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r2r wrote:Has anyone else noticed the abundance of pure bred macaws, particularly B&G macaws offered up for adoption? Then there is the lack of hybrids being offered.

Why is that if hybrids are so bad?

How many blue and gold macaws are bred, compared to the number of hybrids? A more relevant comparison would be between the proportions of blue and golds offered for adoption, compared to the proportion of hybrids. Even that wouldn't be an entirely fair comparison: So long as hybrids are vastly scarcer they remain a specialty market more likely to be exploited by knowledgeable buyers. Given the market as it now stands, anyone who buys a macaw on a whim or whilst poorly informed is most likely to end up with a blue and gold.

Found the site I was hoping to find... regarding macaws living in a non-native country and hybridising... pictures can be seen in the photo gallery...

http://www.cityparrots.org/

I am mixed on hybridz myself, but "cocoa" looks like a Hyacinth/Military...(Milicinth) to me, but I would love to adopt him. I don't live far from there either. P.A. is only a little over 2 hours away. I do think it is rather painful to see a hyacinth hybred, as this rare and remarkable species should be treated with the utmost respect and responsibility. Such a rare, and wonderful bird. But, hybred or not, I would adopt that bird in a second.