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Of elephants and parrots: The uncanny relationship between African elephants and Meyer’s Parrots
Parrot Blogger: Steve Boyes, PhD | Jun 02, 2008
Though almost entirely circumstantial and coincidental, there are some striking commonalities between African elephants and Meyer's Parrots...
Two striking qualities of the Okavango Delta are that this massive system of islands, floodplains, and meandering channels, is home to the largest...
Continue ReadingDo black parrots have a refined palate?
Parrot Blogger: Ellen Walford | May 30, 2008
The nice thing about black parrots is that they have taste. Not in the fashion sense - they are a distant cry from the catwalks of the neo-tropical birds, and their table etiquette needs work, but as far as food goes these psittacines have it down to a fine art. To get an inkling of perhaps why...
Continue ReadingPyewacket goes to the dogs
Parrot Blogger: Eva Sargent | May 28, 2008
I want to make clear to everyone at my local parrot rescue group that - just like I said on the application - I don't have any dogs. It's my boyfriend Randall who has dogs, Sparky and Cholla. Sparky is a pit bull mix and Cholla is part German shorthair. They are great dogs, but not the kind who...
Continue ReadingCape Parrot in trouble
Parrot Blogger: Steve Boyes, PhD | May 22, 2008
I recently visited the home of the Cape Parrot and it got me thinking…
My work on the Meyer's Parrot in the Okavango Delta has made the Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus and Grey-headed Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis suahelicus a specific point of interest in my work, resulting in a keen...
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