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Red Bellied Macaw Chronicles Part 9: A Family Life
Parrot Blogger: Evet Loewen | Jan 13, 2015
Sophia had come into my life and the life of the flock on April 27th, 2000. As far as I knew, she had been a lone wild caught for some time, and I had no precise knowledge of age although I guesstimated 18 to 20 solely due to her wrinkly facial patch and feet -- no one could really tell. Although...
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Parrot Blogger: Evet Loewen | Jan 05, 2015
Resumption of Storyline Begins Anew in 2015
Well, how time flies when time flies! My apologies for the detritus of life interfering with the prompt posts to this blog.1
As a brief reprise, in Part 7 the theme was the temperament of Sophia, a wild caught Red-bellied Macaw that I had obtained in...
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Parrot Blogger: Steve Brookes | Jun 25, 2013
Welcome to my first blog for the World Parrot Trust. It is my intention to tell you about my experiences as they happen on my Parrot Watching Trips however in between trips I want to write about some of my special Parrot encounters from past trips.
As my next Parrot Watching Trip is not until...
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Parrot Blogger: Ria Winters | May 26, 2013
So now and then I try to bring extinct parrots back to life with my paintings.
This effort is of the Cuban Macaw -- Ara tricolor -- that disappeared in the 19th century.
This beautiful orange-blue-and-brown coloured member of the Ara genus lived in the damp forests of West and Central Cuba. It...
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