Rachel Carlson

That's Nadine Lamberski. She's the chief conservation and wildlife health officer for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. And when I visited, she told me that these birds live really high up in cavities and trees. maybe somewhere like six to 8,000 feet up where it gets really cold at night.

That's Nadine Lamberski. She's the chief conservation and wildlife health officer for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. And when I visited, she told me that these birds live really high up in cavities and trees. maybe somewhere like six to 8,000 feet up where it gets really cold at night.

That's Nadine Lamberski. She's the chief conservation and wildlife health officer for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. And when I visited, she told me that these birds live really high up in cavities and trees. maybe somewhere like six to 8,000 feet up where it gets really cold at night.

Still, their populations continued to decline into the 1990s when researchers estimate they numbered just over a thousand. Today, there's no longer a wild population in the U.S., You can only find them in Mexico's Sierra Madre.

Still, their populations continued to decline into the 1990s when researchers estimate they numbered just over a thousand. Today, there's no longer a wild population in the U.S., You can only find them in Mexico's Sierra Madre.

Still, their populations continued to decline into the 1990s when researchers estimate they numbered just over a thousand. Today, there's no longer a wild population in the U.S., You can only find them in Mexico's Sierra Madre.

The thick-billed parrot population is growing. It's increased by 10% in roughly the last decade. So today on the show, the community that came together to help the thick-billed parrot. And how these birds are fighting for survival and winning, for now, thanks in part to some tiny solar-powered backpacks.

The thick-billed parrot population is growing. It's increased by 10% in roughly the last decade. So today on the show, the community that came together to help the thick-billed parrot. And how these birds are fighting for survival and winning, for now, thanks in part to some tiny solar-powered backpacks.

The thick-billed parrot population is growing. It's increased by 10% in roughly the last decade. So today on the show, the community that came together to help the thick-billed parrot. And how these birds are fighting for survival and winning, for now, thanks in part to some tiny solar-powered backpacks.

Yeah, and Gina, we learned that these conservation efforts have to be multifaceted because the parrots are facing a bunch of different threats, like forest fires, parrot smuggling, and deforestation. And those pine trees the parrots use to build homes way up high in the Sierra Madre, those trees are prime targets for logging.

Yeah, and Gina, we learned that these conservation efforts have to be multifaceted because the parrots are facing a bunch of different threats, like forest fires, parrot smuggling, and deforestation. And those pine trees the parrots use to build homes way up high in the Sierra Madre, those trees are prime targets for logging.

Yeah, and Gina, we learned that these conservation efforts have to be multifaceted because the parrots are facing a bunch of different threats, like forest fires, parrot smuggling, and deforestation. And those pine trees the parrots use to build homes way up high in the Sierra Madre, those trees are prime targets for logging.

Over the years, researchers at OVIS, where Ernesto works, and other conservation organizations like the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance have partnered with the community to develop more sustainable forest management. They've discussed which trees to take, how many, from where, things like that, all to minimize the impact to these endangered parrots through legal protection.

Over the years, researchers at OVIS, where Ernesto works, and other conservation organizations like the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance have partnered with the community to develop more sustainable forest management. They've discussed which trees to take, how many, from where, things like that, all to minimize the impact to these endangered parrots through legal protection.

Over the years, researchers at OVIS, where Ernesto works, and other conservation organizations like the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance have partnered with the community to develop more sustainable forest management. They've discussed which trees to take, how many, from where, things like that, all to minimize the impact to these endangered parrots through legal protection.

Later, Ernesto found that woman's daughter. She'd been a kid when the first deal was signed, and almost three decades later, she was now a leader of the ejido, the local communal lands, and was in charge of renewing the contract to protect the forest.

Later, Ernesto found that woman's daughter. She'd been a kid when the first deal was signed, and almost three decades later, she was now a leader of the ejido, the local communal lands, and was in charge of renewing the contract to protect the forest.

Later, Ernesto found that woman's daughter. She'd been a kid when the first deal was signed, and almost three decades later, she was now a leader of the ejido, the local communal lands, and was in charge of renewing the contract to protect the forest.

Nadine says these artificial nests, or bird boxes, can help these breeding couples that almost all mate for life. Aww.

Nadine says these artificial nests, or bird boxes, can help these breeding couples that almost all mate for life. Aww.