Bird Endowment -- Saving Blue-throated Macaws at The Blues Conservatory

About Jake and Aretha

Jake Blues is a first generation captive-hatched (June 7, 1998) male. He was raised by
his parents Bogie and Bacall (BE Founder Pair #3) while they were in Florida. Jake joined The Blues Conservatory at the same time as his
parents, June 7, 2001, and moved into the flock at the end of quarantine on Nov. 7, 2001.

Aretha Franklin Blues was the first offspring that BE Founder Pair #2 raised at The Blues Conservatory. She hatched on July 23, 2000 and remained
with her parents until June 21, 2001, when she moved into the flock. Jake and Aretha selected each other while living in the flock environment. In 2002 they moved into their own flight.

Help Jake and Aretha
as an Honorary Curator

Help Jake and Aretha
as a Parenting Partner

Help Jake and Aretha
with an In Memoriam

Honorary Bird Curators

Karen C. Justice, North Carolina
Brenda Piper, Massachusetts
Rocky Mountain Society of Aviculture, Colorado
Arlene Powers, Arizona
Parrots of the Hills Bird Club, Arizona
Rick Goodman, Pennsylvania
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation, Pennsylvania
Pat Chinnici, Nevada
Dorothy, Malcolm, Audrey and Andrew Paterson, Texas
Gabriele Alexander, Colorado
Cleveland Parrot Education & Adoption Center, Ohio

Parenting Partners

Frank Shelden, Texas
Jeff & Barbara Wasserman/Bird Toys Etc, North Carolina
Carol Cipriano, Pennsylvania
Linda Hodgens, Florida
Kevin Poole, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Daina Mahone, Texas
Phil Speed, Victoria, Australia
Kari Wood, Alberta, Canada
Kodi Pinnell, Texas
Deborah Rowland Stambul, California
Margaret, Bill, Leslie, Allison and Will Pfeiffer, Texas
Terry, Ralph, Sydney and Lindsay Dittman, Texas
Linda, Fred, Brett, Kyle and Eric Herkenhoff, California

In Honor Of

Gary, Carol and Maddy Cipriano, Pennsylvania, honoring Dr. Simon Starkey, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, New York

In Memoriam

Bird Endowment, In Memory of Greg West, Texas

Gabriele Alexander promotes BTM conservation awareness at a number of venues around Colorado. Here she is with BeBe, her prize-winning education bird.

Leah Matejka and Sue Kray of Cleveland Parrot Education and Adoption Center at BE's booth. Their organization became an Honorary Curator supporter of Bird Endowment after Laney Rickman spoke at the 2006 PEAC Conference in Cleveland.