Parrots

Parrots and the realities of urban life were the focus of the 2003 feature The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, a movie which told the tale of how a frustrated homeless musician managed to forge solid relationships with a number of wild parrots.

Based on a true story, the movie tells an inspiring story, one which touches up on how important companionship and reaching out can be, as well as delves into the particulars and peculiarities known to revolve around parrots.

The Avian Welfare Resource Center, a part of the Avian Welfare Coalition, has long asserted that parrots are not domestic animals, not like how cats or dogs are as domestic animals.

Though found in countless homes in different parts of the world, not all parrots are the same with others, with some not even capable of “talking”. Screeching or screaming, however, is something every parrot can do. Also, not all parrots are trainable, with most trained parrots owing their training aptitudes to the skills of trainers and experts.

However, parrots are naturally curious and active, which contributes to their attributed flair as sociable birds.

Many have taken in parrots as pets in the hopes of having an exotic pet that says funny things and does amusing tricks. As many expect these to come from parrots, many have also ended up being frustrated when “parrot realities” come up, with their pets being difficult to manage, biting, screeching and generally making a mess.

As such, it has to be said that parrots, as they were featured in The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, remain to be wild animals which thrive in their independence as creatures of Mother Earth.

Serious thought is then in order if you’re mulling about keeping parrots as pets.

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Estimated 2000 dead birds found in a Beach in Chile

When one finds a dead bird on the beach, the scenario is often followed with a growing piqued curiosity, questioning what happened to the poor bird. If we’re talking about a responsible person, he/she would inform beach authorities about the dead bird, who in turn would then take the necessary actions geared in handling the decaying dead bird’s body.

It won’t hit news headlines, as is.

But when more than 1 dead bird is found on the beach – say, an estimated 2000 – that’s another story.

Based on the estimates of a natural history director in San Antonio, an estimated 2000 dead birds were found on beaches in Chile. It is believed that what happened the birds is a case of fishermen mistakenly capturing them with their nets, which led to the birds’ to drowning, being unable to fly away.

Spread across an area close to six kilometers or four miles on the beach, the dead birds’ were found scattered on the beaches of Santo Domingo, one of Chile’s coastal cities. The dead birds found included Guanay Cormorants, Gannets, Pelicans and Gray Petrels (mostly).

Jose Luis Brito, a natural history and archeology museum director, is convinced that fishermen “did nothing” when a number of birds got caught in their nets. The act was followed up with letting the fish drown, before their bodies were re-introduced into the sea.

As the needs of man are growing more and more, the incident reminds everyone of just how much mankind’s needs can cause heavy damage to the environment, particularly in the aspect of loss of wildlife due to unfortunate run-ins between men and animals.

To date, reports indicate a move in filing a complaint against fishermen, in relation to the multitude of birds found dead on beaches.

Black-backed Woodpecker – Petition for Endangered Status

Forest fires have always been perceived as “bad”, with many campaigns, programs and advertisements telling and retelling everyone of its risks and dangers.

For the black-backed woodpecker though, post fire environments are the source of a worthy feasts, with treats taking shape in beetle larvae found in burned trees.

Its penchant for such has led to the first federal petition, ever, in seeking recognition of the protection of post-fire habitats, as experts would share.

With four conservation groups filing a petition to the US Interior Department to include the black-backed woodpecker in the Endangered Species Act (in Sierra Nevada, Black Hills of Eastern Wyoming, and Oregon’s Eastern Cascades), burned habitat protection is an eventual on-the rise concern in keeping black-back woodpecker populations in check.

Apart from forest fire suppression protocols, the post-fire salvage operations of logging industries add to the decline of the post-fire habitat needs of the woodpecker, combined with the decline and thinning of green forests in national forests.

"Intensely burned forest habitat not only has no legal protection, but standard practice on private and public lands is to actively eliminate it,” – a quote, taken from the petition.

"When fire and insect outbreaks create excellent woodpecker habitat, salvage logging promptly destroys it."

The black-backed woodpecker is known to have had its fire-killed beetle tastes for millions of years, picking them out from conifer forests in the North American forest areas.

A threat to its natural habitat stands to threaten the species capacity to live on, with a number of experts sharing that it’d be rather reckless to neglect the species’ habitat considerations, given that they’ve been around since the Ice Ages.