Steve Boyes, PhD
How important are family units to Meyer’s Parrots in the wild
Apr 25, 2008
Over the past two weeks I have been going through my Meyer's Parrot flocking and roosting behaviour data sets for 2004-2007 in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, as part of my thesis write-up. I have found this investigation to be an interesting journey into the possible ways in which these parrots...
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Field trip to southern Mozambique in search of the Brown-headed Parrot
Apr 01, 2008
In 1998, Dr. Stuart Taylor conducted a comprehensive study of the ecology and vocalizations of the Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus at Ponta Malongane, southern Mozambique. At that time the population was healthy, in spite of the civil war that was just ending. I have just recently...
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Meyer’s Parrot Project update
Mar 05, 2008
Well, I must apologize for the long delay before this 2nd posting, but to excuse myself I have been completely engrossed in my PhD Zoology write-up on the Meyer’s Parrot in the Okavango Delta, travel and work on the wild bird trade. This has kept me moving and, if not moving, writing madly. I am...
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MEYER’S PARROT PROJECT - INTRODUCING THE OKAVANGO DELTA
Sep 05, 2007
In January 2004, the Meyer's Parrot Project was initiated by the Research Centre for African Parrot Conservation to facilitate learning and discovery about this previously unstudied, but topical and important transcontinental African parrot species in the wild. Three years later in January 2007 we...
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