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We could write a book about all the great work being done for parrot conservation in Honduras. Our projects entail just a few "chapters" of this book, of which we added three in early 2025.
Juan Pablo Suazo with LoraKim Joyner looking out over Catacamas, Honduras
(home of the University)
Book Chapter One: Parrot Conservation Corps Honduras
We have now finished three different year-long courses of One Earth Conservation's Parrot Conservation Corps and are excited to announce the start of our first in-country cohort in Honduras. I was there in January of 2025 working with the veterinary students at UNAG (National University of Agriculture and Livestock). Under the guidance of the university's Juan Pablo Suazo, they gathered with me for three days of instruction and field experiences, which will continue as an online course that will last for one year.
The new chapter of the Parrot Conservation Corps in Honduras
Book Chapter Two: New Liberation Cage
The new cage with 11 scarlet macaws training for release
The Rescue and Liberation Center of La Moskitia has not been able to receive any new admissions of rescued or confiscated parrots since July 2024. This is because we just haven’t had the space or resources to care for so many birds. However, thanks to a grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, we were able to complete a new liberation cage and when I was there in February of 2025 we were able to fill it up with our first group to experience this ample cage – 11 scarlet macaws. After this group is released we will then liberate over 20 yellow-naped and red-lored amazons.
This means that we can now admit young parrot chicks, though we still do not have room for birds who can never be released. We also need a hospital, a quarantine stage, and a large fence, and we know this will take time. Perhaps the most important resource we have are the people, so we were able to hire another part time care-taker and welcome back, permanently, Dr. Dayana Serrano as another veterinarian for the Center. Thank you team!
Anayda Pantin, Dr. Dayana Serrano, and Dr. LoraKim Joyner working with
pesky and energetic young yellow-naped amazons
Book Chapter Three: Start of the 2025 Macaw Nesting Season
This is the goal - free flying scarlet macaws left in peace to reproduce and live out their lives
Every year in February the scarlet macaws in our area begin their nesting season. February and March is a risky time for the parrots because international buyers come to the area to buy eggs to ship all over the world. It is also the start of fire season. This year the weather is wet and cool so we have an extra month to make fire breaks around nest trees so when the wildfires come, and they will, the trees and chicks have a chance to survive. To help curtail fires, the Wildlife Conservation Society has hired the villages to scout for fires and to construct fire breaks. We are also glad to see the National Police patrolling the dirt roads around this conservation site and have hopes that this might assist the parrot rangers with protecting nests from poachers.
Fire break around a historical nest tree
With such synergy across organizations and institutions we might yet have our best year ever for fledgling parrots, teaching students, and liberating birds. This is our hope and promise.
Rainbow over Mabita, La Moskitia - a promise of beauty