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, our facility,
The
Blues Conservatory ™ empowers Blue-throated Macaw parents
to fledge and wean their offspring in the safety of a protected captive
envirnoment.
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
Like The Blues Brothers on their "Mission from
God", we have a primary "mission" -- 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. That's why we support Austin
(TX) Blues Society and
The Blues Foundation.
At Bird Endowment, most of the blue birds have blues names. They're named after
icons of the blues music genre like:
Elwood Blues
Buster and All The Brothers
B.B. King
Buddy Guy
Eric Clapton
T-Bone Walker
Etta James
Sippie Wallace
Bonnie Raitt
Katie Webster
Ruth Brown
Koko Taylor
Janis Joplin
Albert King
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Irma Thomas
Lou Ann Barton
Elmore James
Aretha Franklin
Albrt Collins
Junior Wells
Francine Reed
Nido
Adoptivo™, with hopes that this might be the year we surpass previous participation levels, is now accepting participation in the 2012-13 Nido Adoptivo™ campaign. It is the sixth consecutive season of our Saving the Blues™ efforts in the
Blue-throated Macaw's home range in Bolivia.
After a successful 2007 introduction,
Bird Endowment's
Nido Adoptivo™ program
for the 08-09 season was expanded into
a range on the Barba Azul Nature Reserve
while still maintaining the existing program
from the previous season.
Acquisition of Barba Azul Nature Reserve has
vastly improved the potential for conservation
of the estimated <>300-bird
BTM population.
This first-ever protected area for critically endangered wild Blue-throated
Macaws is the 11,555 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.
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