Conservation and Research

Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Apr 28, 2007

The CEB festival runs from Earth day on April 22nd until May 22nd Migratory bird day and 13 Caribbean islands currently take part. Groups on these islands hold events which basically encourage people to be aware of how special and important the Caribbean is as a biodiversity hotspot.

As Rowan and...

Bonaire’s Parrot Team

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Apr 21, 2007

The project has grown and now we are ten strong. They include people from England, Wales, the USA and Portugal and it’s a crazy time. The aim of having lots of people here is so we can cover a large amount of the island and search for nests. It works too. We have another 15 locations where birds...

Season Preparations

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Apr 07, 2007

Doing nest inspections to check on chicks is a important part of my research here on Bonaire. I am looking at a lot of different things that may influence the reproductive success of the amazon pairs. So I need to know how the chicks are doing, what is causing them problems, if they have been...

Back Home

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Mar 24, 2007

In a matter of hours the British winter I was struggling through has turned into Caribbean sunshine and I am now a very happy lad! So I'm back on Bonaire and it feels like home. Seeing the parrots again has been wonderful. If you have never watched wild parrots fly then you really owe it to...