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Parrot Blogger: Nikki Buxton | Nov 02, 2009

My partner Jerry & I run an avian rescue centre in Belize, and over the years have become more and more focused on parrot rehabilitation and release. The local pet trade is a serious threat to the country's 9 resident species of Amazon, and although we don't imagine we could ever bring it to a...

There’s no more candle

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Aug 14, 2009

It’s nearly midnight on Friday night and if I was on Bonaire I’d be out enjoying a wee rum and coke and having a dance to shake out a week of parrot field work. Some would say burning the candle at both ends. But I’m not on Bonaire, booooo! I’m in North Yorkshire (which in itself is lovely, you...

I’m in the Caribbean, and the Audubon mag!

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Jul 18, 2009

I’ve managed to escape from the UK and get over to Bonaire! It’s odd to see the project chugging along but not be part of the fieldwork. Rhian has been extremely busy training and managing the team and then scattering them across the island every morning and every afternoon. The logistics of this...

A South African parrot to be proud of

Parrot Blogger: Steve Boyes, PhD | Jul 14, 2009

Parrots have the largest number of threatened species of any bird family, whereby over 90 of the 332 recognized parrot species in the world are threatened by global extinction. Around 73 species are threatened by global extinction because of habitat loss, fragmentation or degradation, while 39 are...