Abstract
Looking at the Past–Perserving the Future
(Note: Speakers are subject to change without notice)
Alycia Antheunisse
Pet Trade Made Profitable
Shawna Augustine
Lineolated Parakeets: Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow
Laurie Baker
Top Causes of Death in Companion Parrots
Josee Bermingham
Early Parrot Education Program
Josee Bermingham and Melanie Allen
Parrot Caretakers Checklist: Essentials to provide a
safe, healthy and enriched lifestyle
CB Buckley
Evolution of the Perch-From Sitting Log to Multi-level
Foraging Play Gym and How to Deal with Fear of New
Toys
Dr. Greg Burkett
Avian First Aid
Jason Crean
Avian Biology Classroom: Update
Kashmir Csaky
Improving the Dynamic in the Pet Bird Home
Dr. Laurel Degernes
Heavy Metal Poisoning in Birds – It Can Happen to
Anyone
Caroline Efstathion
Improving Conservation of Endangered Parrots by
the Use of an Integrated Pest Management Scheme
to Protect Nest Cavities from Invasive Africanized
Honey Bees
Sue Ferrara
The Salty Parrot Comes to Washington
Dustin Foote
Lesser Flamingos at Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Madeleine Franco
12 Things That, as a Bird Owner, I’d Rather Not Live
Without
John Gerwin
The Carolina Parakeet
Dr. Sharman Hoppes
Avian Bornavirus Positive: Now What?
Adrianne Mock
You Want Me to Eat WHAT?
Hilla Niemann
It’s All About Communication
Rainer Niemann
The Hormonal Life of Parrots
Dr. Michal Prochazka
Avian DNA Sexing
Linda Rubin
New Nomenclature Affecting the Genetics of Cockatiel
Color Mutations
Robin Shewokis
Extreme Makeover: Avian Edition
Kathleen Snipes
Parrot Foraging Habits in the Wild
Dr. Darrel Styles
Mixed Old and New World Collections: Pros and Cons
Roger Sweeney
Bird Populations in Zoos: The Role of Scientific Advisory
Groups and What are the Opportunities for Zoos
to Partner More Effectively with Private Aviculture
and Building the Bird Collection at the Virginia Zoo
Emily Trimnal
Keeping Up With Caiques
Susan van den Broek
The Unusual Among Us
David Waugh
Natural and Assisted Reproduction and Blue-throated
Macaws in Bolivia: Challenges and Risks
Rick Weigel
A Brief History of Parrots: The First 150 Million Years