Waiting for the Eggs to Hatch

Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | Sep 25, 2008

January 26th

All seems well with the incubating Blue-throats but still, the eggs have not hatched.  Steve and I split each day doing morning and afternoon nest-watch at the blind and the rest of the day is free for spending time with the family, helping out with chores, reading and writing, or...

Pyewacket gets dressed

Parrot Blogger: Eva Sargent | Sep 23, 2008

Well, actually Pyewacket is still naked.  Not oh-no-he's-pulling-out-feathers-naked; he's just without-a-harness naked.  We all know that training is a slow process requiring diligence and patience, but I want him wearing that harness yesterday. 

I'm not a patient person.  I want to be taking...

An Ending and New Beginnings….?

Parrot Blogger: Ellen Walford | Sep 16, 2008

I sit here on a relatively nice day as far as the British weather standards go (ie its not drizzling) in my three layers of jumpers, sipping my cup of tea and trying hard to remember what I felt like three months ago when I was slogging up some hill or the other on Praslin, sweating buckets and...

Parrot response to environmental factors - Fire

Parrot Blogger: Brent Barrett | Sep 15, 2008

Let us explore further the response of parrot populations to environmental factors such as climate (incl. change), predation, vegetation (food) and habitat loss.  Already we know that Kakapo require a very specific event to initiate breeding, but there are populations of parrots with much more...