FW> Actually, John Stoodley, wrote a book on nothing but the Pionus
 FW> species.  Now... finding a copy of the book would take Sherlock a week
 FW> or so. I managed  to borrow a copy to read a couple of years ago.  And
 FW> it is out of print in the  U.S. but can sometimes be found in Great
 FW> Britain. 
 FW> You're right, though. There isn't a lot of info on them. I have four
 FW> different  species and I think they are wonderful little birds.
 Hi Fran 
        Yep several people have told me about Stoodley's book yet nobody 
 Can seem to find me a copy maybe some library someplace has it I don't know
 would like to read it.  I recall the section of the book you spoke of was
 printed in an aviculture paper from Europe I came across it by accident 
 one day and I Think it's ironic that bird's we pay for other people eat.
 
 FW> The only thing that I remember from the book is a story he tells about
 FW> being  in a field of maze when a hugh flock of Pionus came to feed.
 FW> Waiting for them  were residents of that area and 200 of the Pionus
 FW> were slaughtered for food.                       
 FW> From that, I gathered that there are very large flocks of Pionus. That
 FW> they  are probably like pigeons here.
 FW> Fran
 Have any interesting info from your own experiences would love to hear it.
 Mark
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