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Cuban Amazons When They Cuban Amazon Seized a Cigar Boat in the Florida Keys in 1988 lady's handbag until diplomatic rela­ The tions made such trips impossible. Not Withstanding, U.S. Customs confis­ cated 48 Cuban Amazons when they Cuban Amazon seized a cigar boat in the Florida Keys in 1988. There were few drugs found and its subspecies on the boat, but many requests for prescription medicines, letters, and by Ramon Noegel and Greg Moss the parrots destined for Cuban peo­ ute Fellowship Bird Sanctuary ple in Miami. Greg Moss and I were Seffner, Florida called to testify on behalf of U.S. law enforcement. We were shown the Considered one of the mo t beau­ insular speciation can occur more parrots which were being housed at tiful Amazons, the Cuban has always rapidly than previously thought. The Miami Metro Zoo during the trial. All fascinated the selective aviculturist. It laudable research in progress with were five years to above 20 years of is thought to be the first neotropical DNA should presently disclose the age. Each cried out for attention parrot brought to Europe by Chris­ history of all living things. Captive when we spoke to them in the topher Columbus, and the Lucaya breeding various leucocephala into language they were accustomed to Indians, inhabiting the Bahamas, the fourth generation, coupled with hear. This incident demonstrates the were the first" ew World" people nearly two decades of field research Cuban people's continued interest in encountered by Columbus. They kept of West Indian species, has placed us this parrot from the "Pearl of the A. leucocephala bahamensis both for in a rather unique position to observe Antilles ~' The case was won by our food and for pets. Carbon dating of how rapidly morphology can change. bones of this Amazon found in caves Q5 on ew Providence, place its arrival The Cuban People OJ (l) o there as recent as 2,000 years ago. It and Their Parrot Z c has long been our opinion that Growing up in Tampa exposed the o E Arawak, Caribe and Lucaya Indians senior writer to the many Cuban "- "! co a: may have played an important role in Amazons kept by Cuban immigrants .6 o the distribution of psittacine and rep­ who comprised a large segment of (5 ..c tile fauna throughout the Caribbean. Tampa's multiculture. These people 0.. There is ample evidence in sixteenth brought their dearest possessions century records of early Europeans with them when they left the Island. that these original islanders kept both The parrot represented a link with reptiles and parrots. their beloved homeland. When When the Spanish arrived in Puerto traveling through the Latin quarter of Rico, they found the Tiano Indian Ybor City in the 1940s, it was not using boats that measured up to 150 unusual to see this Amazon in cages feet in length and they exhibited hanging on porches and balconies. As expert seamanship. Recent mud slides the original owner passed away, the in Puerto Rico have revealed a stone parrot became a legacy to his heirs. -ball court and jade artifacts identical The younger generation, being born to those fashioned by the Maya of in Tampa, did not always appreciate Central America. There can be little the significance of their parents' pet. doubt these seafarers of the extreme Consequently, the only pet shop in eastern Caribbean engaged in com­ Tampa often had this Amazon for sale merce with their mainland counter­ at reasonable prices due to its com­ parts. If they traded for jade it is mon availability. Because of this, my highly possible they returned home mother purchased one of thse cast­ with birds and reptiles, seeing that offs when I was age 14 (1946). Thus such fauna played an important func­ began an ongoing romance with this tion among the Maya. The latter's species and all the Caribbean Ama­ advanced civilization would certainly zons, which has now lasted 44 years. have impressed the Tianos to the From the Cuban people of Tampa, point of emulation of these more Miami and Key West, I learned much affluent people. We discovered semi­ of the lore and history of leuco­ fo silized bird bones in a cave (1976) cephala. This data has been faithfully on the southern coast of Cayman reported to aviculturists since 1967. Brae in conjunction with kitchen Some of the Cuban immigrants made middens left by early Indians. When regular trips back to the island of Compositepicture ofall representatives of analyzed by the Cayman Museum Cuba via the ferry boat that sailed Amazona leucocephala. The nominate race, known as the Cuban Amazon (A.l. leuco­ (now under development), they will three times a week between Key West cephala), is at the upper right. The main perhaps disclose orne parrot bones and Havana, until the revolution of difference between the subspecies is the ofA. leucocephala hesterna. 