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Parrot Blogger: Andre Saidenberg | Mar 24, 2010

Sorry for the delay. Now back to the big (and ugly city) of Sao Paulo it’s time to remember the moments of the latest release carried out by the NGOBichos da Mata. Pictures are able to tell much more than any words. Lots of cover from the local media (TV and magazines) as you can see in the...

Novedades temporada 2009-2010 | New season 2009-2010

Parrot Blogger: Jose Antonio Diaz Luque | Mar 17, 2010

(Note: Original blog post in Spanish. Translation to English follows below)

¡Hola amigos! Me complace poder manteneros al día de las novedades del proyecto.

¡Ésta campaña ha sido bastante exitosa! Después de la campaña pasada, en la que cosechamos una mala temporada de cría, parece que todo...

Parroting around - Mountain to the Sea

Parrot Blogger: Brent Barrett | Mar 09, 2010

Globally parrots occupy vastly diverse habitats, obviously not in the northern continents but certainly in the southern regions.  In Ushaia there is a parrot that lives amongst the valleys that bisect the southern tip of the Andies.  In the Amazon birds swelter under blazing suns.  Gang-gangs...

Conditions inside parrot nests

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Mar 04, 2010

In the February 2010 PsittaScene article about the yellow-shouldered amazons on Bonaire I briefly discussed how hatchability is a problem for the population on Bonaire and how we use dataloggers to record nest environmental conditions. I’d like to use my blog to explain a little further and show...