Jonathan Downes, “The Parrots of Woodbury.” Animals & Men #21 (2000), 38-9. An
excerpt from an article about rumors of a colony of feral macaws living in
Woodbury Common. Such a thing is not impossible, of course; a flock of
free-flying macaws is established in Kirkby Stephen, a small town in Cumbria.
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zoological magazine” Animals & Men can
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The Guardian [UK]
13 March 2013
Where screeching, scarlet macaws enjoy raucous
celebrity status
[…] Kirkby Stephen's small flock of scarlet macaws has
been a raucous feature of the town ever since the late John Strutt began to
provide a refuge for unwanted parrots on his farm at nearby Eden Place. As a
dedicated animal lover and conservationist, Strutt managed his 900 acres using
low-intensity farming methods for the benefit of birds, butterflies and wild
flowers, and also indulged his passion for exotic birds, which he could never
bear to see confined to an aviary. […]
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