So it came as a shock last month when residents began to find some of the beloved red-crowned parrots dead, entangled in traps. Others found their feathers scattered along the road. “I was just ...

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Recent rainfall in the Rio Grande Valley has been a boon to wildlife, and the Valley’s flocks of Red-crowned parrots are voicing their enthusiastic approval.

About a half-hour later, the volume had risen markedly, and the groups were noticeably larger — six and eight bright green birds at a time (red-crowned parrots, red-masked parakeets and at least ...

Most parrots in the block are the red-crowned and lilac-crowned Amazon variety, two of 13 known types of parrots and parakeets common in San Diego County. Some are in El Cajon year-round ...