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News At The KAYTEE Learning Center
December 2011 - Events
Saturday 12/3/11
Please join us Saturday, 12/3! Bring the kids to the Kaytee Learning Center on Saturday, Noon to 3:00. Holiday games, crafts, treats and lots of fun with the animals.
October 2011 - Events
Parrot Care and Training Seminar
Our 2nd annual seminar was a great sucess and we are very excited to host it again in 2012.For questions please contact Michelle Goodman at mgoodman@central.com.
Exciting News
2010 Parrot Relinquishment Survey Results
The Kaytee Avain Foundation Parrot Relinquishment survey was an online survey conducted between June 20 to Aug 30 of 2010 utilizing surveymonkey.com. Announcements were circulated utilizing many e-mail list serves targeting many stakeholders including avian welfare, sanctuary and rescue organizations, breeders, zoos, veterinarians and individuals who take part in accepting relinquished birds and ultimately rehoming or providing sanctuary for them.
With the collected data we have come up with learning marterial to help new bird owners transistion into life with a new pet bird. To find these learning tool visit our New Pet Bird page.
Two new parrots added to our education flock!
The Learning Center has some news!!! We will be receiving two new parrots that will be part of our education flock. Beni a Blue-throated Macaw, and Wrigley a Double Yellow Headed Amazon.
The BTM is a highly endangered species, with about 300 birds remaining in the wild it’s the most endangered macaw species still in the wild.
The Blue-throated Macaw lives in the savanna of the Beni Department of Bolivia, nesting in random clusters of palm trees throughout the level plains. It is not a forest dwelling bird.
In the wild the Blue-throated Macaw often competes for nesting-holes in trees with the Blue-and-yellow Macaw, large woodpeckers and toucans. The number of suitable nest trees has been reduced by land clearing in its range.
The presence of this bird will help to expand our conservation teachings to all who visit Learning Center.
The DYHA is semi-endangered with about 7,000 remaining in its natural habitat which is in Central and South America. In the wild, they generally live in large, noisy flocks. The DYHA is known to be the most talkative, playful, and friendly of all the Amazon parrots. We know the presence of this bird will make the Learning Center an even more fun and educational experience for all!!