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Levaillant and African Greys

Parrot Blogger: Ria Winters | Nov 09, 2008

I don’t live far from Amsterdam and have close access to zoological and ornithological book collections that are in the Artis Library and in the Zoological museum of the University of Amsterdam.

Both have old and rare books. I visit these libraries to acquire information about extinct parrot...

Long time, no blog!

Parrot Blogger: David Woolcock | Jun 17, 2008

Cannot believe that it has been over a year since my last entry.  So what's new?

Well since I last wrote three of our keepers have thrown themselves out of an aircraft to raise funds for a new penguin exhibit (I think their total raised so far exceeds £18,000!), two of our show team have been...

HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE - THE FIRST PARROT WELFARE CHILDREN’S BOOK - TAKES FLIGHT

Parrot Blogger: Mira Tweti | Dec 20, 2007

It's been quite an odyssey taking my parrot-welfare children's story, Here, There and Everywhere from eight typed sheets of paper to a 48-page hardcover book with 45 illustrations, in less than a year and becoming a publisher in the process!

Here, There and Everywhere is the first parrot-welfare...

Surprise! Surprise!

Parrot Blogger: Mike Bowles & Loretta Erickson | Aug 27, 2007

Babies, babies, everywhere babies!!  We are now in full swing of fledgling season and the little ones are doing their very best to learn how to be a full-fledged parrot from learning to land on the wires (most have a tough time at first) to their ever so interesting attempts at the proper...