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CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT

Captive & Rescue Parrots

8 Yellow-shouldered

Amazon Parrots rescued

3 Yellow-shouldered

Amazon Parrots

released

11 Brown-throated Parakeets rescued

7 Brown-throated Parakeets released

2 eggs laid by a captive

breeding pair

2017 ANNUALREPORT

Reforestation

Tree sales nursery

constructed and open

for business

12,000 trees of more than 50 different

species currently growing

More than 33 hectares of dry forest protected (fenced)

4,335 trees planted in protected

reforestation areas

1,243 trees donated or sold to

individuals and organizations

4 local growers

“babysitting” native trees

for Echo

Roost Count Surveys

21 total roosts surveyed ahead

of the count

706 parrots counted

Over 60 volunteers

involved

Nest Monitoring

48 nests identifi ed

21 found to be active

14 regularly monitored

6 tracked with cameras

34 chicks: 3 died

2 disappeared 29 fl edged

2 nests suspected of having

been poached

1 nest suspected of having been

predated by a cat or other large predator

1 nest suspected of having been

attacked by a Pearly-eyed

Thrasher

Terrestrial Bird Monitoring

Other common birds IDed: Tropical Mockingbirds, Bananaquits, Barn Swallows, and House Sparrows

56 sites visited

52 different species

identifi ed

104 Yellow-shouldered

Amazon Parrots

70 Brown-throated Parakeets

RESEARCH & MONITORING

OUTREACH

Over 400 public tour

visitors

145 hours of tours

9 special group tours

60 guests on private tours

Over $5K in donations received

Conservation Tours

5 tree-planting events in 2017–

2018 rainy season

Over 100 volunteers

Over 20 hours of donated

time

4,335 trees planted

Community Tree-Planting Days

Once a month, Echo holds a stall at the Mangazina

di Rei’s cultural market

At the market stall, Echo

advertises its tours and sells parrot t-shirts

Echo also sells native edible fruit trees to residents for their gardens

The goal is for the trees to

provide fruits for both people

and parrots

Magazina di Rei Cultural Market

Over 100 visitors to Echo’s Dos

Pos Conservation Centre

6 public tours given over the

course of the day by local guides

Ban Topa (Open House)

Over 60 children

3 different schools

participating

Parrot Club

THANKS!

Funders and SupportersOpenbaar Lichaam Bonaire ● World Parrot Trust

BEST 2.0 Programme funded by the European Union Stichting DierenLot ● Vogelbescherming

Sea & Land Wonders Trust ● Dutch Caribbean Nature AllianceContour Global ● Cargill ● Digicel ● STINAPA ● Mangazina di Rei

Red Palm Village ● Krusada ● Cocari ● SGB ● Dutch ArmyCIEE – Bonaire ● Road Less Travelled ● Scouts of Bonaire

Major Donors (listed alphabetically by last name)

Anonymous ● Cornell Bialicki ● Adri Botman Tom & Anne Darrow ● Vera & Loek Maartens

Harris Friedberg & Mel McCombie ● Don & Penny Pray

Debbie Cerulli & Ray Saulino ● F. Vogel

Volunteers (listed alphabetically by last name)

Megan Alexandra ● Douwe Boerstra ● Jennah Brimacombe Rosalie Coolen ● Adam Curry ● Jessie Foest ● Scott Gilchrist Pia Hanson ● Jodie Hilton ● Henk Huisman ● Carina Kmett

Maria Koeks ● Richard & Michelle Kooistra ● Matthew Lapper Zak Maynard ● Valeria Peche ● Aja Radl ● Chris Schmitz Isobel Shephard ● Georgina Standing ● Mary Sutherland

Laura Timmermans ● Lily Whittaker ● Raymond van AsperenJoep van Dormolen ● Maarten van Pelt ● Claire Vredenbregt

Aeri Wittenbourgh ● Rudolf Wout ● …And so many more!

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