Cape Parrot Bird boxes in South Africa

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRh4yjcSUew]Cape Parrot Breeding Box Project - YouTube[/ame]

We spent august in South Africa installing bird boxes in the hope of nesting pairs using them. We go back in february to monitor and install some more. thanks for your time..

Liked that, edit tells the story really well

Good to read that the project is to be monitored

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one of the biggest issues we had was bees taking over the nnest boxes, will be interesti g to see if the jeyes fluid and xray paer (inside) will of worked. we have had reports of the parrots going close to them and looking interested, fingers crossed they make the next step. tbh, if we dont continue with the monitoring its probably a pointless task, so regular trips will have to be made.....

.......if we dont continue with the monitoring its probably a pointless task, so regular trips will have to be made.....

Gutted for you mate

Have you guys thought about installing motion activated cameras to record activity?

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Totally have. It just comes down to finances though- if we get them supplied we will install them in a heartbeat. I think if we find evidence of the parrots having a look inside or any nesting material, it will be a lot easier to get the funds. And installing them at around 30m height limits who can swap the memory cards over etc

Thought that was perhaps the case.

Plus I get that it's about being hands on with projects like this.

Have you looked at scientific grants?

(Although I imagine this can be a full time occupation, tracking down the right ones for a particular project)

The Royal Society and also the RSPB may be worth looking at.

Grants | Royal Society

The RSPB: Projects: The Birdfair/RSPB Research Fund for Endangered Birds

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Brilliant, thanks David.

No worries mate, may also be worth having a chat with Steve as he did some project work in Nepal with Vultures for the RSPB

He might be able to share a link or two.

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/picture-forum/27072-asian-vulture-work-tree-climbing-nepal.html

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