Dallas Parrot Nest Removals Appear to Be Humane

DFW News, an NBC affiliate, reports that the Oncor utility company recently removed nesting Quaker Parrots from several of its power lines in Dallas, Texas. Special care seems to have been taken to spare the birds from harm; eggs removed will be hatched at a wildlife Center, with hatchlings eventually scheduled for re-release.

Wild Parrot News From Beyond Brooklyn: Rare Parrot Hatched at Houston Zoo

One of these days, I'm going to have to visit Texas, not just because it's both the home of Railean Rum (the only booze branded with a Monk Parakeet) and is also the home of many wild Monks, but because the Houston Zoo recently hatched one of the most endangered parrots around: the St. Vincent Amazon. Only 800 St. Vincent Amazons are known to exist in the wild, which makes the hatching of Vincent this past May a welcome event. You can read more about Vincent on the site of the Houston Chronicle newspaper.