A wounded female and possible siblicide

Parrot Blogger: Toa Kyle | Nov 11, 2006

I’m back in town after checking on nest 20 (the new nest we discovered late October).  The nestling is progressing fine.  It weighed in over 300g at around 17 days of age.  It’s always a relief when a chick gets to this size as it’s highly unlikely med-sized predators such as toucans and...

Banded

Parrot Blogger: Mike Bowles & Loretta Erickson | Nov 08, 2006

It has been our experience that escaped companion parrots, in general, just don’t have much of a chance of making it out there.  We’ve seen this first hand by the lack of new birds/species among our local flock and we believe this to be representative of most of the flocks in California.  After...

Where did they come from?

Parrot Blogger: Mike Bowles & Loretta Erickson | Nov 07, 2006

Wild parrots have been documented in California since the 1960s, but how did they get here?  There are several local urban legends on that subject and the same stories always seem to crop up wherever parrots are found.  Some of these urban legends edge on absurdity, like…

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Another nest, more starving nestlings

Parrot Blogger: Toa Kyle | Nov 03, 2006

We’ve located our sixth active nest for the season though it comes with a certain melancholy.  This nest was active in 2005 too but failed due to flooding (yet another low quality open crown motacu snag).  That a pair would return to this low quality nest in 2006 is curious but old habits die hard...