Ornithology: Share and discuss scientific articles on parrots!

[Laurasea]

Not an article, and not about parrots per se, but I just watched a documentary on Netflix called Dancing with the Birds. The narration is a bit silly, but it’s about the mating dances of some really extraordinary and beautiful birds. Super interesting and I just couldn’t believe the crazy feathers and dances those guys do.


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[Inger]

Not an article, and not about parrots per se, but I just watched a documentary on Netflix called Dancing with the Birds. The narration is a bit silly, but it’s about the mating dances of some really extraordinary and beautiful birds. Super interesting and I just couldn’t believe the crazy feathers and dances those guys do.


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I will look for it! I know I would enjoy!
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No! What’s it about? Where do I find it?


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[Laurasea]

Net flix!
It's about our disappearing song birds.
I had noticed, Soni was researching what to do to help. They have dropped by half or more!!! Planting native plants, adding nest boxes, keeping cats inside. Are a few things you can do.
This documentary is amazing. songbirds migration is a night!!! The New York 911 light display causes all sorts of problems, so they monitor and turn off at peak migration now. It's a global documentary, eye opener

 

[Laurasea]

First link on parrot vision
Here you go Wrench!
https://animals.mom.me/colors-parrots-can-see-humans-cant-8968.html

This is bill tip perception and vision in senegal Parrots
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2011.0374

Uv and mate selection
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1088876/

All parrots have UV sensitivity, and UV reflecting feathers. UV is damage in long term exposure in mammals. Yet long lived parrots with increased uv reciprocities seem not to suffer. A study of parrot eyes
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2992722/

 

[Laurasea]

Just adding as place to keep info on new to parrots.
https://www.beautyofbirds.com/understandingparrots.html

http://goodbirdinc.blogspot.com/2014/02/how-to-make-friends-with-parrot.html?m=1

A great start for fearful birds. Unfortunately he stops at place you can get to quickly then asks for you to either buy the rest or email him but still worth a quick look
https://www.annesmerdon.com/vonneguts-training-guides/2017/4/5/how-to-tame-a-scared-bird

I don't agree with everything written here , a d strongly disagree with some things. But I also found it contains a lot of good info
An excerpt of good stuff,

BodyTalk

Parrots scope you out to an extent you may not be aware of. The color of your cloth, the fluidity and speed of your movements, the eye contact you give them all affect the way a parrot will react to you. They are also quite slow in giving back or changing their initial impressions. It is always safer to let a strange or distrustful parrot come to you, rather than the other way around. I generally let all strange animals accept my disinterested presence for a while before I attempt to interact with them. If they make the first move, so much the better. Parrots tend to be highly conservative and distrustful of new objects and people. These things are best introduced into their lives gradually.

The Right Spot And The Right Cage

Many owners keep their parrots in cages that are too small. Parrots are active birds by nature and confinement to a small space can be sufficient stress in itself to cause psychological disturbances. Where your parrot resides needs to be more of a habitat than a cage, with multiple nooks, and perches of varying size and shape. Most perches are smaller in diameter than they should be. A parrots toes or toenails should never cover more than 50% of the primary perch’s diameter. An added benefit to large-diameter perches is that your parrot’s toenails will not have to be trimmed as often. If you place natural branches in your pet’s habitat, there will be plenty of smaller side shoots for the bird to play on should he wish to.

Parrots feel insecure when they are at or below eye level. So, for fearful parrots, try to position their cage so that their perch is about six inches above your eye level. The bars of the cage give fearful parrots a sense of security.
https://www.2ndchance.info/tameparrot.htm

 

[Laurasea]

First link on parrot vision
Here you go Wrench!
https://animals.mom.me/colors-parrots-can-see-humans-cant-8968.html

This is bill tip perception and vision in senegal Parrots
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2011.0374

Uv and mate selection
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1088876/

All parrots have UV sensitivity, and UV reflecting feathers. UV is damage in long term exposure in mammals. Yet long lived parrots with increased uv reciprocities seem not to suffer. A study of parrot eyes
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2992722/

This one is really great. Talks about how good parrots are at reading your energy, and their incredible vision

https://petcentral.chewy.com/think-your-pet-bird-hates-you/

 

[SailBoat]

It's been a true joy to travel the many articles that have found a home as part of this Thread. Loved the idea of this Thread from day one. Thank-you for your efforts!

