Red-fronted and Malherbe's Parakeet
The parakeets are breeding on Motutapu Island!
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Hello all: in my previous post I commented on how excited I was about heading into the field for the 2009-2010 breeding season of the red-fronted parakeets. Well, during the latest trip I was pleasantly ...
Green bundles of magic: the breeding season is upon us
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A friend of mine and kind sponsor of our project refers to the parakeets as “green bundles of magic” and I always think about this name when Im heading to the field. This morning I’m ...
The parakeets are back on the volcano!
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preening
Last year I had the opportunity to visit a remote volcanic island halfway between New Zealand and Tonga: Raoul Island or Rangitahua. The purpose of the visit was to determine whether or not the Kermadec ...
Breeding Disease Ecology
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My current project: Breeding and disease ecology of New Zealand endemic parrots: Red-fronted Parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) and Malherbe’s Parakeet (C. malherbi)















