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Figure 4, above: Armonía’s park guard Cesar Flores (left) and Tjalle Boorsma (right) planning patrolling activities with the newly purchased quad-bike (supported by Interna- tional Conservation Fund of Canada, IUCN- NL, Parrot Society UK and World Land Trust). Picture taken by Marton Hardy.


Figure 3, left: With support from the Van Tienhoven Foundation we kickstarted management activities within the Laney Rickman Reserve including the placement of the “Laney Rickman Reserve entrance sign”, thanking the donors who helped purchas- ing this new reserve. Picture taken by Tjalle Boorsma.


3. Nest box Program (2018-2019 breeding season)


Summary The 2018-2019 breeding season resulted in the best nest box year ever: highest number of occupied nest boxes (9) and highest number of successfully fledged chicks (12) (table 2). This year’s nest box program received support from ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo, International Conservation Fund of Canada, IUCN-Netherlands and Parrot Society UK. The 12 chicks fledged from 6 different nest boxes, and were all located in the Laney Rickman Reserve.


Through Armonía’s 14-year nest box program, 81 Blue-throated Macaw chicks successfully fledged into the wild. A total of 5 breeding birds were confirmed to be ringed individuals, fledged from Armonía’s nest boxes in previous years, returning to breed. These are important indicators of increasing population recruitment where fledged birds survive and reproduce, showing the successfulness of this program. The first ringed individuals used our nest boxes in 2015 (for more


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