Site Map | Close Map

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 at our breeding facility, The Blues Conservatory empowers Blue-throated Macaw parents to fledge and wean their offspring.

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, some 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