Awe and Wonder
People report having three awe-inspiring experiences a week. How many do you have? Think back on this week – how many times did you drop you
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by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln
Nov 26, 2019
Bird with a Badge
Often when we are out doing parrot surveys in various countries some member of the Brotogeris genera fly by, so high, erratically, and fast.
by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln
Nov 12, 2019
Four and Five on the Parrots List
Last week just got away from me, so I’m blogging today about both the fourth and fifth parrots on LoraKim’s list of the world’s most beautif
by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln
Oct 29, 2019
Beauty with a Yellow Face
Let’s talk, today, about the third bird on LoraKim Joyner’s list of the most beautiful parrots, which is the yellow-faced parrot. The conser
by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln
Oct 23, 2019
The List
Due to “popular demand,” I am providing our readers with LoraKim’s list of which parrot species (living and extinct) she considers the most
by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln
Oct 15, 2019
Beauty is More Than Feather Deep
It’s often the case for me that the more I get to know an individual (human or otherwise) I discover more and more ways that they are unique
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Sep 24, 2019
Parrots, Poems, Prayers, and Promises
A little over a month ago I wrote about how counting parrots as part of our population monitoring efforts was like a prayer for me. I asked
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Sep 5, 2019
Burning Love: A Parrot Shows How to Put Out Fires of Human Desire
When in Paraguay over the last 3 weeks, it was the parrot breeding season. I was outside for 12 days, all day, and nearly every day I was p
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Aug 6, 2019
Wild Until Death: Praying to Birds
One can't get to heaven without death, but in this case it is the acceptance of death that is the gateway. By embracing death we erase a
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jul 2, 2019
Going Forth in Conservation
Conservation is for us together, then, a prayer that we utter as we look up in awe at forest cathedrals, a silence partaken in mountain abbe
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jun 19, 2019
Sleeping Under Parrots and Stars
What do you do when there aren’t many of a particular species left on the planet? You face the reality, dig into hope, team up, and do the
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jun 11, 2019
One Earth Conservation Goes to Washington
Before the meetings I discovered my inner sixth-grader this past week when Gail Koelln and I were the guests of the US Fish and Wildlife Ser
by Gail Koelln
May 14, 2019
Take Them or Leave Them
As you know, One Earth Conservation works on a daily basis to help some of the most endangered parrots in the world. Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Apr 11, 2019
Parrot's Patience Wearing Thin
I was ushered quickly towards the school building where the leaders were meeting, when a scarlet macaw swooped over me to land in the trees
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Mar 27, 2019
Poachers and Protectors
The film demonstrates how and why community conservation can work, and must work. If the local people are not engaged and committed, then th
LoraKim Joyner
Mar 19, 2019
Parrot Conservation is a Team Sport
I wish you deep meaning in your love for parrots, and to all of us that have relationships to them, and I also know that we must face the ha
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Feb 25, 2019
Ring of Fire
Surrounded by a ring of fire. All around us we see evidence of the destructive nature of nature. This includes human nature, for it is wide
LoraKim Joyner
Jan 9, 2019
Fostering Parrots Here and There
We at One Earth Conservation conduct all of our conservation work in collaboration with others. Today, as LoraKim is in the field in Guyana,
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Dec 12, 2018
Parrots Die by the Bucketful
This particular batch of ten scarlet macaw chicks were being transported in a bucket in the back of a truck traveling along the dirt road t
by Gail Koelln, Co-Director
Oct 17, 2018
Parrots Grow in Brooklyn
When I first heard about it, about four years ago, my reaction was, “Really!?!” Wild parrots in Brooklyn?!?
I had first met LoraKim Joyner
From the field, our Nurture Nature Program, and our staff!
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