Phoenix Landing Foundation, June 2025

Guest Speakers, June Zoom Events

NEW!! The Eclectus Parrot with Dr. Rob Marshall

June 1st, SUNDAY, 5:00pm EASTERN

Dr. Marshall will be joining us from Australia to talk about his new book dedicated to understanding the unique nature of Eclectus parrots, which includes their specialized diets, breeding behaviors, and complex diseases that are often related to links between nutrition, gastrointestinal motility, feather destructive disorders, and reproductive behavior. This will primarily be a Q&A session, please make sure your questions are generic so that everyone listening can benefit. Dr. Marshall's book is also now available in the U.S. only through Phoenix Landing. It is encylcopedic! Click here.

Biting Matters with Jenny Drummey

June 21st, Saturday, 1:00pm EASTERN

Does your bird chase family members and bite them, or fly at and attack them? Is your bird overly bonded with one family member and aggressive towards all others? Has your bird been in his cage for years because you are afraid to let him out? Bites are painful, frustrating, dangerous, and unnecessary. Why not learn how to avoid these altogether? Biting Matters is a concise, comprehensive, and easy to understand class about living bite-free with your bird. It is based on the book Biting Matters by acclaimed author Jenny Drummey.

Upcoming Events:

• June 10-13: Parrot Kindergarten's Learning Palozza, register here
• July 19: Troubleshooting the Step-Up Behavior with Melanie Canatella
• August 16: Foraging for Mental and Physical Fitness with Hilla Niemann
• September 6: The Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center in Costa Rica
• November 15th: EDUCATION DAY!
• MAY 30-31, 2026: Our next Wellness Retreat in Asheville, NC. Details coming soon. Save the date!

Did you miss one of our past Zoom events? Most are uploaded on our website for you to listen to anytime. There is always something new to learn!

https://www.phoenixlanding.org/recordings.html

Some of Our Adoptable Birds

To learn more about our adoption process, click here

Budgies!

Nugget

Cockatiel

Clyde

Cockatiel

Orlando and Boca

Green Cheek Conures

Rito

Cockatiel

Tiki and Chico

Panama and Mealy Amazons

Birds Helped as of June 1st

Adoptions Finalized in May

Chaco, Blue Front Amazon

Casey, Yellow-Naped Amazon

Frodo, Blue Crown Conure

Basil, Turquoise Green Cheek Conure

Cinny, Pineapple Green Cheek Conure

Guava, Nanday Conure

Kona, Sun Conure

Isabella, Blue and Gold Macaw

Sierra, Severe Macaw

Dixie, Yellow Collar Macaw

Alastor, Quaker

Matcha, Quaker

Virtual International Psittacine Congress

Perhaps you’ve always wanted to know more about what is being done to help preserve some important parrot species, or what current conservation methods are most successful. Maybe you would like to learn more about how humans and wild parrots are finding ways to live harmoniously together, or when their lives result in conflict. You don’t need to be a conservation practitioner to come and learn from the experts. Maybe you will even be inspired to help your favorite species in the wild! Held June 12-14, 2025.

Education Day! November 15th

Spend the day with us learning about medical problems and diagnoses, herbals and supplements, behavior, training, and edible enrichments. Join anytime throughout the day for some or all of your favorite topics and teachers. To learn more, go to phoenixlanding.org This event is co-sponsored by three adoption and education organizations: Companion Parrots Rehomed, the Rhode Island Parrot Rescue, and the Phoenix Landing Foundation to promote The Power of Good Information!

