MANAGEMENT OF BUSTARDS IN CAPTIVITY
by Tom Bailey & Sara Hallager
Dr Tom Bailey, who has reently returned to the U.A.E., & Sara Hallager, of the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington D.C.; present key facts for aviculturists working with Bustards in breeding projects or zoological collections. Photos show a large natural-like aviary for Houbara Bustards and suitable ways of handling small & medium sized bustards.
WONGA SUCCESS by Louise Peat
The author describes breeding the Australian Wonga Pigeon at the Cotswold Wildlife Park in the UK. Six chicks were raised, three of which were raised by Barbary Doves, two were parent reared and one was raised by Louise. A table plots the latters weight gains and diet for the period day one - day 62
BREEDING THE CHESTNUT-TAILED MINLA (Minla strigula) by Neil Owen
Neil describes how, after several failures, his pair eventually succeeded in rearing a chick.
BREEDING & HAND-REARING THE BLUE-WINGED LEAFBIRD (Chloropsis cochinchinensis) AT THE RIVERBANKS ZOO & GARDENS by Angela Hardy.
Primary Bird House Keeper Angela Hardy describes what is thought to have been the world first breeding of this species. Three chicks were raised. All were DNA sexed as females. One has gone to N. Carolina Zoo and the other two have been retained and will be paired to unrelated males to perpetuate Riverbanks` leafbird breeding programme. Colour photos by Martin Vince, Assistant Curator of Birds, show chicks at 9 days, 11 days, 12 days & 19 days ( 3 days after fledging ).
BREEDING THE HOOPOE (Upupa epops) AT DISNEY`S ANIMAL KINGDOM by Paul Schutz.
Zoological Manager Paul Schutz`s account of breeding the Eurasian Hoopoe at DAK. Illustrated by his colour photos of the pair at the nest box and a chick at approximately 14 days old.
THE FESTIVE AMAZON (Amazona festiva) IN THE WILD & IN CAPTIVITY by Lars Lepperhoff.
The account of a trip to the Amazonian rainforest to see the Festive Amazon, it includes a colour photo of a pet bird with unusual, irregular, patches of yellow and red feathering kept by a woman in a village. Other photos show the older of the two pairs at Association Hyacinthinus in Switzerland and the pairs` ultimately unsuccessful breeding attempt and a postscript tells how the younger pair hatched and successfully raised two chicks at the first attempt.
COTSWOLD WILDLIFE PARK REVIEW OF 2002 by Louise Peat.
Mainly a review of the 2002 breeding season. Five species - Black Faced Ibis, Demoiselle Crane, Red-crested Touraco, Wonga Pigeon & Red-winged Starling - bred there for the first time.
PRESIDENT`S GARDEN PARTY by Nigel Hewston.
As always there were many rare & beautiful birds to admire, among them a colony of 20 Carmine Bee-eaters, Spangled & Pompadour Cotingas, Golden Bush Robins, Large Niltavas, Red-billed Choughs and south-east Asian Woodpeckers.
A BRIEF NOTE ON THE FEEDING BEAVIOUR OF TWO AGAPORNIS SPECIES by Luigi Rachelli.
Preliminary observations of a previously unrecorded shared feeding behaviour by captive Black-winged & Red-faced Lovebirds, which further corroborates their close relationship.
RON OXLEY.
A tribute to Ron Oxley who died March 8th, aged 62.
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