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Though it feels like war at times due to the overwhelming challenges and frequent threats and actualities of violence, we must live and brea

People report having three awe-inspiring experiences a week. How many do you have? Think back on this week – how many times did you drop you

Often when we are out doing parrot surveys in various countries some member of the Brotogeris genera fly by, so high, erratically, and fast.

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

The greatest cause of conservation project failure was interpersonal relations, not external factors like politics, corruption, and violence

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

Due to “popular demand,” I am providing our readers with LoraKim’s list of which parrot species (living and extinct) she considers the most

It’s often the case for me that the more I get to know an individual (human or otherwise) I discover more and more ways that they are unique

Experiencing and imagining catastrophic loss is a motivator, but it might not be enough.  At least it isn’t for me on most days, as I mourn

A little over a month ago I wrote about how counting parrots as part of our population monitoring efforts was like a prayer for me. I asked

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

Every parrot in every home is linked back to the devastating trade. This fact might elicit some shame or anger, but mostly it is a statement

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

The Earth has been telling us, for decades (and longer), "I told you so! You can't keep on the way you are without dire consequence

One can't get to heaven without death, but in this case it is the acceptance of death that is the gateway. By embracing death we erase a

Life is an interconnected whole, and if we help relieve oppression or injustice in one location by getting at the root causes of domination,

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

I find myself increasingly focused on the intersection of my work with One Earth Conservation on biodiversity loss, specifically among Latin

So many people have been “sold a bill of goods,” in this case plastic-wrapped or plastic-bagged this or that, while their interests and need

Conservation is for us together, then, a prayer that we utter as we look up in awe at forest cathedrals, a silence partaken in mountain abbe