Birds in the News

• Looking for the lost lovebirds of Africa (Lafeber)
• Meet America's Only 3 Native Parrots — One Is Extinct, One Relocated To Mexico, And One Thrives In This Southern State (Forbes)
• Bird-flu vaccine for cattle aces early test (Nature)
• Not just a poultry problem: Navigating HPAI H5N1 in pet and aviary birds (Trends)
• Surveillance of avian influenza through bird guano in remote regions of the global south to uncover transmission dynamics (Nature)
• Parakeets talk using brain areas similar to ours (Science News Explores)
• Why Have Birds Never Gotten as Big as T. Rex? (Smithsonian)
• More social parrots have a better vocabulary (Max-Planck)
• Self-control has a social role in primates, but not in other mammals or birds (Scientific Reports)
• Zoonotic relevance of multidrug-resistant bacteria in parrots with respiratory illness (Research Gate)
• Man With`Never Ending Cough’ Diagnosed with Parrot Chlamydia in China (Times Now)
• Do parrots actually understand what they're saying? (Live Science)
• What My Parrot’s Mysterious Voice Revealed After 3 Years of Silence (World Day)
• Crows Hold Long-Term Grudges (Lafeber)
• Innovative flavoring behavior in Goffin’s cockatoos (Current Biology)
• Novel host factors associated with resistance to highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds inferred from primary cell culture (Nature)

Conservation

• Feather Forensics Offers a Way to Root Out Poachers (bioGraphic)
• Scientists use artificial insemination for the rare flightless New Zealand Kākāpō (Phys.org)
• Trapping for rural pets poses threat to endangered parrots (Bird Guides)
• The red-tailed Amazon, one of the rarest parrots in Brazil, makes a remarkable comeback thanks to environmental groups (The Cool Down)
• Years of conservation work finally paying off for Tasmania's orange-bellied parrot, whose numbers dipped to just 17 individuals (The Cool Down)
• Hong Kong jails Thai smuggler of Moluccan cockatoo and yellow-crowned Amazon parrot eggs (Hong Kong News)
• Man stuffed 6 parrots in his boots in bizarre border smuggling attempt, officials say (LA Times)
• 2nd recent smuggling effort in San Diego (DOJ)
• Two Men Arrested for Attempting to Sell Cuban Amazon Chicks in Havana (Cuba Headlines)
• 28 Parrots and 3 Chickens Busted by Border Patrol (South Pasadenan)

Wish Lists, Lots of Ways to Help!

• Small monthly pledges greatly help to sustain us!
• Check out our Wish Lists on Amazon or Chewy. We are always in need of in-shell walnuts and hazelnuts, as well as the specific storage containers and paper trash bags as listed, small wooden toy pieces for foraging bowls, and applesauce for our pumpkin bread.
• We also have an Amazon Workshop Wishlist for maintenance, repair, and toy-making. We are constantly fixing cages, doing maintenance in the adoption centers, or conducting Hurricane Helene repair.
• Shop at our on-line store, HelpingParrots.com, another essential revenue source for us.
• Donate to our Endowment for Sustainability. Even $5 a month adds up!
• Parrot taxi drivers always appreciated! We serve a large area on the east coast, and strive to make the best family matches for every bird. If you're interested in helping to transport a bird to their next home, sign up and join us!
• Become a 2025 Phoenix Landing member. Shopping discounts good for one year from the date joined.
• Live in the Asheville area? On-site volunteers are always needed for cleaning cages and feeding birds, if you're interested in helping on a regular basis.
• Monetary donations are always welcome. The parrots appreciate every dollar.
• Have a car, truck, motorcycle, RV, or boat you would like to donate? Perhaps it is in need of repair? Now you can donate it through the non-profit, CARS, and have it benefit Phoenix Landing Foundation: https://careasy.org/nonprofit/phoenix-landing-foundation.

Non-monetary donations may be sent to: 

Phoenix Landing 31 Landing Place, Alexander, NC 28701

Please drop us a note at contact@phoenixlanding.org if you purchase something for us, including if you'd like a thank you note, as vendors rarely tell us who generously purchases something for us. Thanks for helping parrots!

2025 Membership Program

Did you know that Phoenix Landing also supports conservation and research?

Wild parrots need help too! Our 2025 calendar features many photos from some of our prior eco-tours. Become a member which includes our 2025 calendar. Some membership levels also include our 2025 membership shirt.