Life goes downhill for Sid and Marvin

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Dec 06, 2011

Sid was the youngest and possibly the most adorable of the parrots rescued on July 1st. In the past five months he had changed from a tiny pink bundle of joy into the one of the most handsome of birds. His condition was tiptop and his glossy green feathers shimmered in the light. He was, too...

Another broken parrot

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Nov 22, 2011

No sooner had the last parrot news been sent to the press then it was out of date, old news and incomplete. Inconceivably yet another broken bird has joined the Echo flock. So rather than get back to news of Sid's development or Marvin's mischief we must share Nigel's tale.

It was sunny early...

Just Cruisin’

Parrot Blogger: Nikki Buxton | Nov 18, 2011

This month we had the absolute pleasure of a visit from the World Parrot Trust "Parrot Lovers" Cruise.

I have to confess I was more than a little nervous. We have never really had visitors before and especially not visitors with sufficient knowledge and experience of parrots to be critical of the...

Parrots of New Zealand

Parrot Blogger: Brent Barrett | Nov 15, 2011

New Zealand in all its unique glory and story book endemics has but seven parrot special to call its own.  This may be a surprise to some who are familiar with Australia which contains 1/6th of the worlds parrot species.  But what can I say, we are a small place with small dreams and compared to...