The Peace of Wild Parrots
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Jan 25
- 2 min
Down for the Count
In July Honduras and Guatemala came together to do the first binational count of the endangered yellow-headed parrot. We found low numbers.
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Vinaceous-breasted Amazon: The Parrot of the Gods
During August 2021 a diverse team came together to count the vinaceous-breasted amazon at Limoy Reserve in Paraguay.
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Jul 20, 2021
- 3 min
Is the Devil in the Details?
Parrot team in Guatemala, April 2021, with Dr. LoraKim Joyner This week, One Earth Conservation teams up with Cuerpo de Conservación in...
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
RIVER TRANSECTS IN PARROT POPULATION MONITORING - Come Play with Us!
To assess the parrot populations in hard to reach areas, we experimented with a methodology to survey parrot populations from rivers.
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by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Jul 25, 2019
- 6 min
We Count Them Because We Count on Them
The lead parrot conservationist told me on the last day, “This parrot project has benefited so many people on this island.” I teared up, kn
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by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln
- May 1, 2019
- 2 min
Guatemala Census and Celebration!
In 2017, One Earth Conservation invited visitors from the United States to join us on a trip to Ometepe Island in Nicaragua to learn about a
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Apr 18, 2019
- 3 min
A New Dawn for Parrot Conservation
The past is full of anguish and loss in these colonized areas of Latin America, but there is still an ever present beauty in the people and
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Apr 11, 2019
- 3 min
Parrot's Patience Wearing Thin
I was ushered quickly towards the school building where the leaders were meeting, when a scarlet macaw swooped over me to land in the trees
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Feb 20, 2019
- 2 min
How To Keep Parrots Flying Free
In every country I work, I hear one story after another about how international buyers come to an area to buy adult birds, chicks and/or egg
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Jan 29, 2019
- 3 min
eBird and gBird (Gone-birds)
Torn, I have nevertheless made a decision to no longer enter parrot data on eBird, at least temporarily. Given the fact that parrots are ne
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Dec 4, 2018
- 3 min
Breaking the Illegal Wildlife Trade Chain Through Economic Support
Every conservation project is an art, and a dance of relationships, so direct community employment may not work in every region, with every
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Nov 5, 2018
- 3 min
Perfection in Parrot Conservation
Okay, first off, there is no such thing as "perfection" in conservation. It's an art that depends on so many factors, and the
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Oct 1, 2018
- 3 min
Surveying Parrots, Dreams, and Parks
We need to go beyond this initial survey and impressions, and any defeatist refrain of "it's no use," to return to the area t
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Sep 25, 2018
- 2 min
Mountains of Hope for Parrots in Paraguay
After the count we toured the facilities at the ranger station and were impressed. Though the laboratory building is currently without water
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Sep 19, 2018
- 2 min
Triple Alliance of Compassion, Awareness, and Hard Work: Saving the Parrots of Paraguay
We who love Paraguay and her wildlife assert that we will make a stand here, saying, "Let the parrots live well along with this country
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Aug 14, 2018
- 4 min
Toasting Parrots Before They Are Toast
There is a bird known as the vinaceous-breasted parrot (Amazona vinacea) of South America. The name means “color of red wine,” descriptive o
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Jul 11, 2018
- 3 min
Moon Rising Over Macaws in Guyana
The Rupununi savannah in Guyana is full of life. We are here to count the red-bellied macaw that nests, roosts, and feeds in the Ite palms.
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Jun 19, 2018
- 2 min
Parrots in Guatemala's Mangroves Few and Far Between
We were glad to know that these parrots still exist on the coast, but frightened to know how few and how heavy is the poaching pressure. Wha
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Jun 5, 2018
- 2 min
Future Parrot Conservationists of Guyana
We began by telling them why we were there in Guyana. I explained because we in North America had lost our only parrot species, the Carolina
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