Let it snow!

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Mar 28, 2015

This time last week I was driving in the snow. Oddly enough I wasn’t in the Caribbean. I was in Connecticut on my way to the Featherfest, an annual event of the CT Parrot Society.

Before driving in the snow I’d had a crazy parroty week. From the airport I’d jumped in a rental car and drove over to...

Parrot Cruise inspires Sally’s new home

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Jan 22, 2015

Working in conservation has allowed me to climb trees and watch wild parrots in Mauritius, Brazil and Bonaire among others. During the 20 years since I first went to Mauritius, oh heck was that really 20 years! I have had so many great experiences with my work. But at the end of last year I found...

Red Bellied Macaw Chronicles Part 9:  A Family Life

Parrot Blogger: Evet Loewen | Jan 13, 2015

Sophia had come into my life and the life of the flock on April 27th, 2000. As far as I knew, she had been a lone wild caught for some time, and I had no precise knowledge of age although I guesstimated 18 to 20 solely due to her wrinkly facial patch and feet -- no one could really tell. Although...

Red-bellied Macaw Chronicles Part 8: Young Red-bellied Macaws Join the Flock

Parrot Blogger: Evet Loewen | Jan 05, 2015

Resumption of Storyline Begins Anew in 2015 

Well, how time flies when time flies! My apologies for the detritus of life interfering with the prompt posts to this blog.¹

As a brief reprise, in Part 7 the theme was the temperament of Sophia, a wild caught Red-bellied Macaw that I had obtained in...