Parrots magazine - July 2020

In this issue

Parrot News – Please send us your news stories; News from Loro Parque – Conservation and breeding of parrots; Complete Psittacine by Eb Cravens – Individual Attentions for Baby Parrots; The Holistic Parrot by Leslie Moran – Cleaning non-organic produce; Watching our wonderful wildlife by Michael Ransom – I live in an area of the eastern suburbs of Melbourne where there are strict environmental controls over the clearing of native vegetation of eucalypts and wattle trees. As a result, we are blessed with a large variety of native birds, including over 10 species in the parrot (Psittaciformes) family; Parrot breeding, some basic advice, part I, by Rosemary Low – Responding to a novice reader’s request in the May issue for advice on breeding – to avoid any ‘pitfalls’; Back from the Brink – Decimated by poachers and smugglers, the guacamayaroja, or Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao), is making a comeback in the Central American rainforest; The practically perfect parrot by Lee Connor; CD Super Saver Offer – big savings on eMag Year Collections; Climate change and the Cape Parrot by David Waugh, Correspondent, Loro Parque Fundación; Your parrot queries answered – our panel of experts is available to answer all your queries on companion or breeding parrots; Letters; Avian Vets Directory; Parrots Calendar – If you would like your show to be listed here and on our website, please submit to editorial@imaxweb.co.uk or call +44(0)1273 464777; Parrots Helpline – If you have a parrot problem – whether it be health, diet, or whatever – you can contact any of the advisors listed here; and lots more…