 

[Laurasea]

It's been a true joy to travel the many articles that have found a home as part of this Thread. Loved the idea of this Thread from day one. Thank-you for your efforts!

That means so much to me! Thank you! I was just thinking yesterday that maybe this thread was just for me and no one had any real interest......as there have been few posts other than me.
Well there was a lot of interest in taxanomy... Lol I can't spell or say those Latin names.... So u didn't have much to add. But I'm happy for those who like that to to post as much as they wanted

 

[Laurasea]

Wild parrots suffer from loss of hollow trees. As do our North American bird and animals. You can put up nest boxes s huge help to many species! Or when you can safely leave those dead and dying trees you property. There is a huge crisis for cavity dwelling birds world wide. Many species are becoming expatriated (locally extinct) a fancy word that lets them escape protections from State and federal agencies or should I say developers....
Many species only live or breed for a few years. They can't adapt to nest building, they need cavities to raise their babies in .
https://www.wires.org.au/wildlife-info/wildlife-education/tree-hollows-for-wildlife

Saving trees for Macaws
https://www.nwf.org/en/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2007/Saving-the-Parrot-for-the-Trees

Cornell University has tons of resources on nest boxs, declining species maps, nest watch ECT
https://www.birds.cornell.edu/k12/educators-guide-to-nest-boxes/

https://donnallong.com/cavity-nesters-birds-that-use-holes-in-trees/

Many species of cavity-nesting birds have declined because of habitat reduction. In the eastern United States, where primeval forests are gone, purple martins depend almost entirely on man-made nesting structures. The hole-nesting population of peregrine falcons disappeared with the felling of the giant trees upon which they depended. The ivory-billed and red- cockaded woodpeckers are currently on the endangered list, primarily as a result of habitat destruction. https://www.10000birds.com/cavity-nesting-birds-of-north-america-and-their-babies.htm

Slender billed parakeets
https://avianres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40657-017-0061-x

One of the most endagerd parrot in the world is being helped by providing cavities for nest sites
http://www.ace-eco.org/vol1/iss3/art5/

America Bird Conservancy helping Mexican parrots.
American Bird Conservancy's Mexican partner Pronatura Noreste is reporting another successful year for the Thick-billed Parrot nest box program.
https://abcbirds.org/article/thinking-inside-the-box-brings-rewards-for-mexican-parrots/


More nest box programs to save parrots! But bees a problem..
https://lafeber.com/pet-birds/parrot-conservation-surprise-challenge-bees/

 

[SailBoat]

The most interesting Threads are not measured by the number of contributing Posts, but the number of viewers, which include members and non-member viewers.
Love your effort!

FYI: Noted that this Thread has had near 3500 views and very near 10 pages.

 

[Laurasea]

Re: Ornithology

Sick birds, as we are seeing so many possible sick birds on forum lately. As nice general article by a vet
https://www.littlecrittersvet.com/sick-birds.pml

Another good article on parrot diseases
Bird Diseases: Everything you need to know

As I researched the current thread on PBFD I found this article based in Australia on non parrot birds testing positive for PBFD!
http://go.skimresources.com/?id=162...tz=300&xuuid=6a551cbdadd2677ca17df6a9dff1159c

 

[Laurasea]

Just adding as place to keep info on new to parrots.
https://www.beautyofbirds.com/understandingparrots.html

Barbara's Force Free Animal Training Talk: How to Make Friends with a Parrot

A great start for fearful birds. Unfortunately he stops at place you can get to quickly then asks for you to either buy the rest or email him but still worth a quick look
https://www.annesmerdon.com/vonneguts-training-guides/2017/4/5/how-to-tame-a-scared-bird

I don't agree with everything written here , a d strongly disagree with some things. But I also found it contains a lot of good info
An excerpt of good stuff,

BodyTalk

Parrots scope you out to an extent you may not be aware of. The color of your cloth, the fluidity and speed of your movements, the eye contact you give them all affect the way a parrot will react to you. They are also quite slow in giving back or changing their initial impressions. It is always safer to let a strange or distrustful parrot come to you, rather than the other way around. I generally let all strange animals accept my disinterested presence for a while before I attempt to interact with them. If they make the first move, so much the better. Parrots tend to be highly conservative and distrustful of new objects and people. These things are best introduced into their lives gradually.

