A venerable specimen of the Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthus (sic) well known to the visitors to the Philadelphia Zoological gardens, died on February 28, 1920. The records of the Zoological Society show that the bird was received on July 22, 1893 so that it had been on exhibition for over twenty-six years. How long the bird had lived before it was captured it is of course impossible to say. At the time of its death it was still in perfect plumage - Witmer Stone, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Wednesday 12th March 2025
More good news from the Pantanal
There is more good news from the Pantanal about the Spix’s macaws reintroduced to the wild. On 3rd March 2025 the following was posted. It was World Wildlife Day and there was much to celebrate relating to the Spix’s macaws. It was als ... Read More »
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" Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret "
( If you drive out nature with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back)
Horace (65-8 BC)