Parrots magazine - February 2020

In this issue

Parrot News Bites – Please send us your news stories; News from Loro Parque – Health Checks at Loro Parque; RSPCA – A new selection of birds for re-homing; Complete Psittacine – Psittacine Breeding Tips, Volume V, by Eb Cravens; People Helping Parrots – No. 12 – Joseph Forshaw, by Rosemary Low; The Holistic Parrot – Broccoli, the ideal functional food, by Leslie Moran; Mealy Amazon; Celebrating its 25th anniversary, The Loro Parque Foundation has announced a record allocation of almost US$2 million to its projects for the coming year, making a total of US$21.2 million dedicated to nature protection since its creation in 1994; Xcaret – a theme park par excellence, by Alan Jones MRCVS; Hispaniolan blue-print – With the numbers of Hispaniolan Parrots and Parakeets dwindling, Loro Parque’s Correspondent, David Waugh, writes about how conservation groups are constructing a blue-print for their survival; What is light and why is it so important? Part two by John Courteney-Smith; Adventures of Spike – Sally Blanchard’s Caique called Spikey LeBec is well known in parrot circles and has been a real globetrotter joining in at many conventions and seminars. In her article, Sally recalls some of the adventures she had enjoyed with this bundle of fun; Your parrot queries answered – Our panel of experts is available to answer all your queries on companion or breeding parrots; and lots more…