Parrots in the Land of Oz is being shown again on PBS this evening. Check to see if it's in your area;
LINK: PBS ~ TV Schedules

If you've never seen this, you won't want to miss it. I'm looking forward to watching it again. You can see a preview here; LINK: Parrots in the Land of Oz ~ Introduction

Parrot wallpaper for your desktop from the documentary Two choices, Budgies or Cockatoo. Really nice!
LINK: Parrots in the Land of Oz ~ Parrot Wallpaper

Thanks Karen, I am very much looking forward to seeing this again.

I liked the show a lot as well - course they could have spent hours more on each species & more species! The Palm Too part is pretty good & I learned a lot about them. The Budgie part is as comprehensive. They cover the whole migratory part & their breeding habits & if you can handle the chick being hunted & eaten by the Monitor Lizard - it really covers their life well.

Thanks Karen - got the Budgie wallpaper - so darling.

Have to post this. Enjoy the movie, but keep this in the back of your minds. ***Note link to information has to remain intact for copyright purposes.

Approximately 30 and perhaps all 50 species of Australian psittacine birds, captive and wild, are affected by PBFD (Studdert, 1993). The disease is largely found in sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita).
Based on gross pathology and histology,
McOrist et al. (1984) found that several flocks of sulphur-crested cockatoos in Victoria
Introduction7 had a 10-20% incidence of PBFD. In some wild populations, seroprevalence as high as 94% has been reported, however the exact number of affected birds in a flock is hard to determine
due to an unknown number of birds affected by PBFD dying in the nest (Raidal et al., 1993b).
PBFD has also been demonstrated in .....
galahs (Cacatuaroseicapilla), little corella (Cacatua sanguinea), Major Mitchell’s cockatoo (Cacatua
leadbeateri), lovebirds (Agapornis spp.), budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus),
African grey parrot (Psitticus erithacus erithacus), short-billed corella (Cacatua
sanguinea), eastern long-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris), blue bonnet (Psephotus
haematogaster) rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) and other psittacine
species (Schoemaker et al., 2000; Raidal et al., 1993b; Ritchie et al., 2003).
PBFD isthe most commonly encountered disease in captive and wild psittacine birds in
Australia, where it currently threatens five species [(orange-bellied parrot (Neophema
chrysogaster), swift parrot (Lathamus discolour), Norfolk Island green parrot
(Cyanoramphus neozelandiae cookie), superb parrot (Polytelis swainsonii) and Eastern
regent parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides)] (Raidal 2004, pers comm).

All copyrights remain with http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiv...se-vaccine.pdf. In the copying of this document on educating the public of PBFD.IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISSMANAU TAUGHT ME................
Every bird deserves a chance. Don't take our Wildlife for granted. What is here today can be gone tomorrow.
PBFD HELP FORUMMore PBFD information and help is available herePBFD an EPIDEMIC ready to spread to your shores. Killing Australian Cockatoo's (Psittacines)Murdoch University Australia leads the way in PBFD research and vaccine.

Tamaran and I watched it after our call last night....


It was totally a brillant production...really open my eyes to the cockatoos and the relationship that farmers are having with their crops. The part of the Palm Cockatoos beating like a drum was quite amazing.

Also a great part on Electus mating relationships.

I loved it!

Quincy

I don't believe it.....I don't BELIEVE it!!!! I have missed it AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I always see these posts days too late on each and every airing of this program!

An' I miss about the 1st 15 minutes of it!

EVERY time!!!!!!!!!!!

I ordered the DVD from the PBS website - that's always an option if you keep missing it. It's a nice DVD to have on hand, it's a great program, especially for those of us who have the Australian species.

Here's the website, you can watch some of it there: Documentaries - Australia: Land of Parrots

Thanks so much for that link!