Hawaiin Crow U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Nature and catastrophic events often go hand in hand. We have heard tales of hurricanes and efforts to protect aviaries and bird centers that were in the middle of them. We’ve witnessed the tragic event of the Australian bushfires that decimated many species
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Community engagement is vital to conservation success—it allows conservationists to involve local people in the management and protection of the wildlife they live alongside, while also improving their livelihoods and granting them access to exciting new opportunities. Members of local communities also bring their own immense knowledge and talents to conservation, as seen in the
Griffin (left) and Athena (right) arriving at the B&B; eating snacks at the B&B. Images courtesy of Dr. Irene Pepperberg Not too long ago, the apartment in which the parrots were residing needed some repairs— repairs extensive enough that we really didn’t want the birds fully present for the duration. None of my research associates
A grim phenomenon took place in Antarctica’s Bellingshausen Sea in spring of 2022. Researchers recently determined that, due to climate change causing sea ice in the region to vanish, unprecedented breeding failure has occurred for emperor penguins. Of the five colonies found there, the chicks in four of them did not survive to fledge. Without
Webinar: Translating Parrot: The Best Life – Tips & Essential Practices for Parrots of All Sizes Date: Friday, September 22, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA
The threat of extinction looms large over many species. We’re all uncomfortably aware that there are more than a few species of parrots near the extinction threshold, a line that we would rather not cross. Causality outlooks for many species range from disturbed habitats, climate disruption, invasive predators, and poachers who have helped deplete the
Image by JOMON JOSEPH from Pixabay With the abundance of hydro flask choices flooding the store aisles and various types of filtered water pitchers to fill them, there’s no excuse for us humans not to drink our daily dose of clean, chilled-to-our-liking water. But, for our feathered friends, getting enough clean water takes more effort
Hummingbird feeds on Mexican Sunflower.Photo by Dulcey Lima on Unsplash Mid-August through mid-September are the months that many hummingbirds begin to migrate south for their wintering season. It is essential for migrating hummingbirds to get early starts to arrive at their intended warmer locations within a reasonable period of warmth. Most hummingbird migrations are routed
Webinar: Ask the Vet with Tom Tully, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), DECZM (Avian) Date: Friday, September 29, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special
Webinar: The Grey Way: Ask Lisa Anything About African Grey Parrots! Date: Friday, September 22, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest, Lisa
Webinar: Avian Vet Insider: ExoticsCon – What’s New in Avian Medicine? Date: Friday, September 15, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest, Dr.
Griffin preens to distract himself during a trial. Image courtesy of Dr. Irene Pepperberg Simply stated, “executive function” means using the rational bit of your brain rather than the emotional bit to make a decision. Executive function generally involves three main aspects of behavior (Diamond, 2013)—inhibitory control (thinking about the results of one’s actions and
My March 2023 post was about the significant work being done in Costa Rica to save the critically endangered Great Green Macaw. While the largest population currently exists there, nearby Colombia is doing its part to sustain this species through the work of the Horizon Conservation Foundation. Mónica Franco, Co-founder, and Executive Director, describes their
August 14, 2023 By Zachary Mutinda, Save the Elephants Researcher On the edge of Kenya’s vast Tsavo West National Park lies Lake Jipe—one of the country’s most important wetlands and home to hippos, crocodiles, and unique birdlife. But beyond its tranquil setting, this freshwater lake also holds a remarkable secret—a harmonious and unique coexistence between
Glossy Black Cockatoo female by Ray Tipper The glossy black cockatoo is a much-loved parrot that has an IUCN (International Union of the Conservation of Nature) designation of Vulnerable. Glossy black cockatoos are native to Australia and are threatened due to their reliance on trees for nesting. The trees are often cleared for development, and
JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Volunteerism is an important element of advancing conservationist efforts for many creatures, including our beloved parrots. When one donates a portion of life to helping animals live more efficiently and more easily, an immovable sense of contribution is implanted within us that lives long after the
Webinar: The Grey Way — But I Read It on the Internet! Part 2 Date: Friday, August 25, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our
Webinar: The Grey Way — But I Read It on the Internet! Part 1 Date: Friday, August 18, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our
Webinar: Translating Parrot: Cockatoos – Unraveling the Mysteries Date: Friday, August 4, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest, Pamela Clark, is a
July 24, 2023 By Dr. Jim Sanderson, Director of Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation In 2018, I visited Buyandelger Suuri and Otgonbayar Baatargal, who lead Steppe Wildlife, Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation’s (SWCCF) partner in Mongolia. They were working over 415 miles southeast of Ulaanbaatar, the capital city, near the remote village of Sukhbaatar, where Otgonbayar
I’ve long maintained that all creatures within the weave of this world are extraordinary and come under the same emotional umbrella that humans reside under. You cannot go too far on the internet without running into a story about a creature that has displayed a soul by helping or caring for things not directly related
Parrot Awareness Week in the UK was launched in 2023 to promote improving the welfare of pet birds. Over the course of the week, it highlighted a number of important themes with respect to parrot welfare in captivity to help owners provide their parrots with the best care possible. I recently received a message about
With the heavy chain slung over her shoulder, Stephanie Barron climbed up the makeshift ladder along the tree trunk. Steel links clattered as she wrapped them around the bear pole, fastened horizontally 20 ft. above ground and 200 ft. from the campsite, to hang her food. Bears and other predators can smell food from miles
Anxiously waiting for his colleague to return, Getachew Assefa sat in his tent under a blanket of stars above. The Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Program (EWCP) team camped along the steep, grass-covered cliffs of the Simien Mountains, a rugged landscape home to an important and elusive population of Ethiopian wolves. These wolves’ behavior was not fully
Photo by Thomas Willmott on Unsplash Carrier Pigeons have played important roles in the history of the world. When message reception was not a reliable process in the past, the sought-after speed and distance covering of a bird carrying a message to important stops was initiated by training. War events have been won by a
The Save the Elephants (STE) Human-Elephant Coexistence team treaded carefully, avoiding the broken stalks of the farmer’s ruined maize field. He angrily vented while the researchers inspected the plate-sized footprints of the elephant herd that had raided his farm the previous night. Human-elephant conflict is rising across Africa due to such incidents, and in Sagalla,
In the world that we live in, there are day people and night people. Typically, certain personalities and inclinations exhibit better in one or the other of the two settings. The reasonings are widely varied when it pertains to humans. And it may very well be that same kind of partial inclination settings for the
How do we know when a bird species is in trouble? We depend on local communities, scientists, researchers, and international organizations to do this work for us and sound the alarm. Sometimes it is hard to know how to help or where to go for reliable information. We hear that a species is endangered, threatened,
A herd of African forest elephants moves majestically through a tropical rainforest. With each step, they trample dense vegetation that, left untouched, would absorb and store the sun’s heat and warm the ground below. As they trample the plants, the sun’s rays instead reflect off the newly exposed ground, cooling the planet’s surface. The herd
Image by Mullerelles from Pixabay Last month I wrote a blog on how technology could be used to improve the lives of our companion parrots. I assessed the ability of birds to “ZOOM” with one another as a mostly positive achievement, although I did mention possible negative issues (e.g., overuse of the same behavioral patterns
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