Getting Bit Is Just Part of Caring for Parrots, Right?

Parrot Blogger: Rebecca K. O'Connor | Feb 11, 2008

WRONG.

There are many reasons that a parrot might bite. Some may not be as predictable or make as much sense to us as others, but the one thing you can count on is that repetitive biting is rewarding to the parrot somehow. This means that parrots bite because it gets them something they want. It...

Season review and results

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Dec 23, 2007

The 2007 field season was a busy one! This was for good reason and the efforts we put in have certainly been worthwhile. Good data has been collected and those precious numbers are revealing patterns that mean this or that, but more about them in a moment. First a recap of the season... Before even...

Alone on Isla Chiquita, listening to the Rare-maned Wolf

Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | Dec 23, 2007

I spend a few days alone at the camp, while Vicente helps caravan all the other volunteers across savannahs and rivers to an estancia on higher ground. The four of them, Carlos, Sarah D., Matthew and Jose, have finished their time with the project and will wait to be picked up by a small plane,...

To Fly or To Fall

Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | Dec 20, 2007

Goliath is out of the nest, and I was lucky enough to witness the event!

19 December 2007

It is 6 a.m. when I arrive at the blind.  I have been watching this nest every day for a month now and for the past week Goliath, the larger of the two chicks, has been poking his head out of the cavity...