Breeding the Meyer's, Mitred Conures, Living with a Ring-neck, Parrot Recipe
Issue 80 - September 2004
Parrots in Focus by Cyril Laubscher - Double Yellow-headed Amazons - this colourful group has been upgraded by CITES. The Complete Psittacine with EB Cravens - focus on catching and transporting parrots - A dear friend of mine told me how adept he was at grabbing parrots out of the air to catch and transport them to the veterinarian's office. That is how the two Amazon Parrots I had stopped by his house to pick up were captured and boxed. While visiting I also assisted in trying to corner and catch by hand a young Sun Conure hen that had escaped her cage. Needless to say, none of these psittacines is now very fond of human beings or their hands! Breeding the Meyers - Marcus Kreft describes how, through luck more than judgement, he ended up with a compatible pair of Meyer's Parrots - and how the inexperienced male eventually figured out how to mate! Mitred Conures the red-heads with personality - Red fronted conures could be any one of the five in the Aratinga sub-group that is distinguished by their scarlet head feathering. Rosemary Low guides us through the differences. Living with a Ring-necked Parakeet - known more as an aviary bird, adaptable parrot-like has a gentle demeanour and a charming personality - perfect qualities for a pet, according to Amanda Gregory. Parrot Recipe: Cinnamon and honey mash by Sonny Stollenmaier. What's in a name? Can't tell your poicephalus from your pionus? Gail Harland de-mystifies the language of the scientific or Latin names used to describe parrot species. Imping: a 'refeathering' procedure. Imping is when moulted primary feathers are artificially attached to the stump of a broken or clipped primary feather. Sonny Stollenmaier tells us about the procedure. Spix's Macaw hatches - Matthias Reinschmidt tells us about the latest success for the breeding facility at the Loro Parque Fundacion. Parrots in Canada: the Lynne Hindmarsh aviary - Brian Eddy shows us around an enormous Canadian breeding aviary, and introduces us to some of the 100 parrots that live there. A Second Chance at Freedom - Rescue, rehabilitation and release for wild cockatoos and parrots in Indonesia - written by Stewart Metz, with Leonardo Sahubarua and Ceisa Riupassa - the chain of trapping, transport, sale and smuggling of wild birds in Indonesia has been previously documented, but what happens to these birds once they have been confiscated?
