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How Aruba's National Park Is Saving A Locally Extinct Parrot

When the park truck pulls up to Plantage Prins at sunrise, a dozen young parrots start swooping about, a couple even landing on the hood with expectant looks. We’ve brought a breakfast feast of fruit, vegetables and legumes to get these pampered birds ready for another day in Aruba’s Arikok National Park foraging for wild food and learning to dodge Peregrine falcons.

What To Do With Nonnative Goats At Aruba's Arikok National Park?

My parents and I entered Aruba’s Arikok National Park in the early morning, intent on finding birds and beating the heat. Temperatures were already running high, and would continue to rise into the 80s and 90s by the end of the afternoon. Still, I felt too excited to care. As we turned a trail corner in a brushy section near the visitor center, my parents and I heard a loud rustling in the undergrowth. I had been in Aruba for less than 48 hours, and I wracked my brain for what large animal could be shuffling within the borders of the park. Illogically, thoughts jumped to cougars, bears, wolves – obviously, none of these species exist on Aruba.

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