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large walk through, suspended, and
conventional aviaries, with a souvenir shop and cafeteria. The refuge
was designed to house unwanted, neglected, or confiscated birds, some
are in great feather, but there are some recovered from uncaring owners
that are in very poor condition. These birds are kept in
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Pair
of Military Macaws at the Parrot Inn at Veldhoven The Neterlands.
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special areas, but are put indoors at night and in the colder winter
months. They keep at least 6 species of Macaws, including Hyacinths,
Green Wings, and Blue & Golds, have at least 15 species of
Amazons, including some of the rare ones, most of these are paired off
and placed into a breeding program. There are also at least 10 species
of White Cockatoos, such as Coffin’s, Lesser’s,
& Citron crested, but they also house other types of parrot
species, such as Hawk Headed, Jardine’s, & Conures.
Admission to the park costs 6 Euro, which is around $10.50 Australian,
a small fee for such an enormous park. You need plenty of time to visit
this park, to take the time and appreciate what it has to offer.
PRIVATE
BREEDER, THE NETHERLANDS: Leaving the park well into the
afternoon we still had some time to visit a friend of Joes on the way
home, this is the same person that looks after his young birds. Jo Van
Lieverloy, has a small, but very neat complex, in a small village
called Maren-castle, 35 kms north of Eindhoven. Jo has around 35 pairs
of birds, these consists of 5 pairs of African Greys, 2 pairs of Green-
Cheeked Amazons, 2 pairs of Yellow- Cheeked Amazons, 2 pairs of White
headed Amazons, 2 pairs of Equador Amazons, with the rest of collection
made up of, Black headed Caique’s, White Bellied
Caique’s (both green & yellow thighed),
Meyer’s Parrots, Ruppell’s Parrots,
Jardine’s Parrots, & Senegal Parrots. Jo also
incubates most of his eggs, he only uses Gumbach incubators &
brooders and claims they are the best money can buy. Most of his birds
are also sold as companion birds. European people make you feel
welcome, and Jo and his wife were no exceptions, as soon as we had
finished looking at the breeding birds, looking at many young chicks in
the brooders, and many eggs in the incubators, they were then asking us
to sit down and have a talk & coffee with them. Although I
thought Jo,s cages were a little on the smallish side, he had a
fascinating collection of birds which would have looked great in any
Australian backyard. By the look of his clean complex, and their
knowledge in incubation and
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