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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>http://fly.to/pyrrhuras_uk</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>   |    </B></FONT><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://fly.to/pyrrhuras_uk"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://fly.to/pyrrhuras_uk"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>About Me</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Information"><U><B>Information</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Gallery"><U><B>Photo Gallery</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mutations"><U><B>Mutations</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Availability"><U><B>Availability</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pyrrhura Links"><U><B>Pyrrhura Links</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="06bd9b13.jpg"> <div> <I><B><U>About Me</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>Who is Pyrrhura's UK?</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B> <IMG SRC="044b9030.jpg" border=0 width="185" height="259" ALT="Les Waring Oct2000" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><B>Les Waring, United Kingdom.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>        </B></I><B>I was born in 1971 in Gloucestershire, which is situated in the South-west of the country.</B></div> <div> <B>At present I work for a local firm for the battery industry, where we make machines/moulds which are supplied all over the world. I also own a security firm, providing licensed 'sia' door staff & security guards for the retail & licence trade.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I have a family , partner Helen and three children.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I have always had a keen interest in animals especially birds from a young age, going bird watching & joined the British bird watching clubs, but it wasn't until 1987 I started keeping birds, I started with Zebra & Bengalese finches.</B></div> <div> <B>Over the years I have kept & bred a wide selection of birds from small Waxbills, South American Buntings, Java Sparrow's, soft-bills & of course parrots & alike.</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>My main interest for a long while was mutations in which I have specialised in a few species:-</B></div> <div> <B>Zebra Finches, Java Sparrows, Celestial Parrotlet's, & Peach-Face Lovebirds.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> My other interests were the African parrots: Meyer's, Senegal's & Greys in which I did quite well with the latter. For a few years I did a lot of hand-rearing for myself and colleagues for the pet trade,  ranging from most species of  birds: Lovebirds, Conures, African's, Amazon's, Cockatoo's & a couple of Blue & Gold Macaws.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Since 1994 I have been keeping Pyrrhura conures which have become a favourite, I have parted with a lot of my other birds to replace them with these delightful little conures, as i find them  colourful, active, not noisy, and there are plenty of species to choose from & can be very prolific given the right conditions.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I have been successful with breeding :</B></div> <div> <B>Maroon Bellied - P.f.frontalis & P.f.chiripepe.</B></div> <div> <B>Green Cheeked - P.m.australis, P.m.restricta & </B><B>P.molinae.molinae.</B></div> <div> <B>Mutation (pastel-blue) Green-Cheeks & Yellow-sided - P.hypoxantha.</B></div> <div> <B>Pearly - P.p.lepida.</B></div> <div> <B>Black Capped - P.r.rupicola.</B></div> <div> <B>Blue Throated - P.cruentata.</B></div> <div> <B>Rose-Crowned - P.rhodocephala.</B></div> <div> <B>Crimson Bellied - P.perlata perlata.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I'm currently keeping:</B></div> <div> <B>Green Cheeked - </B><B> P.m.australis &  </B><B>P.molinae molinae.</B></div> <div> <B>Crimson Bellied - P.perlata perlata</B></div> <div> <B>Rose-Crowned - </B><B>P. rhodocephala</B></div> <div> <B>Blue Throated - P.cruentata</B></div> <div> <B>White Eared - P .leucotis griseipectus</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I'm currently a member of ; The Parrot Society U.K , the Foreign Bird Association (F.B.A) in the U.K</B></div> <div> <B>Other interests of mine are gardening & wildlife.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>                    L.Waring.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>The best way to get in touch is via e-mail to:-</B></FONT><A HREF="mailto:les_waring@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:les_waring@hotmail.com"><U><B>les_waring@hotmail.com</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>