A distant view of Ometepe Island. © D. Armstrong


species conservation, environmental education, improved land stewardship, environmentally friendly farming and eco- tourism.


Within this framework, surveys by the


field team of the Yellow-naped Amazon project have identified four priority roosting and nesting areas on the island for the amazons, at Mérida, Peña Inculta, Tichana and Pull, and have generated important new data on the nesting ecology of this island population, indicating that the breeding season in


the isthmus between the two volcanos is starting much earlier than elsewhere in the range of the species. Monitoring in 2017/18 and 2018/19 confirmed that Ometepe has two nesting seasons for the Yellow-naped Amazon, being October- January in Pena Inculta and January-April at all other sites on the island. This unusual phasing of nesting should encourage more research into the behaviour and ecology of this population on Ometepe. One result of monitoring the nests is a georeferenced map of nesting


Forested lowlands stretch towards Volcán Concepción. © L. Davis


28 BIRD SCENE


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