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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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Bennett Hennessey

Blue-throated & Red-fronted Macaw

Bolivia
Bennett Hennessey
Bonnie Zimmermann

The Indonesian Parrot Project

Indonesia
Bonnie Zimmermann
Carlos Bonilla Ruz

Military Macaw Project

Mexico
Carlos Bonilla Ruz
Carlos Bianchi

Pfrimer's Conure Project

Brazil
Carlos Bianchi
Caroline Stahala, M.S.

Bahama Parrot Project

The Bahamas
Caroline Stahala, M.S.
Don Brightsmith, Ph.D.

Tambopata Macaw Projetc

Peru
Don Brightsmith, Ph.D.
Glaucia Seixas, PhD

Blue-fronted Amazon Project

Pantanal, Brazil
Glaucia Seixas, PhD
Jaime Jiménez, PhD

Slender-billed Conure Project

Chile
Jaime Jiménez, PhD
LoraKim Joyner, DVM

Volunteer Projects

Central America & Caribbean
LoraKim Joyner, DVM
Luis Ortiz-Catedral

Red-fronted and Malherbe's Parakeets

New Zealand
Luis Ortiz-Catedral
Neiva Guedes, Ph.D

Hyacinth Macaw Project

Pantanal, Brazil
Neiva Guedes, Ph.D
Roan Balas McNab

Scarlet Macaw Project

Guatemala
Roan Balas McNab
Ryan Watson

Blue Macaw Coordinator

Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation - Qatar
Ryan Watson
Stewart Metz, M.D.

Indonesian Parrot Project

Indonesia
Stewart Metz, M.D.
Tom White, Ph.D.

Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Program

Puerto Rico
Tom White, Ph.D.
Yara Barros, Ph.D

Macaw Reintroduction

Brazil
Yara Barros, Ph.D

Recent Blogs

Sunday Morning Coming Down (from Rus Rus,La Mosquitia, Honduras) 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
Monday, 3 May, 2010
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
Monday, 26 Apr, 2010
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
Tuesday, 9 Feb, 2010
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 ...

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