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Parrotography
Parrot Blogger: Mike Bowles & Loretta Erickson | Oct 17, 2006
Photographing the wild parrots of Southern California (http://amazornia.us) is a challenge and a joy—a mysterious puzzle with ever changing twists and turns where each season leads to an exciting new discovery. It’s an action-packed, fun-filled world where wild parrots have become distant friends...
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Parrotphenalia
Parrot Blogger: Karen McGovern | Oct 10, 2006
It’s 3:00 am, and I’m feeding one of the rarest Amazon parrots in the world. He’s tiny, nearly naked and could rest comfortably in the bowl of a teaspoon. Perhaps it’s the lack of sleep on my part from feeding these newborn creatures every 90 minutes around the clock that causes me to ponder the...
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Three’s a crowd
Parrot Blogger: Toa Kyle | Sep 28, 2006
I’m back for a quick stopover in town. Things are proceeding well in the field. We’ve now got three active nests and another five that are being guarded. Our first nest with chicks is one to remember. When I first climbed it to perform health checks for the nestlings I was surprised to find...
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First active nest
Parrot Blogger: Toa Kyle | Sep 13, 2006
Good news. We’ve got our first active nests of the season already. One is a palm snag I climbed the other day to put in a drain hole. The nest has an open crown (ie. no roof) and is thus prone to flooding. Last year we lost at least three nests due to flooding during the incubation stage so...
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