Blue-fronted Amazon Project

Category: Education, Nestlings, Pantanal | Date: Sep 22 2008 | By: Blue-fronted Amazon

We are still at the field, working with the activities of the thematic month. The guests who are visiting the Refugio Ecologico Caiman (www.caiman.com.br) are having so much fun! Our externs (Lorena, Diana and Veronica) lecture to the guests, with the help of Caiman guides (Fábio, Helder, Leonardo, Vitinho and Daiana).      When checking the nests, the guest had the chance to see 3 little cute nestlings, with about 10-15 days old!!Besides visiting the collective roosting site of the parrots, they could enjoy a wonderful sunset, characteristic of the Pantanal.     When not with the guest, we monitor nests, eggs, and offspring of this reproductive season.And, on the spare times… Vandir teaches rappel to the externs – technique used to gain access to unreachable nests on the top of trees.Please stay connected! More news coming soon!   

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Category: Education, Nestlings, Pantanal, Partners | Date: Sep 11 2008 | By: Blue-fronted Amazon

During September 2008, we presented our research activities to the guests at the Refúgio Ecológico Caiman (www.caiman.com.br). This activity is called “Mês temático do Projeto Papagaio-verdadeiro” [Blue-fronted Amazon Parrot thematic month] and has as objective to provide the guests a better interactivity with the Project, the environment, and the local culture. After being introduced to the Project by a presentation, the guests of the Refúgio Ecológico Caiman have the opportunity to visit nests of blue-fronted Amazon parrots (with eggs and/or nestlings) and one roosting site. At the first week of this month, the guests had a chance to visit two parrot’s nests with 2 and 4 eggs, and a roosting site, with about 500 parrots!!!  Being able to have this unique experience will certainly approximate the guests with nature conservation, the parrots, and its environment. For us, this is a great opportunity to aware people about the importance of conservation and to divulge the Project.Our sincere thanks to Dr. Roberto Klabin and the Caiman team for this opportunity and great results! :0) 

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