Echoed throughout these pages is our steadfast commitment to raising awareness for the preservation, conservation and education of both wild and captive parrot species. Collaboration within the avian community is crucial. It's up to all of us to advocate for their well-being and to take responsibility for their future.
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The Birds and The Bees
A magnificent blue color, the Lear’s Macaw lives in only a very small area of the Northeastern State of Bahia, Brazil.
ProAves staff will continue to monitor and study the nest boxes and assess rearing success before expanding the nest box campaign. The Parakeet Project also works with the local community to promote awareness of the parakeet, which continues to be threatened by logging, and lacks adequate long-term protection. ProAves Columbia has partnered with American Bird…
Started in 1990 by biologist Neiva Guedes, the project monitors about 3,000 individual Blue Macaws in the Pantanal region, where there are 346 natural nests and 198 artificial nests. The project has more than tripled the number of Hyacinth macaws monitored in the area!
Optimum levels of protein, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other nutrients critical to the proper growth and development of parrot chicks through to fledgling.
They will be taking the youngsters out of the nests and bringing them down to the ground to do some monitoring, weighing, ringing and just generally checking the condition of these magnificent Macaws.