News - 2008

Frieda, the popular Spix's Macaw in Germany

The successful hatching of Frieda has been given extensive coverage in the German press

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The birth of Frieda

Good news from Germany: three eggs successfully hatched! Unfortunately just one survived

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Photos of the type specimen of the Spix's Macaw held at the Munich Natural History Museum

This was the specimen brought back to Europe by von Spix after his expedition to Brazil from 1817 to 1820

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Future cloning purposes

Some cellular tissue were taken from Presley, the famous Spix's Macaw, for future cloning purposes

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News from Al-Wabra Wildlife Preservation

First Al-Wabra Wildlife Preservation's parent fledged in Qatar

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The purchase of the Concordia ranch

The Concordia ranch by AWWP in the former habitat area of the Spix's Macaw has been confirmed after 7 months of negotiations

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Some good news from Chester Zoo in the UK

It appears that a change of accommodation and diet in the life of a Hyacinthine Macaw has led to breeding success

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Up-date on the situation with the young Lear's Macaws at Loro Parque

The oldest macaw bred this year has now fledged; the other three youngsters are doing well

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Photos with Lear's Macaws

I have just been sent a photograph of young visitors to a bird show in Switzerland with Lear's Macaws

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A press release on the isolation of the virus causing PDD by the University of California

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The study by Patricia Faria

Patricia and her team have just published a study of the genetic variation and population structure of the Hyacinthine Macaw

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An unintended breeding

I found an interesting report in the

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The American Federation of Aviculture's annual convention

Much of the convention was dedicated to avicultural matters - housing, feeding, behavioural problems, breeding, etc.

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TV programme on the Lear's Macaw in Bahia

A TV in Brazil has just broadcast an excellent 15 minute programme on the Lear's Macaws explaining some problems related to them

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Great news from Loro Parque

Two more Lear's Macaw young hatched yesterday (10th July)

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Two Lear's Macaws exposed at an exhibition

Two Leear's Macaws are on display in an HM Customs and Excise exhibition at the Liverpool Maritime Museum

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Difficulties with the website

I have now change the index on the website after receiving comments from visitors about the difficulty in finding information

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The Parrots International Symposium

There were presentations on various conservation projects for parrots in every parts of the world

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Some more news from Loro Parque

The Lear's Macaw breeding female laid three eggs, one of them successfully hatched two days ago

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Hyacinthine Macaw's enemies

Their greatest predator, the Toco Toucan, also contributes considerably to the dispersal of the seeds of their main nesting tree

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Updating after a long time...

A lot is happening with various projects for the blue macaws and I am still working on re-vamping the website

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