Abstract
Lory Symposium
The American Lory Society is sponsoring a Lory
Symposium on Saturday, October 14, 1995. The symposium
will be held at the Holiday Inn in the Hotel Circle, San Diego,
California from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Speakers include Roland
Cristo (reproducing Lories and Lorikeets), Carl McCullough
(Stella's Lorikeet), Gamini Ratnavira (Lories in the Wild),
Dick Schroeder (Lories in Captivity), Don Wells (You Can
Still Import Lories!- Forming Cooperative Breeding Groups),
Wayne Schulenberg (Breeding the Tahitian Blue Lory and
Other Rare Lory Species at the San Diego Zoo) and ending
with a Lory and Lorikeet Roundtable Discussion moderated by
John Vanderhoof.
The Symposium Cost is $70.00 (includes lunch and proceedings).
Checks and Money Orders should be made out to
the "American Lory Society" and sent to: ALS, P.O. Box 450,
Livermore, CA 94551. Hotel reservations can be made by calling
1-800-433-2131. Special rates (until Sept. 1) are $75.00
which includes a breakfast buffet. For further information,
please contact Bobbie Meyer at 1-510-455-1631.
Please join in this lory extravaganza, if nothing else visit
with superb wildlife artist, Garnini Ratnavira (and enjoy his
artwork) and exchange ideas with the "genius" of new innovative
ideas concerning lories and other psittacines, the elusive
Don Wells.
The American Lory Society is an organization dedicated by
lory enthusiasts to the collection and dissemination of information
on the care and breeding of lories. Their publication,
Network, is published quarterly. Dues are $15.00 per calendar
year, due in January of each year. All dues and editorial materials
for Network should be mailed to:
Bobbie Meye1; Editor
American Lory Society
P.O. Box 450, Livermore, CA 94551 •
Cooperative Breeding Program
for Crimson-bellied Conures
by Rick Jordan
I have received verbal word fi·om Mark Phillips at the Office
of Management Authority that my cooperative Breeding Program
for Pyrrhua perlata perlata, Crimson-bellied Conures has
been approved! What does this mean after only a seven monlh
waiting period? Can we expect Section 106 of lhe WBCA to be a
success with aviculture? Is lhe USFWS making an example of
me?
Of course I have not seen the special exceptions that have
probably been attached to the permit. I probably have to fund a
field study for this species in Brazil. Guess we will find out next
week when the official letter comes. In the mean time, the
USFWS has now got, what they call, justification for their wonderful
law. •
-News ReleaseThird
Species of Hawaiian
Forest Bird Hatches in
Captivity
A helpless, naked chick pushed its way out of its egg and
made its first begging cheeps earlier this month. An Elepalo, a
flycatcher native to Hawaii, was the third species of native
Hawaiian forest bird to be hatched under artificial conditions.
The Elepalo joins 18 other chicks hatched since May at The
Peregrine Fund's Keauhou Bird Conservation Center. The
other chicks that share the Elepalo's carefully monitored
brooder area also native Hawaiian birds - the liwi and the
Amakihi. All three species are part of a new program designed
to develop captive propagation technology for Hawaiian birds.
These skills will soon be called into action to help restore
many of the federally listed endangered bird species of Hawaii.
The fiftieth state has more birds listed as endangered than any
other state in the Union.
The Peregrine Fund began its efforts two years ago with the
critically endangered Alala (Hawaiian crow, Corvus tropic us, -
ed.). In partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
private land owners, and the State of Hawaii facility in Olinda,
in 1993 and 1994 eggs were removed from wild nests and artificially
incubated. The hand-reared chicks were raised to independence
and released back into their forest habitat. Thus far,
nine Alala which benefited from artificial incubation and handrearing
thrive in the forests of South Kona.
Following past success with the Alala, preparations are
being made for similar actions with the other 20 endangered
species of forest birds. "With the hatching of the Elepalo, we
now have the tool, knowledge and experience to tackle many
of the truly rare species. We look forward to the challenge of
rearing other species of forest birds, with the hopes of reversing
the current trend towards extinction," said Alan Lieberman,
program director for The Peregrine Fund of Hawaii.
The eggs of the liwi, Amakihi and Elepalo were collected in
the mamane forests of Mauna Kea ~ith the assistance of the
National Biological Service. Collected early in the breeding
season, the "borrowed" eggs will soon be replaced by the parents
who are capable of laying replacement clutches. This is
called double-clutching and is a conservation strategy often
utilized to maximize production of rare species. The young
nestling Amakihi, now numbering 18, will later be fitted with
radio transmitters. They will then spend time in a specially
constructed forest aviary on the Kamehameha School Bishop
Estate's Keauhou Ranch on the Big Island. Following a period
of conditioning and acclimatization, they will be released and
l!lOnitored to document their fledgling success. "These young
Amakihi are pioneers. They will help us find the best way to
incubate, rear and release the other rare species of birds that
are rapidly disappearing from our native forests," commented
Mr. Oswald Stender, a trustee for Kamehameha School Bishop
Estate and a Director of The Peregrine Fund.
From The Peregrine Fund Hawaiian Endangered Bird
Conservation Program.