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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Saturday 9th May 2020
Spix’s macaws moved to outdoor aviaries
Great news from Brazil. After a long period of guarantine the 52 Spix’s macaws sent from Germany in March of this year have been moved into the large planted outdoor aviaries to acclimatise and get conditioned in their new surroundings for r ... 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)