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Where Have all the Parriquitos Gone? |
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Friday, 14 December 2007 |
 (JFS) Every time we witness the destruction of a large native tree here in Tamarindo, to make way for further high density, non-sustainable development, most of the residents are saddened. Saddened for the loss of the beauty, the shade and the habitat for the animals that live in and/or feed upon them.
Did you ever stop & think about something that appears so insignificant as the sunflower? Don't be fooled by appearances, the sunflower is native only to the
Americas and has been utilized by man for tens of thousands of years.
 Photo: Today's Treats
This last rainy season a native sunflower sprouted next to our patio in the back yard and it gave my family and I the opportunity to see first hand the importance of this plant. Numerous species of butterflies and hummingbirds constantly alight upon it's flowers. And most recently, we had a small flock of "parriquitos" stop in for a morning meal.
 Photo: Fine Feathered Friends
So the next time that you have a irresistable urge to have a property you own chopped, please wait for our native species to finish their life cycles and go to seed and thereby not diminish the food supplies of our rapidly vanishing wildlife. Small, and what sometime appear to be insignificant changes to our environment, can and do, add up to major changes over time. The felling of a large tree immediately catches one's attention and concern, but what about the wholesale slaughter of sunflowers and other apparently insignificant plants?
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