We will share
our bird passions
with you
The well-being of all birds -- especially parrots -- is
Bird Endowment's passion.
Our daily labor, however, is breaking the extinction vortex
into which the Blue-throated Macaw has been thrust.
In the wild, we support those
in situ Blue-throated Macaw conservation projects
that are planned and executed with stakeholder consensus.
In captivity at our breeding facility, The Blues Conservatory
empowers Blue-throated Macaw parents to
fledge and wean their offspring.
Our Saving the Blues breeding program for parent-rearing
preserves the integrity of the species cultural identity and
provides future breeding birds with the best potential for
hatching and parent-rearing their own offspring.
The Blues Conservatory's work well may be the greatest hope for
long-term ex situ perpetuation of the BTM
and the preservation of its species culture.
Our Saving the Blues program ensures the survival of
a bird in captivity that is most like those now so
seriously threatened with extinction in their Bolivia habitat.
If Saving the Blues is important to you, there's a place for
you in the nonprofit 501 (c) (3) Bird Endowment program.
Your support or participation will make an important and vital difference.
Blue as blues can be
Stevie Ray. Elwood. Joplin. Delta. Jake. Aretha.
At Bird Endowment, some of the blue birds have blues names. They're named after icons of
the blues music genre, which is yet another "passion in blue".
Like The Blues Brothers on their "Mission from
God", we have our primary devotion to the Blue-throated Macaw. But, for the love of music we also are passionate about The Blues.
That's why we decided that one mission -- Saving the Blues -- can serve two causes.
Check out these short samples of good blues (WARNING dial ups: files are close to 1mb).
Jimmy Rodgers needs a Blue Bird.
Henry Townsend feels Less Than a Man.
Honeyboy Edwards has a Monkey Face Woman.
Hubert Sumlin's Mind is Rambling.
Jimmie Lee Robinson says I'm Ready.
Check this story of one person's
mission to Save The Blues music. Go here for what is most
likely the world's Studbook of Blues Music. Or something like that.
After a successful 2007-08 introduction of Bird Endowment's
Nido Adoptivo™
project in Bolivia, the program for the current breeding season (08-09)
was expanded into a range on the Barba Azul Nature Reserve.
This first-ever protected area for critically endangered wild Blue-throated
Macaws is the 8,785 acre ranch in their newly discovered
range in
Bolivia. The preserve (here and here)
was acquired by Asociación Armonía and others. This
includes the survey area that greatly
increased the known occurances of the wild Blue-throated Macaw.
Nest box donations for the 2009-10 breeding season are now being accepted.
The new Barba Azul Nature Reserve opens a vastly improved potential for conservation
of the BTM population estimated at just 300 birds.
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