Portrait of Hawk-headed Parrots

Parrot Blogger: Ria Winters | Feb 27, 2009

The first time I saw Hawk-headed parrots, which is about ten years ago, I was surprised by their appearance. They looked very different from all other parrots I had ever seen. It almost looked like their heads did not fit with the rest of their body. But the colours of the crest and the almost...

Not a parrot in sight

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Feb 20, 2009

Writing up your PhD is an all encompassing task that leaves you with almost no spare time to do anything remotely fun. It is incredible that the intensity of work can reach this high and that deadlines can appear so frequently. This is one of the reasons I’ve not posted for so long, The other is...

An Introductory post from a new WPT blogger

Parrot Blogger: Charlie Moores | Feb 17, 2009

To start with the ‘who’: my name is Charlie Moores, I live in the UK, I’m forty-something (for a couple of more years anyway), and I’m an obsessive bird blogger who spends more time at the computer then can possibly be healthy (as my atrophying muscles are starting to remind me). I started my own...

The write up

Parrot Blogger: Peter Cowen | Feb 10, 2009

Returning from my most memorable summer in the Peruvian Amazon, I have been working hard through the winter months on my Thesis.  After draft, after draft etc, it's all now done and dusted now, handed in to be marked and I am now waiting on my marks.

After studying a number of different species...