Latest news on released macaws and amazons

Parrot Blogger: Andre Saidenberg | Dec 21, 2009

If you have checked the video on the released Blue-fronted amazons and Blue and gold macaws that were carried out on October it also makes you wonder how these birds are doing right now. And according to Bichos da Mata report the answer is that although it is common for released parrots to disperse...

Confiscations and education

Parrot Blogger: Andre Saidenberg | Dec 15, 2009

Among several recent confiscations this one demonstrates how birds are treated poorly although there are worst examples. This page is in Portuguese and describes a very common fact that happens every year (breeding season of amazons start on September and goes until March): The big city centers of...

Traveling upriver

Parrot Blogger: Elizabeth Hobson | Dec 14, 2009

To get to the Tambopata Research Center, my destination for the summer, I needed to travel by boat up the Tambopata River. We were ferried upriver in large canoe-like boats, wide enough to seat two people abreast with a walkway down the center. One person mans the outboard motor on the back and the...

Release successes

Parrot Blogger: Andre Saidenberg | Dec 12, 2009

Just a quick update about some of the release efforts by Bichos da Mata. These are old news actually but I wanted to share with you providing some background of what has been done before we continue with the news from the latest releases carried out in October.

The group of seriously endangered...