Conservation in the Wild

Join us as Dr. Brightsmith and Dr. Vigo-Trauco speak on their work with The Tejano Parrot Project and the parrots of south texas. While most of us own pet birds, it's imperitive to expand on knowledge to how these species are surviving in the wild.

The $10 fee will be a direct donation to The Macaw Society. 

About the Speakers: 

Dr. Donald Brightsmith’s research focuses on  the conservation, ecology, health, and welfare of parrots and their  relatives in both the wild and captivity through the Schubot Exotic Bird  Health Center. Brightsmith did his doctoral research in Manu, Peru, and  has been involved in parrot and macaw research ever since. In 1999,  took over the Tambopata Macaw Project, to study the ecology and  conservation of macaws and parrots in the lowlands of southern Peru.  Since then, he has published a host of groundbreaking papers on various  aspects of macaw breeding, reintroduction…