The Insiders Guide to Parrot Conservation Pt. II

Parrot Blogger: Brent Barrett | Aug 22, 2008

Rule Number 2:  Bounce Back!

It rapidly occurs to one who finds himself hurtling at 10m/s/s through a 7m free fall that at some point the newsreel that is his life should begin.  But it simply didn’t, all I thought was “how did I get myself into this mess?”  The impact came like a shock, like a...

Home and Dry!

Parrot Blogger: Peter Cowen | Aug 21, 2008

After spending two months roughing it up in the jungles of Peru, I am now back in (not so) sunny England. The time spent in the jungle will be one of my most memorable experiences due to the things I've seen and the people I have met. Compared to my last expedition into the rainforest I feel that...

The insiders guide to parrot conservation Pt. I

Parrot Blogger: Brent Barrett | Aug 17, 2008

Rule Number 1. Stay in the game!

I was once asked why I don't take a desk job and quit all this fieldwork.  The question was posed by a doctor who was in the process of answering my previous question, namely "why does my knee not work?"  How could I explain to him that conservation, like war, is...

A Muddy Landing

Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | Aug 13, 2008

January 19th 10:00 p.m.

Torrential rain, tent-crushing wind and thunder and lightening.  I am sitting, damp, smelly, and with a bad case of stomach bugs in a little tent at the estancia of Esperanza.  Shortly after I wrote from Nueva Hora, three days ago, about the rain that would prevent us from...