I still have my lovely Spix Macaw at home (he summers at the Zoo); unfortunately he is prone to nibbling his plumage and keeps an unsightly rough patch on his "shoulders" and breast - an irritating habit to say the least.
(Karl T. Plath (1886-1970) was a well-known bird artist and keen ornithologist. He was appointed Curator of Birds at the zoo in Chicago in 1935 and retired in 1961)
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Tuesday 1st July 2025
Report on the impact of wild-fires on the Hyacinth macaws in the wild
There is a report by the Instituto Arara Azul published in 2019 on the impact of fire on the Hyacinth Macaw population inthe wild. The report can be read under " The Pantanal and its future."
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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)