Lets try this weekly thing again!!! Wild Zon!

[Jayd]

Wild Amazon Parrot's, Dust till Dawn!

 

Dawn, the beginning of a new day in the life of Wild Amazon parrots. Loudly calling to each other, they assemble into flocks and begin foraging for their morning meal. A flock foraging trip can take a few hours and can take them far from their night roost – up to as many as seven kilometers in the case of Puerto Rican Amazons (Amazona vittata; Snyder et al., 1987). Amazons in the wild cover large areas in their search for food, Their primary food is seeds and fruit, some trees bearing fruit only at certain times of the year, relying on different plants producing at different times of the year, hopefully being able to find what they need each new year. Lilac-crowned Amazons (Amazona finschi) must move from one habitat to another, each year to ensure food availability (Renton, 2001). When the season is dry (April -June) it's the semi-deciduous woodland and the rainy season, forage in strictly deciduous forests.

 

The Puerto Rican Amazon is the rarest parrot in the wild.Until November 19th, 2006 only 20-24 remained in the wild, all in the Luquillo Rainforest of Puerto Rico. On November 19th, the anniversary of Columbus's "discovery" of Puerto Rico in 1493, a new flock of 22 captive raised .Puerto Rican Parrots was released into the wilds of the Karst Region of Puerto Rico. (Columbus's ships log describes huge flocks of thousands of Puerto Rican Parrots covering the skies of the island). The Puerto Rican Parrot is the only parrot found within the United States and it's territories.

 

 

See you next Week!

Jayd

Edited July 3, 2010 by Jayd

[Luvparrots]

Thanks for sharing this Amazon parrot with us Jay!!!!

 

http://ibc.lynxeds.com/video/puerto-rican-amazon-amazona-vittata/pair-wild-parrots-nesting-el-yunque-forest

[Jayd]

:)Thank You, This video really adds to this thread.

Jayd

[Talon]

That's great! i so enjoy reading your new threads...