Webinar: Translating Parrot: Travel – Is it Right for Your Bird? Date: Friday, July 28, 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
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Webinar: Ask the Vet with Tom Tully, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), DECZM (Avian) Date: Friday, July 21, 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: Avian Vet Insider—Enrichment & Building Trust Through “Trick” Training Date: Friday, July 14, 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. Stephanie
New York-based birder Christian Cooper will be the host of National Geographic’s new series, “Extraordinary Birder.” Image by Jon Kroll/National Geographic Where birds are concerned, fans just cannot seem to get enough coverage of the winged wonders that exist in our presence. Whether those are in-house pets of the many varieties of colorful and intelligent
June 6, 2023 By Carey Wentz, MRN Communications Manager If you’ve ever had the chance to see a yellow-naped parrot (Amazona auropalliata) up close, you wouldn’t be surprised to hear that they have captured the attention (and hearts!) of many. A few years ago, I traveled to El Jobo with Sam and Ted to see these
Street artist Nathan “Nyces” Murdoch was commissioned to paint this amazing parrot mural on his home in Peterborough, England.image from https://www.facebook.com/IAMNyces As much as the art of life is ever present in our day-to-day existence, so is the depiction of that life. For ages untold, Man has drawn that which fascinates them on canvas elements
Rising sea levels. Uncontrollable megafires. Warming global temperatures. We all know the headlines. The climate crisis is already being felt and will worsen if humanity’s ways remain unchanged. The means of halting severe global warming are still within our reach, but how can this be done in time? The UN Paris Agreement is designed to
There are several smaller parrot species in Australia that deserve our attention, including the superb parrot, the swift parrot, and the orange-bellied parrot. These birds are brightly colored and beautiful, and are often critically endangered as well. There are also growing concerns about the status of the magical palm cockatoo. Australia’s Difficult Bird Research Group
WCN’s Conservation Partners come from diverse backgrounds and work with many different species across the globe, but something that all of our Partners have in common is their excellent standards of transparency, humility, and inclusive approaches for their hard work and research. It is no surprise that some of our Partners have recently been honored
Pale Mel, a red-tailed hawk, was well-known in NYC’s Central Park.jeremy Seto, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Dwellers in New York City find their outdoorsy beauty in the “wilds” of their famed Central Park. They attend the show often. In fact, they have their favorites, all known by name. Recently, an escaped Eurasian eagle
Poster for a conference at the Media Lab in Spring, 2000; picture of one of our parrots using our primitive controller and screen to access the system. I’m sure many of you saw the news about how scientists have developed a system whereby parrots can interact with one another online. I did a wee bit of
Ginger the cockatiel’s “Kookee Kookee” song has become a viral sensation.PHOTO: INSTAGRAM/@AIRPLAWAN It’s no secret that we share a profound love of the vocal abilities of exotic birds. And one of the most fun of them all is when they sing. Each bird has their quirky musical preferences and often sings them out with gusto.
Photo by Ray Hennessy on Unsplash Let’s take a moment to reflect on birds today. (Why, specifically, today? More on that in a bit!) Birds are everywhere. Their chirps and flutters are part of the fabric of our environment, so much so that it’s sometimes easy to take them for granted. Some people find birds
Webinar: Avian Vet Insider—Free Feeding or Meals — What is Best for Parrots? Date: Friday, June 23, 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: Avian Vet Insider—Ask the Vet with Tom Tully, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), DECZM (Avian) Date: Friday, June 16, 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.
Webinar: The Grey Way — My Bird Wants That! But Does Your Bird Need That? Date: Friday, June 9, 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
We just wrapped up the latest Wildlife Conservation Expo, an unforgettable event bringing together wildlife advocates with field conservationists from around the world to celebrate the incredible work that our Conservation Partners and Wildlife Funds do to ensure that wildlife and people can coexist and thrive. If you were unable to attend this spring’s Expo,
Science has studied almost every aspect of the lives of birds. In their studies, they attempt to discover how birds interact with the flocks they are a part of, how they work together to achieve a goal, and how they individually act to stay a vital part of the community that they’re affiliated with. Many
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), was recently featured in an article detailing her incredible story protecting Uganda’s mountain gorillas. This article coincides with the release of her new memoir, Walking with Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet, which chronicles Dr. Gladys’ life as a wildlife veterinarian, her
African grey Griffin isn’t one to play with toys, but appears to like making his own towel-burrito-style toy. Image courtesy Dr. Irene Pepperberg As I’ve mentioned several times before, Griffin just isn’t “into” playing with standard parrot toys. He has ignored all the fancy ones we have offered, avoiding everything we’ve tried. [Athena, in contrast,
Holding her camera tightly, Bridget Mayani peered out of the plane’s open door toward the ground below. The Luangwa River shimmered in the late morning sun, and along its sandy bank, she spied a pack of painted dogs taking a drink. Luangwa Valley is home to many of these endangered canines, and as a Senior
Ngeeti Lempate waved to her son as he led their cattle into the whispering grasses of northern Kenya’s Westgate Community Conservancy. She watched them depart, recalling when her community first settled in Westgate long ago and these plains were filled with Grevy’s zebras. Over the years, she noticed both the number of zebras and the
Webinar: Avian Vet Insider—Free Feeding or Meals — What is Best for Parrots? Date: Friday, May 12, 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
Wildlife Conservation Network was recently featured as a top wildlife conservation organization by several prominent groups dedicated to recognizing impactful nonprofits and advancing conservation and environmental protections. Nonprofit Point, whose mission is to help promote trusted and effective nonprofits so that they can make the highest possible impact, included WCN on their list of best
Webinar: The Grey Way — Bling that Cage! Date: Friday, May 5, 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 Bono, CPBC, owner
The wind howled and the sky was awash with orange and violet as Dr. Rocío Palacios, Executive Director of Andean Cat Alliance (AGA), placed the last camera trap in the rocky terrain of Uspallata Defense Nature Reserve. This was the final day that AGA and their project partner, Natura International, could set up camera traps
A grey-breasted parakeet, which is a species of conure, perches on a branch in its native Brazil. Image courtesy Biologist Fabio Nunes/Aquasis If you have been to Latin America, then you may know that smaller hookbills with long tails are commonly referred to as parakeets – birds we call conures in the U.S. The grey-breasted
Cockatiels are great fliers, even with a recent wing-feather trim. A sudden freight, gust of wind, or just being in the wrong place, wrong time—like out of the cage when the front door is opened, or a window is left ajar—can instantly turn a normal day into a frantic one as you search for your
As his boat lurched between the waves off Peninsular Malaysia, the fisher took care to attach acoustic pingers to his gillnets before lowering them. While this was a new practice for him, it was essential because his nets could accidentally ensnare other animals besides fish. Bycatch—the unintended capture of marine wildlife in commercial fishing gear—is
The flock soared beneath the tropical sun, emerald and azure feathers flashing like brushstrokes. These vibrant birds, Critically Endangered great green macaws, are a treasured sight in Costa Rica, where Macaw Recovery Network (MRN) works to protect them. Deforestation and slow reproductive rates have caused these parrots to decline, but MRN has spent years diligently
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