{"id":15422,"date":"2017-12-13T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T14:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=15422"},"modified":"2017-12-13T15:20:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T14:20:40","slug":"st-lucia-parrot-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=15422","title":{"rendered":"St. Lucia Parrot Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"e8jdn\" data-offset-key=\"6mh46-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6mh46-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6mh46-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Today (13th December) is St. Lucia Parrot day and people are celebrating the world&#8217;s most beautiful parrot everywhere&#8230;even here in Malvik ;) &#8211; well, this is how I interpret this important feast day here&#8230;.and the presence of this parrot in my indoor forest garden helps to brighten up the dark days of winter, together with the waxwings (aka arctic parrots, which are foraging in the garden as we speak!)&#8230;. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"e8jdn\" data-offset-key=\"3ie4a-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3ie4a-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3ie4a-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">When we visited the island in 1981, we hooked up with the local naturalist&#8217;s trust who gave a talk at the hotel about this bird and we were lucky enough to see one that had been found injured. This was just after Hurricane Allen had devastated the island and the population crashed to under 100 birds as reported in this video. It&#8217;s good to know that the population is now over 1,000 thanks to the conservation efforts for this wonderful endemic species found nowhere else than on this Caribbean island: <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"e8jdn\" data-offset-key=\"fs37v-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"fs37v-0-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v2yRs1283UA\"><span data-offset-key=\"fs37v-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fs37v-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fs37v-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v2yRs1283UA<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15422 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15425'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"829\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080570.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15425\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080570.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080570-286x300.jpg 286w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080570-300x315.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15425'>\n\t\t\t\tAmazona versicolor in my indoor forest garden!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15423'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080564.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080564.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080564-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15424'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080565.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080565.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080565-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15426'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080568-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080568-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080568-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080568-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P1080568.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15429'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"759\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/StLuciaParrot1981_3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15429\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/StLuciaParrot1981_3.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/StLuciaParrot1981_3-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15429'>\n\t\t\t\tSt. Lucia Parrot, also known locally as Jacquot (digitised from a slide taken of an injured bird, later to be rereleased, St Lucia 1981\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15427'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"527\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/StLuciaParrot1981.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/StLuciaParrot1981.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/StLuciaParrot1981-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15427'>\n\t\t\t\tSt. Lucia Parrot, also known locally as Jacquot (digitised from a slide taken of an injured bird, later to be rereleased, St Lucia 1981\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15428'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"853\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/StLuciaParrot1981_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15428\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/StLuciaParrot1981_2.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/StLuciaParrot1981_2-278x300.jpg 278w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/StLuciaParrot1981_2-300x324.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15428'>\n\t\t\t\tSt. Lucia Parrot, also known locally as Jacquot (digitised from a slide taken of an injured bird, later to be rereleased, St Lucia 1981\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span 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