The Right Spot And The Right Cage

Many owners keep their parrots in cages that are too small. Parrots are active birds by nature and confinement to a small space can be sufficient stress in itself to cause psychological disturbances. Where your parrot resides needs to be more of a habitat than a cage, with multiple nooks, and perches of varying size and shape. Most perches are smaller in diameter than they should be. A parrots toes or toenails should never cover more than 50% of the primary perch’s diameter. An added benefit to large-diameter perches is that your parrot’s toenails will not have to be trimmed as often. If you place natural branches in your pet’s habitat, there will be plenty of smaller side shoots for the bird to play on should he wish to.

Parrots feel insecure when they are at or below eye level. So, for fearful parrots, try to position their cage so that their perch is about six inches above your eye level. The bars of the cage give fearful parrots a sense of security.
https://www.2ndchance.info/tameparrot.htm

Parrots are good at reading us!
https://petcentral.chewy.com/think-your-pet-bird-hates-you/

A personal account of a behaviorist help on two fearful parrots. Shaping behavior.
https://blogpamelaclarkonline.com/2018/06/19/teaching-a-fearful-parrot-to-step-up/

Tips for dealing with behavior problems. Note the root of the problems are not meeting your parrots, social, mental stimulations, and energy levels.
https://birdsupplies.com/pages/understanding-parrot-behavior-problem-and-solutions

Screaming behavior modification, really great!
https://blogpamelaclarkonline.com/2...olve-your-parrots-screaming-problem-for-good/

 

[SailBoat]

Truly great additions!!!

 

[GaleriaGila]

I like this source. You can read up to six articles for free per year. This one is on breeding Rickeybirds in a controlled setting.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1370738?seq=1
https://www.jstor.org/register?redi...id=excelsior:fc9710c3958e2ff408431816a131c931

 

[Laurasea]

I wanted this article on play to be on the same page as the other behavior stuff
https://blogpamelaclarkonline.com/

And this one
https://lafeber.com/pet-birds/uncover-the-pitfalls-of-problem-behaviors-in-companion-parrots/

 

[Laurasea]

Dinosaur's and feathers and they had air sacs!
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/...ready-to-see-dinosaurs-as-they-really-were-2/

 

[Laurasea]

Going to link some weaning articles as they are needed often
https://theparrotuniversity.com/arthandfeeding3

http://www.parrot-parrots.com/important-stages-life-parrot.php

 

[SailBoat]

This Thread "has" become a rich source of great too excellent scientific articles - Thank-You for starting this Thread and Caring it onward.

 

[Laurasea]

ItBirders, scientists, enthusiasts, and students are among the 71,000 observers who have participated in Audubon's annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC), one of the largest, longest-running citizen science efforts in the world. (See "New Report Highlights Dire Situation of Many U.S. Birds.")
The annual event provides important data about bird population trends and helps inform conservation efforts.
Historic Christmas Count
The first count began on Christmas Day in 1900 (excerpt from following site)
https://relay.nationalgeographic.co...ird-count-anniversary-audubon-animals-science

Do join the Christmas Bird Count! Be part of science!!
https://www.audubon.org/conservation/join-christmas-bird-count

 

[Joon]

Re: Ornithology

Research starts to investigate why parrots waste food. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/science/why-parrots-waste-food.html

It sounds interesting but I don't have a subscription and can't read it

If you google "Dr Sebastian-Gonzales parrot food waste" a number of accessible articles will pop up.



It might be helpful for future posts if a searchable snippet from what's posted is included in the post for occasions like this. It's frustrating when I have no clue on how to find the info on my own. It'll also be useful if they ever become dead links too.