End of year catch-up

Parrot Blogger: Nikki Buxton | Dec 19, 2010

My apologies for my absence. Loads of excuses, all of them pathetic.

After much fundraising we began construction of the new aviaries. The rain made the task extremely tiresome, but eventually we were done. Much celebration and leaping about. A few days later we piled into the bush bearing perches...

Getting the word out there

Parrot Blogger: Brent Barrett | Dec 15, 2010

Research is spread like the common cold and comes back in the form of funding and opportunity, learning from our experiences and educating people about the outcomes makes the difference, otherwise you just have a headache and desire to stay in bed.  Since the media release, which I linked to the...

Little Monty’s Second Chance - Part One

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Dec 04, 2010

Bonaire is a dry island full of cacti and baked earth and yet this morning like many in the last month it is raining cats and dogs. The dirt track leading to my little house is no longer a track at all but a veritable lake. This morning’s inundation of yet more water is however a good thing. This...

Time for the truth about Kea nest success

Parrot Blogger: Brent Barrett | Nov 16, 2010

We are just half way through our third season of kea nest monitoring in the lowland forest and already we have staggering results. The following link gives you a close up of our progress. Kea Research Youtube

In the first year of this work we found only two kea nests, one by accident (or fate) and...