A Sad End for the Eggs of Encanta

Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | Oct 07, 2008

We discover that the macaws have been incubating dead eggs for the past three weeks and this sad news brings our work at Encanta to a close.

February 4th

Our time here at Encanta is wrapping up with 99% certainty that the nest is a failure.  Two dead eggs.  That is what the macaws have been...

Hard Times For Everyone

Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | Oct 04, 2008

February 2nd
11:30 a.m.

Rolando and Lurdes spent the non-rainy hours of yesterday gathering loads of dirt from termite mounds and hauling them back to the house in the ox-cart.  Then we all shoveled loads of dirt around the flooding corners of the house and onto the flooded floor of the galpón. ...

Arctic adventures and the way forward in African parrot conservation

Parrot Blogger: Steve Boyes, PhD | Oct 03, 2008

An expedition to the Svalbard Archipelago in the Arctic Circle, though unrelated to African parrot conservation, has much to teach us about protecting our environment and our global community. This visit left me with a clearer vision for the future, without all the doubts and worries of modern...

Floodwaters Continue to Rise

Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | Sep 29, 2008

The macaws continue incubating their two eggs, high and dry in their nest box, while the people of the Bolivian lowlands do not fair quite so well.

January 29th
5:45 p.m.—in the blind

The rain was dumping down all morning and the water rose to within inches of our tent.  The vicious red ants are...