Podcast 11
Parrotscience episode #11 has Bern recorded and will be edited and online soon. It will also be the final episode.
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Learn about your pet parrot!Gold mines could save cockatoos
Recent controversy over the impact of landclearing on Carnaby’s Cockatoos has emphasised the need for better understanding of how to conserve and restore habitat for this endangered species while allowing for other land uses.
Dr Hugh Finn of Murdoch University found some answers while studying black cockatoos at the Boddington Gold Mine (BGM) about 120km from Perth at the eastern edge of the jarrah forest.
Read the full story at ScienceAlert.
Dalek Mimic Parrot Returns Home
A parrot called Leonard who can imitate Doctor Who baddies the Daleks has been returned to his owners after going missing for four days.
Maya Brandt and Ian Chaney said they were “frantic” after the African grey flew out of a window of their workshop in Easton, Bristol.
Read full story at BBC News UK
ProFauna Indonesia podcast
I have interviewed the conservation team from ProFauna Indonesia. There is some more time in the podcast for more- so if you would like to promote your business or charity, contact me as soon as possible.
Gang Gang cockatoo hit by car, stuck in grill, and lives!
Cockatoo stuck after high-speed collision
A gang-gang cockatoo has been hailed as the “luckiest bird alive” after it collided and got stuck on a car travelling at 80km/h and escaped serious injury.
The bird slammed into the front of Caroline Brown’s sedan yesterday afternoon at Berwick, in Melbourne’s south-east.
Ms Brown was amazed to find the red-crested gang-gang trapped but still alive near the air intake, its wings and head poking out.
Read full story at Ninemsn.com.au
