Comments on: Recording Mauritius: Echo Parakeets of Macchabee Forest http://www.birds.cornell.edu/roundrobin/2010/08/13/recording-mauritius-echo-parakeets-of-macchabee-forest/ The Cornell Blog of Ornithology Wed, 15 May 2013 22:36:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Arnaud Florigny http://www.birds.cornell.edu/roundrobin/2010/08/13/recording-mauritius-echo-parakeets-of-macchabee-forest/#comment-1439 Arnaud Florigny Thu, 26 May 2011 18:54:55 +0000 http://birdsredesign.wordpress.com/?p=1865#comment-1439 I remember Jon Erickson coming to the field station in Black River Gorges National Park and recording the song of some birds into the field station. Great Job! I remember Jon Erickson coming to the field station in Black River Gorges National Park and recording the song of some birds into the field station. Great Job!

]]> By: Hugh http://www.birds.cornell.edu/roundrobin/2010/08/13/recording-mauritius-echo-parakeets-of-macchabee-forest/#comment-1437 Hugh Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:29:42 +0000 http://birdsredesign.wordpress.com/?p=1865#comment-1437 thanks for reading! Jon is back now, but we're very grateful for the incredible work he did in Mauritius. If you're a Cornell Lab member, check your next copy of BirdScope for a wrap-up article about his work—it'll be out in late October thanks for reading! Jon is back now, but we’re very grateful for the incredible work he did in Mauritius. If you’re a Cornell Lab member, check your next copy of BirdScope for a wrap-up article about his work—it’ll be out in late October

]]> By: Hugh http://www.birds.cornell.edu/roundrobin/2010/08/13/recording-mauritius-echo-parakeets-of-macchabee-forest/#comment-1438 Hugh Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:29:42 +0000 http://birdsredesign.wordpress.com/?p=1865#comment-1438 thanks for reading! Jon is back now, but we're very grateful for the incredible work he did in Mauritius. If you're a Cornell Lab member, check your next copy of BirdScope for a wrap-up article about his work—it'll be out in late October thanks for reading! Jon is back now, but we’re very grateful for the incredible work he did in Mauritius. If you’re a Cornell Lab member, check your next copy of BirdScope for a wrap-up article about his work—it’ll be out in late October

]]> By: Bird Feeders http://www.birds.cornell.edu/roundrobin/2010/08/13/recording-mauritius-echo-parakeets-of-macchabee-forest/#comment-1436 Bird Feeders Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:23:46 +0000 http://birdsredesign.wordpress.com/?p=1865#comment-1436 Great article! Jon Erickson is doing some great work out there in Mauritius; carrying heavy equipment through the field and spending long hours in search of elusive birds is no easy task. I'm glad the scientific and birding communities have hardworking, dedicated volunteers like Jon because we all greatly benefit from endeavors such as his. The Mauritian Wildlife Foundation has set up some ingenious feeding stations for the Echo Parakeets. There are very few animals that can solve such a complex task. Birds in the order Psittaciformes (such as parrots and the Echo Parakeets described above) and the family Corvidae (such as crows, jays, and magpies) are among the most cognitively sophisticated animals on the planet. Its always fascinated to see examples of such intelligence in action! Great article! Jon Erickson is doing some great work out there in Mauritius; carrying heavy equipment through the field and spending long hours in search of elusive birds is no easy task. I’m glad the scientific and birding communities have hardworking, dedicated volunteers like Jon because we all greatly benefit from endeavors such as his.

The Mauritian Wildlife Foundation has set up some ingenious feeding stations for the Echo Parakeets. There are very few animals that can solve such a complex task. Birds in the order Psittaciformes (such as parrots and the Echo Parakeets described above) and the family Corvidae (such as crows, jays, and magpies) are among the most cognitively sophisticated animals on the planet. Its always fascinated to see examples of such intelligence in action!

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