk Awareness – An integral part of raising parrots says EB Cravens. Living with Elvis, a Green-cheek Conure – Leslie Moran describes how a holistic approach to feather destruction helped to heal her Green-cheek Conure, Elvis. My Gosh, There Are a Lot of Unwanted Macaws Out There !!! The first article to support our campaign on the problem of unwanted parrots comes from EB Cravens, with a touching tale of too many macaws looking for the right home. EB also comes up with some very valuable suggestions on how to tackle this problem. Flyabout France – High praise from Dot Schwarz for the free-flying workshop she recently attended in Burgundy. Parrot Symposium marks 10-year anniversary – The Canadian Parrot Symposium looks forward to the next decade – John Geary was there. The Importance of Environmental Enrichment for Companion Parrots – Jessie Zgurski continues with our theme on providing the best for our pet parrots. She explains why enrichment is so vital and has some good ideas on how to provide it. The Importance of Environmental Enrichment for Companion Parrots – Jessie Zgurski continues with our theme on providing the best for our pet parrots. She explains why enrichment is so vital and has some good ideas on how to provide it. Parrots in Focus - Australia’s fascinating wild budgerigars – Cyril Laubscher’s camera focuses on the wild side of the ever popular budgerigar. The Los Angeles Symposium – a huge success – Rosemary Low reports back on the third annual Parrots International Symposium which took place in Los Angeles in April. Feeding parrots in Australia – Bob Alison on the serious situation developing from the almost obsessive feeding of wild parrots in Australia. Looking to the Future of Parrot Conservation – John Geary talks to Matthias Reinschmidt, curator of birds at Loro Parque , about the future of the Spix’s Macaw and the need for all of us to be concerned about conservation. Obesity in Parrots: Killing with kindness – Chris Hall examines the causes of overweight parrots, and discusses the effects on our pet birds

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