This is Vandir Fernandes, 52 years old, the field technician of the Blue Fronted Amazon Parrot Project. He has been working with the Project since it started, in 1997; and has participated on every single field trip. He has several qualities and is a good friend of everybody. He is well known in all the farms, as “Seu Vandir”.

He does the entire “hard job”, like to carry the stairs, and also the “risky job”, as go up to the parrot’s nests to monitor the eggs, or stay on a branch of a tree in a river’ margin. To have access to the parrot’s nests in the trees is several times necessary to use of rappel technique or stairs (used when the tree is dead).

He also helps on the training of extern college students, who have a lot to learn with his experience.

He is always present when we try to aware children and “Pantaneiros” (people who live in Pantanal).

With rain or flood areas, he is always engaged in parrots’ conservation! Thank you Vandir!

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