World Parrot Trust

Parrot Bloggers
Personal online journals of parrot
specialists from around the world.

Another nest, more starving nestlings

Parrot Blogger: Toa Kyle | Nov 03, 2006

We’ve located our sixth active nest for the season though it comes with a certain melancholy. This nest was active in 2005 too but failed due to flooding (yet another low quality open crown motacu snag). That a pair would return to this low quality nest in 2006 is curious but old habits die hard...

A busy October

Parrot Blogger: Toa Kyle | Oct 21, 2006

Back from a busy three weeks in the field. October is usually our busiest month in terms of monitoring nests and this year is no exception. We are currently following the progress of four nests, three of which have chicks and one that is incubating. I spent my time at 7 islas where amazingly all...

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...

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...