PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — Uncle Sandy’s Macaw Bird Park is a non-profit dedicated to rescuing exotic birds from across the country. The founder, Sandy Carl Kirkconnell, the son of a Honduran man and an ...
As Brazil 2014 gathers momentum, spare a thought for the sapphire-tinted Spix’s macaw, a Brazilian endemic, now extinct in the wild and often referred to as the world’s rarest bird Last week, I ...
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Some have claimed she's indulging a forbidden romance. More likely, loneliness compels her to seek company at Rio de Janeiro's zoo. Either way, a blue-and-yellow macaw that ...
SD: Researchers have found the parrots in different places actually sound different, kind of like human accents. They also ...
Indigo macaw, Anodorhynchus leari, Bonaparte, 1856, also known as Lear's macaw, photographed at Fazenda Serra Branca, along Canudos-Jeremoaba road in Bahia state, Brazil (South America). Image: Nick ...
Macaws are huge birds. They have presence. They have those giant beaks that make them look a little intimidating if you don't ...
This week I took a trip not only beyond Destin, but beyond my comfort zone. I must preface this article with the fact that I am terrified of birds; their sharp beaks and talons scare me. But this past ...
Three of the birds at Pope Memorial Humane Society are named Billbo Baggins, Mary, and Pippen. For now, they're receiving ...
For the last 15 years, Spix's Macaw has been presumed extinct in the wild. That's until one of the blue-feathered parrots was spotted and caught on video flying near the town of Curaca, Brazil.