Selected Articles on-line
from Parrot Society of Australia News:
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| Healthy Seed Bells A recipe for seed bells without using PVA glue as a binder. - by Jude Vaughan |
Nov/Dec 1995 Photos |
| Heavy Metal Poisoning Be cautious of new wire and the harm it can do to birds. - by Tony Vaughan |
Sep/Oct 1993 |
| Kea The only parrot in the world known to attack and kill animals. - by Dawn Stewart |
Jul/Aug 1998 Photos |
| Lost in Paradise Covers extinct species and some still under threat. - by Jeff Neale |
Sep/Oct 1992 Photos |
| My Success as
a Failure - Part II A member's humble beginnings at keeping and breeding parrots. - by Kim Greathead |
Nov/Dec 1993 Photos |
| National Registration
Scheme for Exotic Birds Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA) rationale behind the scheme in Australia. - courtesy of ANCA |
Jan/Feb 1994 |
| Neophemas - Care
and Management Includes the Scarlet Chested, Bourke, Turquoisine, Elegant, Blue-wing and Rock parrots and their known mutations. - by Troy Anderson |
Mar/Apr 1996 Photos |
| New Zealand Parrots
- Part I Concerning the Kakapo, Kea and Kaka, the most distinctive, specialised and, sadly, some of the rarest parrots in the world today. - by Martin Fingland |
May/Jun 1994 Photos |
| New Zealand Parrots
- Part II Part II covers the remaining species, Kakarikis, Red-crowned Parakeets and Yellow-crowned Parakeets. - by Martin Fingland |
May/Jun 1994 Photos |
| New Zealand's
Most Colourful Parrot The most colourful and least known of all the New Zealand parrots, the endangered South Island Kaka. - by Dawn Stewart |
Sep/Oct 1997 Photos |
| On the Brink Australia's most endangered rainforest parrot, Coxen's Fig Parrot. - courtesy Currumbin Bird Sanctuary |
Jan/Feb 1995 Photos |
| Orange-bellied
Parrot Detailing efforts to save this rare bird from extinction. - courtesy Australian N.P.&W.S. |
Mar/Apr 1988 Photos |
| Permission to
Shoot: Red-Tailed Black Cockatoos Qld Government issues permits to kill 150 Scout birds - courtesy Cooktown News |
Jul/Aug 1997 Photos |
| Plumhead &
Slatyhead Parrots Our interstate author talks about his knowledge of Asiatics. - by Terry Atkinson |
Nov/Dec 1992 Photos |
| Princess Parrots Covering the history, status, habitat, housing, feeding, sexing, greeding, mutations and hybrids - and more. - by Charles Hibbert |
Sep/Oct 1991 Photos |
| Progress Report:
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Project A 1994 study in south-western Victoria indicated that the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo population should be considered endangered. - courtesy World Parrot Trust |
Nov/Dec 1994 Photos |
| Psittacine Beak
and Feather Disease (PBFD / PCD) Research from Sydney's Dept of Animal Health into this viral disease, which attacks the cells of the immune system. - by Dr Garry Cross |
Jul/Aug 1994 Photos |
| Rainbow and Red-collared
Lorikeets A member's comparison between these two lorikeets. - by John Robson |
Sep/Oct 1993 Photos |
| Reproductive Disorders
of the Hen Parrot Eleven common reproductive problems with hen birds, and some things aviculturists can do to help. - by Dr Brett Gartrell, B.V.Sc (Hons) |
May/Jun 1996 |
| The Rock Parrot Everything you ever wanted to know about the undeservedly not-so-popular rock parrot. - by Charles A Hibbert |
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| Stolen Birds -
Could You Identify Yours? Three short stories involving ownership disputes involving stolen birds. - by David Johnson |
May/Jun 1995 Photos |
| Sulphur-crested
Cockatoos Member Steven Armstrong relates his success at breeding these magnificent Cockatoos. - by Steven Armstrong |
Jan/Feb 1998 Photos |
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