Lorenzo Crosta, the veterinarian from Loro Parque examining the Lear's Macaws and Spix's Macaws
He reports that all are in excellent health except perhaps Presley, the old Spix's Macaw recovered in the USA
Harry Sissen to jail again
A report on this latest development in today’s Northern Echo can be read below
My 10 day trip to Bahia in north-eastern Brazil
I visited the Lear's Macaw area at Serra Branca area and see how construction is progressing at Praia do Forte
Sheik acquired the Spix's Macaws belonging to Antonio de Dios
The Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation in Qatar owned by the Sheikh has now issued a press release acknowledging for the first time
Diego Calderon was released by the FARC guerrilla group
He was taken for three months, now he is back with his family
Harry Sissen had his judicial review dismissed
A report from the Northern Echo has been posted to the website and can be read below
Press release on the baby Spix
I heard today that the baby Spix is doing well and weighs 164 g
A press release from Loro Parque
A press release from Loro Parque on the hatching of the Spix's Macaw can be found on this page
Release of the botany expert taken
The botany expert and the guide abducted by the Colombian guerrilla group FARC with Diego Garcia Calderon have been released
Congratulations to Loro Parque
The egg hatched successfully at Loro Parque as you can see from the young Spix's Macaw by the picture below
Lorenzo Crosta's visit to São Paulo zoo
He had to choose the male for the new pairing, which produced a fertile egg three weeks ago
the pair of Spix's Macaws at Loro Parque produced two eggs last month
If the hatching would be successful, this will be the first Spix's macaw produced at the world famous zoo in Tenerife since 1992
Neiva met the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace
The Duke congratulated Neiva on her innovative use of nestboxes in conserving the Hyacinthine macaw
Transfer of the images of the Projeto Arara Azul
I have separated out the images and put them on the dedicated page you can find below
Good and bad news
Spix's Macaws at Loro Parque have laid, but Diego Calderon, a dedicated young ornithologist, was taken hostage by FARC
Neiva Guedes recieve an international award
founder of the Projeto Arara Azul is in the Netherlands today receiving the Order of the Golden Ark from Prince Bernhard
Reports of Spix's Macaws have come in
The macaws could only have come from Switzerland illegally
Apologies for the loss of many images on the website
These have hopefully all been restored now together with an extract from
Sheik had acquired Spix's Macaws owned by Antonio de Dios
It has now been confirmed that Sheikh Al-Thani acquired 24 Spix's macaws from Antonio de Dios and now holds 31 macaws in Qatar
The theft of two pairs of Hyacinthine Macaws
Lisa Pye denounce the theft of her Macaw; if any one from the USA can assist her in recovering her macaws, please contact her
Harry Sissen won his right for a judicial review
I post a short report with explanation below
Reading the Avicultural Society magazine
Discovered interesting things about Lear's and Spix's Macaws kept by zoos and private individuals
My journey through Brazil and Chile
An official article on my trip will appear soon in Parrots Magazine and Papageien and then on this website
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- More good news from Brazil about the Spix’s macaw
- Good news from Brazil about the Hyacinthine macaws in the Pantanal
- Exciting news from Loro Parque about the Lear’s macaws
- Bad news from Brazil about the wind farm
- Published article in Parrots magazine about the Instituto Arara Azul Adopt a Nest campaign
- Spix’s Macaws released
- Rosemary Low’s article on the Lear’s Macaw
- 12 Lear’s macaws go to Paradise Park, Cornwall
- The Instituto Arara Azul has just published its latest Annual Activity Report
- Windfarm in Spix’s macaw area
- Update on windfarm situation
- Annual Activity Report 2021-2 of the Hyacinth Macaw Institute
- More Spix’s macaws released into the wild in Brazil
- Successful breeding of Hyacinth Macaws in the new conservation centre
- 12 further Spix’s macaws to be released into the wild in December 2022
- Successful breeding in the Pantanal in 2021-22 for Hyacinthine Macaws
- Good and bad news from Brazil
- The Indigo Macaw Re-appraised
- Spix’s Macaws fly again in the Caatinga
- Missing article on the Glaucous Macaw