Climb Every Mountain, Climb Every Tree
The Parakeet Rangers of Karsabai, Guyana are following their dream of sun parakeet conservation by learning how to climb trees.
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Jun 30
- 4 min
The Peace of Wild Parrots
Birds are good for us - they help us come into a sense of peaceful interconnection.
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Feb 22
- 2 min
Parrot Pilgrimage to Suriname
Batavia, Suriname is a pilgrimage site for those who wish to honor and care for all life, including the people and parrots of the region.
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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
- Dec 15, 2021
- 4 min
The Freedom Parakeets
The sun parakeets of Guyana symbolize freedom and so much for those who live with them and protect them.
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Nov 14, 2021
- 4 min
Turn Towards the Jungle
By turning to nature, to the jungle, to parrots, to one another, and to the great beauty and tragedy around us, we can heal the earth.
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
Here’s Looking At You Parrot
Looking at parrots is a scientific art, such as during parrot conservation in Paraguay. It changes one to listen to what the parrot says.
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Sep 2, 2021
- 3 min
Desperados and Parrots
The ranch hands and cowboys of Paraguay turn towards conservation to protect their parrots, and we thank them for it!
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Jul 7, 2021
- 4 min
Protecting Parrots: Nesting Season 2020-2021
Pictures and statistics of One Earth Conservation's 2020-2021 parrot nesting season presented along with poetry.
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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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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Jan 25, 2021
- 2 min
Parrot Conservationists' Spirits Live On in Us
Parrot conservationists remind me of Wendell Berry whose writings say to me, “If we don’t know where we are, we don’t know who we are.”
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- May 6, 2020
- 3 min
Saving the World From Where You Are by Supporting Community Conservation Where They Are
We know how to do conservation, with communities, but the reality of government, societal and ecological fragility is always threatening to
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Apr 8, 2020
- 3 min
Hope is the Thing with Feathers
Yes, we need birds in this time of a pandemic, and the many other disasters happening to life on earth. They foster biodiversity and help ea
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Gail Koelln
- Feb 20, 2020
- 2 min
How to Build a Parrot Conservationist
The foundation of the work of One Earth Conservation is that anyone and everyone can be a wildlife conservationist, with our focus being on
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Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Feb 4, 2020
- 3 min
It's a Harpy Day in the Neighborhood
My parrot conservation exploratory trip to French Guiana was a success, that is, if I let go of the devastating low number of parrots I saw.
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by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln
- Nov 12, 2019
- 2 min
Four and Five on the Parrots List
Last week just got away from me, so I’m blogging today about both the fourth and fifth parrots on LoraKim’s list of the world’s most beautif
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by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln
- Oct 29, 2019
- 2 min
Beauty with a Yellow Face
Let’s talk, today, about the third bird on LoraKim Joyner’s list of the most beautiful parrots, which is the yellow-faced parrot. The conser
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by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Sep 18, 2019
- 4 min
Termites and the Endangered Yellow-faced Parrots of Paraguay
During a nest watch of yellow-naped amazons, I was dreaming in the sun…that one day when those with power and privilege are spied out amongs
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by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
- Sep 5, 2019
- 3 min
Burning Love: A Parrot Shows How to Put Out Fires of Human Desire
When in Paraguay over the last 3 weeks, it was the parrot breeding season. I was outside for 12 days, all day, and nearly every day I was p
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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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