Sam Williams, PhD
Bonaire’s Parrot Team
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...
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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...
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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...
Continue ReadingWinter Flocks in War and Peace
Feb 15, 2007
In my last update I wrote about the details of the very important Annual Bonaire Parrot count as well as some of the other jobs I had tried to cram into two hectic weeks on the island. This posting will focus more on the birds and the fabulous experiences I had seeing them in their winter flocks.
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