{"id":122,"date":"2016-12-01T03:06:04","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T03:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parrotsinternational.org\/?page_id=122"},"modified":"2019-09-02T14:35:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T14:35:12","slug":"bahama-parrot-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/parrotsinternational.org\/index.php\/projects\/bahama-parrot-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahama Parrot Project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abaco and Inagua, Bahamas
\nAmazona leucocephala bahamensis<\/em><\/p>\n

Abaco Parrot Emergency Hurricane Supplemental Food Program:<\/p>\n

The Abaco Parrot and it's habitat were devastated by Hurricane Dorian on September 1, 2019. \u00a0A Category 5 hurricane with 180-185 mile per hour winds (290-297 kph), 17-23 foot storm surge, and 4 feet of rain in 24 hours. Amazingly, research on Caribbean islands (Puerto Rico, The Dominican Republic) has shown that a percentage of parrots can survive the initial onslaught, only to starve to death days later due to the destruction of their natural sources for food. The Abaco Parrot Emergency Supplemental Food Program is designed to provide food sources during the interim period until the habitat regenerates. CRUCIAL TO THE SURVIVAL OF THE PARROTS IN THE WILD.<\/p>\n

PLEASE DONATE AND HELP SAVE THE ABACO PARROT!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bahama Parrot on Abaco differs because it\u2019s the only known parrot that nests in the ground in the Western Hemisphere and has adapted to fire and hurricanes. This little Amazon Parrot faces pressures from predation and fierce hurricanes. Over the years Parrots International has donated more than $50,000.00 to help protect the Bahamian Parrot. These funds have provided predator control, nesting studies, demography studies, post hurricane studies, and annual censuses for the Bahama Parrot. Additional donations have been made by\u00a0 Parrots International to The Bahamas National Trust to help Caroline Stahala with her study of the nesting ecology of Bahama Parrots on the Island of Inagua.<\/p>\n

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    Nestlings survive forest fires and hurricanes in their ubterranean nests. Photo by M. Stafford<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Caroline Stahala holding a Bahama Parrot chick. Photo by M. Stafford<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    A happy Bahama Parrot in the early morning sun. Photo by M. Stafford<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    A Bahama Parrot, Amazona leucocephala bahamensis, Inside her underground limestone sinkhole nest cavity. She is protecting her recent hatchling under her body. Photo by M. Stafford <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    A male Bahama Parrot (Amazona leucocephala bahamensis) standing sentinel to protect his mate while she tends to their nest in the limestone ground hollow. Photo by M. Stafford<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    A pair of Bahama Parrots (Amazona leucocephala bahamensis) in a pine tree above their nest cavity in the limestone ground hollow. Note the pine sap on their face from foraging on pine cones (Bahamian pine, Pinus caribaea vs bahamensis). Photo by M. Stafford <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    A Bahama Parrot (Amazona leucocephala bahamensis) foraging on poisonwood berries, (Metopium toxiferum). The poisonwood bush causes a serve rash to humans, similar to poison ivy. Photo by M. Stafford<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    A fire rages through and over the underground nests of the Bahama Parrot in the pine forest of southern Abaco Island. Photo by M. Stafford<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Caronline Stahala, director of the project, inspects Bahama Parrot nest #17 on the day immediately after the fire that burned over the breeding area. All three chicks miraculously survived. Photo by M. Stafford<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Bahama Parrot in the pine forest breeding grounds of Abaco Island. Photo by M. Stafford<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    A NOAA satellite image of a direct hit by Hurricane Frances on the breeding area in September 2004.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    A NOAA satellite image of a second direct hit by Hurricane Jeanne on the breeding area in September 2004.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n
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      Abaco and Inagua, Bahamas Amazona leucocephala bahamensis Abaco Parrot Emergency Hurricane Supplemental Food Program: The Abaco Parrot and it’s habitat were devastated by Hurricane Dorian on September 1, 2019. \u00a0A Category 5 hurricane with 180-185 mile per hour winds (290-297 kph), 17-23 foot storm surge, and 4 feet of rain in 24 hours. Amazingly, research […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124,"parent":36,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-122","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","post","post-with-thumbnail","post-with-thumbnail-large"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/parrotsinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/parrotsinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/parrotsinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parrotsinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parrotsinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/parrotsinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":592,"href":"http:\/\/parrotsinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122\/revisions\/592"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parrotsinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parrotsinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/parrotsinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}