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Conservation and Research

Sarah Faegre

Following a Family of Five!

Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | Jul 24, 2008

Nemo finally fledges, despite his deformation, and we spend our days following the family of 5 Blue-throated Macaws.

January 8th 2008

Nemo, the macaw chick with a congenital spine deformation, has successfully fledged!!!  Actually, he fledged about a week ago, during a period of time when I was...

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Sarah Faegre

A Letter to my Brother

Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | Jul 23, 2008

January 11th 2008

A letter to my brother:
(My brother, at this time, was in India, studying a percussion instrument called tabla).

My Dearest Brother Brendan,

I am thinking of you today, as I sit in a little palm-leaf blind, watching a blue-throated macaw nest, because of some absolutely...

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Peter Cowen

The long lost Red Bellied Macaw…...

Parrot Blogger: Peter Cowen | Jul 22, 2008

There are a total of 20 species of parrots that are located in the lower Tambopata. Six of these are macaws, four parrots and the remaining parakeets and parrotlets. Size ranges from the largest, the Red and Green Macaw to the smallest the Amazonian Parrotlet. Of the six macaws the most endangered...

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Sarah Faegre

The Arrival of Friends and the Making of Chocolate

Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | Jul 22, 2008

Working with Blue-throated Macaws and learning to make chocolate from the abundant, ripe cacao fruits on the estancia--could a girl want anything more?

December 29th 2007

Last night at 7 pm (our daily radio contact hour) we finally were able to talk to Carmen...well, Marco talked to her because I...

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