News - 2011

Picture of the three Spix's Macaws bred this year

Three of the four Spix's Macaws bred this year - two in January and two at the end of June - at ACTP in Germany this year

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Correction of the last statement

There appear to be six young Hyacinthine macaws at Loro Parque, not five

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Disappointing season in breeding Spix's Macaws

Apparently out of 32 eggs laid from 5 hens only one egg showed any visible sign of development

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Workshop about the conservation of the Lear's Macaw in the wild

At the end of August a four-day workshop took place in Salvador attended by the representatives of 31 institutions

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Information from Loro Parque

Simon Bruslund has joined the team at Loro Parque as Curator of Birds

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Article by John Catchpole

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The American Federation of Aviculture's (AFA) convention

My experience at the AFA convention and the excellent programme of presentations

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Article in the Washington Post

Link about an interesting article in the Washington Post published on 4th July 2011

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News report on the Spix's Macaws at Al-Wabra Wildlife Preservation

YouTube link to watch news report on the Spix's Macaws by the Al Jazeera English languages channel

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The Parrots International annual symposium

An annual symposium held in the Biltmore Hotel in Miami about some different aspects of Blue Macaws

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A short clip of the visit to Lymington Foundation

A film crew from Globo has visited the Lymington Foundation near Sao Paulo to see Presley, the famous Spix's Macaw

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Two Spix's Macaws hatched earlier this year

The two young macaws, called Kiki and Felix, are being hand-reared and doing well from ACTP in Germany

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Rio - an animated film about a blue macaw

An animated film about a blue macaw is about to be released. It will provide a much wider audience to the Spix's Macaws cause!

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Breeding success for ACTP

News from ACTP: their Spix's Macaws produced two fertile eggs, which hatched successfully on 18th and 21st January

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Press release from Loro Parque

Press release from Loro Parque on the breeding successes for 2010

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Solving website problems

I have now hopefully sorted out the problem with the English Index

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