Conservation and Research

Things are underway

Parrot Blogger: Peter Cowen | Jul 05, 2008

Things are starting to take shape now as the days roll by and my bank of data is slowly growing. The early morning starts and the long treks are now the norm. The balsas are now flowering creating foraging events (feeding events) for me to record. Birds enjoy the flower buds and the nectarines!

A New Chapter in my Work with the Blue-throats

Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | Jul 03, 2008

With the Isla 2 chicks, Goliath and Manu, successfully getting around on their own, it is time to deconstruct our field camp and move on to a new group of Blue-throats.

December 27th 2007

And so begins a new chapter in the adventure: I am now at the estancia Trés Palmeras, sitting at this moment...

The creation of a transect and the case of a wasp nest!

Parrot Blogger: Peter Cowen | Jun 23, 2008

After endless early morning foraging walks through primary forest, I finally have started to gather some information on which birds are feeding and on what! Each transect is at least 2km so most round trips are over 4km! My feet have never had so much work to do in their short lives but they are...

Christmas at the Campamento

Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | Jun 20, 2008

It is Christmas and our last night at the Campamento. Vicente and I stay up late, searching for the rare-maned wolf and then enjoying a campfire in the peace of our isolated island home in the Bolivian flooded savannahs.

December 25th

What a perfect Christmas (and final night) at the...