Conservation and Research

Parrot advocacy and eggs!

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | May 18, 2008

Where does the time go! Many parrots are on eggs now and I haven’t even reported on my pre season plans as I promised in my last entry. So let’s do this in chronological order.

What is it like to be back on Bonaire for my third full field season? Well of course it’s fantastic. Bonaire feels like...

Want to Experience the Life of a field biologist, working with wild Blue-throated Macaws?

Parrot Blogger: Sarah Faegre | May 13, 2008

I have been back from the Bolivian savannahs for about 2 months now and since my return I have been posting my journal entries, bit by bit, on my WPT blog site.  These entries come straight from my field journal, which was my only writing option for the 3 months that I worked in the field.  I will...

Work begins on the Black Parrot project

Parrot Blogger: Ellen Walford | May 11, 2008

I touched down in the Seychelles with a feeling reminiscent of Dorothy finding herself in Oz. The black, white and grey shades of early morning London drizzle transformed into a thousand different shades of turquoise ocean, vibrant green vegetation, lined with sparkling ivory beaches against a...

How important are family units to Meyer’s Parrots in the wild

Parrot Blogger: Steve Boyes, PhD | Apr 25, 2008

Over the past two weeks I have been going through my Meyer's Parrot flocking and roosting behaviour data sets for 2004-2007 in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, as part of my thesis write-up.  I have found this investigation to be an interesting journey into the possible ways in which these parrots...