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Celebrating the Blues at Parrot Festival 2022!
What a fantastic time was had by all at NPRPF Parrot Festival January 27 - 30, 2022 in Houston, Texas! A big THANK YOU to everyone who...

Laney’s First Birds, Luna and Sam - and a rising Sense of Purpose
In Laney's words: excerpt from her Keynote Address at American Federation of Aviculture, August 2016 A co-worker gave me my first...


Blues Conservatory Second Founder Pair: Wild-caught BTMs Fantasy and Prophecy
In Laney's words: excerpt from her Keynote Address at American Federation of Aviculture, August 2016 “In 1994, Jack and I left Houston...


Bird Endowment's Blues Conservatory First Founder Pair: Wild-caught BTMs Ira and Eureka
In Laney's words: excerpt from her Keynote Address at American Federation of Aviculture, August 2016 “I wanted to learn more, and a...


Going PINK to Save the BLUES!
11/10/2021: Lion Country Safari, an AZA-accredited facility located in sunny South Florida, raised over $1,600 benefiting Bird Endowment...


How Bird Endowment was Hatched
In the words of Jack Rickman (1942 - 2021), Bird Endowment Co-Founder “The egg that became Bird Endowment Inc…. …was most likely laid in...

Laney's "Destiny"
In her own words... "When you are of a certain age, you're certainly going to have a lot of history. I may be of a "certain age" but...
Blog Posts: Bird Endowment and Saving the Blues
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