1959. Upon returning to the United amount ofred coloration on neck and throat. If we consider the implications of States, quite often a parrot had some­ An unrelated island species Hispaniolan our theory, we may be inclined to say how managed to stowaway in a Amazon is shown at the upper left. 40 December / January 1991 government and two of the four first documented breeding occurred defendants fled the country before in England under the supervision of sentencing. However, the disposition the distinguished aviculturist Edward of the Amazons in question seems to J. Boosey in 1956 (Boosey, 1962). In be clouded in uncertainty (Ron 1959, a pair of the offspring from Johnson, 1990, per. comm.). Boosey's two breeding pairs was For the most part, the average imported into California by Herb Cuban Amazon kept in Tampa as a pet Melvin. About 1963, this pair pro­ ~' was treated as a favored member of duced fertile eggs while on loan to the family and had table privileges at another aviculturist. For some rea­ LORIIDAE mealtimes. These parrots thrived on son, a disagreement ensued, resulting PRODUCTION the same food as eaten by their in Melvin removing both his birds and NETWORK owners. When we began collecting the four partially incubated eggs. He offers: these birds in 1965 (and for the next placed the eggs in the capable hands decade), their excellent health gave of Velma Hart (McDaniels) who Lories Delight Dry Diet - in powder evidence of the nutritional value of hatched them in her Lyons incubator form which is natural to Lories. black beans, red beans, garbanzo and hand reared the chicks. This May be used in three forms: nectar, beans, gandules (peas), northern caused Melvin to place the pair with dry, and hand feeding. beans, English peas, rice, plantains, Velma, who continued to breed from ***** fish, pork and chicken, not to men­ the pair until 1967, when Melvin 30 species of Lories available - tion Cuban bread and butter topped decided to move the pair to his home handfed babies and adults. off with Cuban coffee. Since much (Hart, 1967; Melvin 1968, per. ado over the avian nutritional value comm.). A total of 17 birds was reared ***** of beans (pulses) was forthcoming in from this pair in five breeding "Lories and Lorikeets In Aviculture" the eighties, this bit of lore might be seasons. Book by John Vanderhoof of interest. Actually, senior avicultur­ Two years after my first Cuban Comprehensive information on ists from California tried to turn us on parrot arrived (1946), we were able to breeding and maintenance of Lories. to sprouted beans for our parrots as purchase another. The two were a early as 1965 (Hart, per. comm.). pair. At the time (1949) no one bred John Vanderhoof The majority of the Amazons we large parrots in the Tampa Bay area, P.O. Box 575, Woodlake, CA 93286 collected from the Cuban people in consequently no attempt was made to (209) 564-3610 Tampa, Miami and Key West (1965 ­ breed our pets. This did not keep 1975) were above 20 years of age. them from creating a nest from the They were in good health but they newspapers on the bottom of their still had to be conditioned to accept a homemade cage and producing two mate, something they had been eggs. Never dreaming they were fer­ deprived of since juveniles and they tile, my mother and I indulged their also had to learn how to breed, a determination, which prohibited the behavior that begins in the first year cage from being cleaned. This, in with our many captive-reared young. turn, caused a foul odor to emanate In some cases, it required several from the cage, and after two weeks years to bring these old pets into my father (whose word had to be Computer fun .. for litlle ones breeding condition, but once they obeyed) insisted it be cleaned. In began they proved the best of parents attempting to comply, coupled with Unique and continued to produce offspring the pair defending their most unlikely Business Opportunity until the last year of their lives. The nest, both eggs were broken, dis­ greater number of these original closing two very viable embryos. Don't miss this exciting educational Cuban parrots have died but three Although we did not hatch these franchise opportunity to own still remain, representing 25 percent eggs, the incident taught me a valu­ your own home-based business. of the great-great-grandparents of the able lesson which I have sought to fourth generation having been bred at pass on to aviculturists for over 22 WE PROVIDE - YOU PROVIDE Life Fellowship for the past three years, i.e., if birds are happy in their • training • dedication seasons. 1990 should see our fifth captive environment and in good • materials • desire to generation of A.
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