On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:57:53 EST MBlanchrd at aol.com writes:
> Hi, Tweets,
>
> A couple years ago, I saw a thing on TV..it may have been
> "Nature".. that
> talked about a project where they were trying to re-introduce Thick
> Billed
> Parrots into Arizona. Does anyone know anything about what
> happened?? Did it
> succeed? Are they still trying?? Wouldn't THAT be a lifelist
> bird....
>
> Michelle
> MBlanchrd at aol.com

My wife and I attended the Audubon National Conference in Tucson in
1986, while there we spent two nights camping in the Chiracahua
Mountains. One of the mornings we awoke to strange calls coming from the
treetops at Rustler Park. We hurried out and found a small flock of
Thick-billed Parrots feeding on Douglas Fir cones, as if they were giant
crossbills. The forest fires that occurred in these mountains damaged a
considerable part of the habitat. And I believe these reintroduced birds
have disappeared again.
Wilson Cady
Washougal, WA.
gorgebirds at juno.com

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