specialists from around the world.
Welcomes, introductions, and explanations
Parrot Blogger: Eva Sargent | May 14, 2008
Welcome to my first blog entry, wherein I explain how I got mixed up in this parrot business, and about the perplexing and somewhat intimidating alien who lives in my house now. If you've read my bio, you've got the short version - long time conservationist, working for Defenders of Wildlife in...
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Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | May 13, 2008
I have been back from the Bolivian savannahs for about 2 months now and since my return I have been posting my journal entries, bit by bit, on my WPT blog site. These entries come straight from my field journal, which was my only writing option for the 3 months that I worked in the field. I will...
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Parrot Blogger: Ellen Walford | May 11, 2008
I touched down in the Seychelles with a feeling reminiscent of Dorothy finding herself in Oz. The black, white and grey shades of early morning London drizzle transformed into a thousand different shades of turquoise ocean, vibrant green vegetation, lined with sparkling ivory beaches against a...
Continue ReadingHow important are family units to Meyer’s Parrots in the wild
Parrot Blogger: Steve Boyes, PhD | Apr 25, 2008
Over the past two weeks I have been going through my Meyer's Parrot flocking and roosting behaviour data sets for 2004-2007 in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, as part of my thesis write-up. I have found this investigation to be an interesting journey into the possible ways in which these parrots...
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