Sam Williams, PhD

Highs and lows the season continues

Jul 31, 2007

Watching wild parrot chicks develop is such a privilege and can be a lot of fun too. Parrot nests do get predated though and loosing chicks can be heartbreaking. In the last couple of weeks we have seen a lot of nest failures and it’s been a hard time here on Bonaire. Overall the nests we monitored...

PARROT CHICKS EVERYWHERE!

Jun 22, 2007

It's all go in world of Bonaire's loras. Chicks are hatching out from their eggs and the parrot team have been rushing around trying to work out who is hatching on which days. With the help of project volunteers we found lots of new tree nests but many of them are difficult to see into. We are...

THERE’S EGGS!

May 12, 2007

Finally they’ve had some eggs!! We were getting worried the birds would forgo breeding all together this year. There are now a few pairs with eggs but so far the ones that have started breeding are new to us and those we know from last year have not done anything. We have to thank the parrot teams...

Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival

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...