Winter Flocks in War and Peace

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Feb 15, 2007

In my last update I wrote about the details of the very important Annual Bonaire Parrot count as well as some of the other jobs I had tried to cram into two hectic weeks on the island. This posting will focus more on the birds and the fabulous experiences I had seeing them in their winter flocks.

ENRICHMENT

Parrot Blogger: David Woolcock | Jan 27, 2007

Duchy College students and some of the enrichment items they made this week.

For the pet parrot, enrichment can come in many forms; treats, toys, a new fresh branch, telling the family dog to sit, the sound of the radio and of course that extra special time spent positively interacting with its...

The Lora Count

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Jan 27, 2007

Wow! Well that was certainly a whirlwind trip to Bonaire. The count preparations went extremely well, as did the count itself. The result: the yellow-shouldered Amazon parrot population on Bonaire has around 650 individuals. That’s a good few more than I expected but of course it is good news. I...

Welcome to my blog

Parrot Blogger: David Woolcock | Jan 15, 2007

Welcome to my blog.  Those are four words that I never dreamed of stringing together in the same sentence, let alone publishing on the web!

So having got this far what will I be writing about?  As this is the WPT blogging community there will inevitably be something about parrots from time to time...