For the Birds
For Public
Education and Understanding of All Parrots Dec/ Jan 2003
Agenda
December’s Meeting: Was a huge success! The potluck was
wonderful. Thanks to everyone that attended and brought such yummy
contributions
January’s Meeting: Mr. Hinz, a Lawyer is coming to discuss
how to prepare for your bird in the event of your death. Because Parrots live
for so long this is something we all have to consider!
Letter from the President
Hello Everyone;
Just some quick announcements to make.
Since our recent General Meeting held in November we have a brand new Member of
the Executive Louise Walden has been elected our Communications Director. I
would like to take this opportunity to welcome her to the Board. We also
elected new Committee Chairpersons. Welcome back Marj L. and Sybille B. as our
Joint Show Committee Chairpersons, Welcome Aaron R. as our new Website Chairman
and a welcome to Cynthia R. our new Research Director. Cynthia has expressed
that if you have any ideas about contributions for Research Ideas to please
contact us. Wishing everyone a Happy New
Year!
Lisa Thompson-Dobo
Bird Buddies
Thank you to the following businesses that help support the
EPPA. We encourage our members to visit our sponsors.
G & E Pharmacy Riverbend Veterinary Clinic
7326-82 Ave (
Veterinary & Pet Supplies & Prescriptions
Manager: Erwin Fech (Riverbend Mall,
(780)-469-7667 (780)-437-0039
Delton Veterinary
Hospital Towne Center
Veterinary Hospital
Dr. Ken Keeler Dr. Carol Kujala
8203- 127 Ave (
(780)-475-9225
(780)- 496-9065
Don’t forget to visit our website: www.eppa.ca
Recipe of the Month
EASY FREEZER FOOD
1
Fairly large Sweet Potato steamed and mashed
2
Cups of cooked Brown Rice
2
Cups of any kind of Frozen Vegetables
Mash the ingredients together and place in ice cube trays. Freeze and they remove from trays and place in freezer baggies. Easily makes 30 days supply of veggies. Can be served frozen or defrosted in the fridge overnight. Caution should be used if defrosted in microwave as hotspots in food can cause serious burns.
Website of the Month
http://www.lovebirds.ca/ is our website
of the month. This website is very
informative and has lots of interesting information about Lovebirds. This
site was highly recommended by Deb B. Anyone with suggestions for interesting
web sites you would like to share Please Contact: Jessica at 454-5188
or info@eppa.ca
Just for Laughs
Who do you call when your parrot falls off his perch?
The Parrot-Medics
Club classified Ads
- Deb B. has handfed
baby Budgies and Love Birds and Blue Parrotlets. Contact: 973-3267
- Sybille B has wonderful
handcrafted bird toys of all sizes for sale Contact: 469-3243 or email her at
sybille.brandt@shaw.ca
- Louise W. has baby orange-winged amazons ready to go. Contact 466-7273 or louise.walden@shaw.ca
Pet
of the month
The “Pet of the Month”
for October was Louise Walden. She brought with her two of her baby Orange
Winged Amazons. It was very interesting to learn all about their feeding and
breeding and information about the species.
For more information about
http://webserv.nhl.nl/~ribot/english/amam_ng.htm
The “Pet of the Month” for November was be Lea M’s
Blue-fronted Amazon Yanti. He is a older bird adopted by Lea and Mike. Lea
entertained us with the wonderful caring story of how Yanti came to share her
life and she contributed lots of information about Blue-fronted Amazons.
For more information about Blue-fronted Amazons, check out
the following website:
http://www.petbirdpage.com/bfamazon.htm
The “Pet of the Month”
for January is Chanda’s Cherry Headed Conure. For more information about Cherry
Headed Conure’s please check out the following website.
http://www.nestboxaviary.com/chead.htm
EPPA Member Discount Listing
The following vendors are pleased to offer EPPA
Members discounts on some merchandise for their birds.
NOTE: The vendors, products and services posted in
the EPPA newsletters are posted as a resource for members. The EPPA does not endorse, promote or
represent any products or companies.
1
Baker’s
Aviaries Feed and Seed: 6106 Davies Road, (780)490-4434. Discount is 10% generally
(can be more depending on amount of purchase)
2
PJ’s Pet
Centre Southside: #337, 3414
Gateway Blvd,
(780)436-7387.
Discount is 15% on dry goods and bird related items, not on livestock.
3
PJ’s Pet Centre West Edmonton Mall:
Phase III 1498 WEM, (780)444-7387. Discount is 15% on dry
goods and bird related items, not livestock.
4
SuperPets
Mayfield Common: 160 Mayfield Common, (780)481-8000 Discount is 15% on dry
goods and bird related items, not livestock.
5 Tiffany’s Décor on Whyte: 10135 Whyte avenue, (780)434-2414
Discount is 10%
Contributions
Any contributions or suggestions
to the newsletter from the membership would be greatly appreciated. We
are looking for anything from favorite recipes, quotes, articles, or
parrot-related jokes. Please send any submissions to:
Jessica @
(780)- 454-5188 or info@eppa.ca
Interesting parrot trivia and
FACTS
Andean Parrot
http://www.abcbirds.org/media/releases/fuertes_parrot_release.htm
Ornithologists Jorge Velasquez and Alonso Quevedo spotted a
flock of what they told the press was the most rare bird species in the world,
the indigo-winged parrot, thought extinct for 90 years. The parrots were seen
on July 28, 2002, on an Andean volcano in central Colombia. The rediscovered
species was first recorded in the region in 1911, but disappeared soon after.
The bird, Hapalopsittaca fuertesi, known also as Fuertes' parrot, is now
currently classified as critically endangered.
Quotes of the month
“If
having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then
animals are better off than a lot of humans."
~ James Herriot
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Interesting News
http://www.worldparrottrust.org/news/newsindex.htm
or
http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/851555.asp
Colorado women calls
Avian Veterinarian for help with her
Spix Macaw and asked for suggestions on caring for the bird after losing it’s
Amazon mate. The Vet Dr. Muck was skeptical
as Spix Macaws are exinct in the wild as of 2001 and there are only about 60
birds known in captivity. Much to Dr. Muck’s surprise the bird turned out to
indeed be a Spix. Muck was able to get the women in touch with World Parrot
Trust and the bird was sent to Brazil to put into a breeding program. The Spix
lived with the family in Colorado for the past 25 years and investigators
believe she is a step or two removed from the smugglers that brought the bird
into the United States in the late 1970’s. No charges were laid as the women
was totally ignorant to the fact that it is not legal to own such a bird. Blood samples were shipped to the San Diego
Zoo where Geneticist Oliver Ryder conducted DNA tests to determine that the
parrot was a male. He also isolated some cells, multiplied them into millions
and preserved them in the Zoo’s frozen bank. The cell culture is the only known
frozen sample of Spix’s Macaw cells and may one day open the door to new
research, perhaps even cloning if the species goes extinct. The Spix Macaw is a
protected under International Treaties. The Individuals that run the Brazilian
breeding program are excited to introduce this new find into their important
contribution to save this wonderful species from total extinction.