Blogs
Welcome to our blogs. These include real time stories from the field from individuals who are working first hand with wild parrots. Read their stories and find out about the ups and downs of wildlife research. What are the challenges of every day field work and the exciting new encounters and discoveries that makes all the hard work worth while!
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Recent Blogs
Sunday Morning Coming Down (from Rus Rus,La Mosquitia, Honduras)
(Scarlet Macaw Flying By A Carribean Pine in La Mosquitia)
On Sunday, April 18, we came down the long road out of Rus Rus into Puerto Lempira. We had been staying overnight in the abandoned home ...
Rainforest Expedition to Tambopata Research Centre
Five Canadians join Rainforest Expeditions to the Tambopata Research Centre in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru. They won bids on the trips donated to both the Parrots International Symposium and Canadian Parrot Conference in 2009. They had an amazing adventure and had the opportunity to meet up with Dr. Don Brightsmith, the Project Director at the research centre.
Jana and Noelle visit Hyacinth Macaw Project
Field Activities Report The visit of Jana Julleis and Noelle Fontaine to the Hyacinth Macaw Project was an activity promoted by Parrots International along with Hyacinth Macaw Institute during the V Symposium of Parrots International, which occurred in Las Vegas in 2009. This activity aimed to raise funds to Parrots International and it consisted of a trip to Pantanal wetlands, valid for one year, covering all living costs in Brazil (considering the arrival in Campo Grande airport) for two people to enjoy the Hyacinth Macaw Project field activities for one week.
Nest 22
After the rain stopped, we went to Chahuilco again this afternoon to check the nests and do some telemetry. We checked nest 22 and at our surprise the chicks were still in the nest, so ...















