Sarah Faegre
The Arrival of Friends and the Making of Chocolate
Jul 22, 2008
Working with Blue-throated Macaws and learning to make chocolate from the abundant, ripe cacao fruits on the estancia--could a girl want anything more?
December 29th 2007
Last night at 7 pm (our daily radio contact hour) we finally were able to talk to Carmen...well, Marco talked to her because I...
Continue ReadingA New Chapter in my Work with the Blue-throats
Jul 03, 2008
With the Isla 2 chicks, Goliath and Manu, successfully getting around on their own, it is time to deconstruct our field camp and move on to a new group of Blue-throats.
December 27th 2007
And so begins a new chapter in the adventure: I am now at the estancia Trés Palmeras, sitting at this moment...
Continue ReadingChristmas at the Campamento
Jun 20, 2008
It is Christmas and our last night at the Campamento. Vicente and I stay up late, searching for the rare-maned wolf and then enjoying a campfire in the peace of our isolated island home in the Bolivian flooded savannahs.
December 25th
What a perfect Christmas (and final night) at the...
Continue ReadingManu’s Second Attempt at Fledging
Jun 08, 2008
Manu seems determined to abandon the nest tree, but he still isn't able to fly.
December 24th 2007
Yesterday around mid-day Manu fledged, once again, onto the ground. I found him perched in a little sapling that he had climbed. Vicente and I set up the portable blind and babysat the tail-less,...
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