Generous Donation to Our Conservation Fund

Rosemary Low has consistently supported our conservation efforts through donations from the sale of her books which the Society retails. She also contributes various items, the sale of which helps to swell our conservation coffers. In the accompanying photograph she is seen offering one of her editor’s copies of Monograph of Amazon Parrots to the Treasurer. Luckily one of our members is a collector of first edition ornithological literature and he willingly paid £750 ( the price Rosemary suggested) to acquire this choice object to add to his collection. He was highly delighted with his purchase. Thank you very much Rosemary and our member for raising this substantial sum towards this year’s Conservation Fund. To date, since the fund’s inception in 1994, The Society has donated over £10000 to conservation projects.

1. £206-87 towards research into the Yellow Naped Amazon (Amazona Auropalliata Auropalliata) conducted by Dr Ann Brice.

2. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

3. £191-10 Towards publishing a Husbandry Guideline booklet (issued free to all members joining the society)

4. £50 Towards printing a free leaflet for the general public entitled The Amazon Parrot. Helpful Hints.

5. £18-50 to purchase a copy of the Red
Data Book.

1. £361-63 To the National Trust of the Cayman Islands towards the 1997 census
of the Cuban Amazon (Amazona Leucocephala Hesterna) in the wild. The proposer of the project Mr D. Ford, from
Birds Eye View Cameras donated a further £360-00.

2. £200-00 Towards research into the Red Lored Amazon family (Amazona Autumnalis) at the Sir John Moore University, Liverpool.

3. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

1. £265-05 Towards research into Macaw Wasting dIsease, being conducted by Mr N. Harcourt-Brown (as this disease has now been diagnosed in Amazon Parrots).

2. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

3. £25-00 Donated to Birdlife International

1. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

2. £118-00 To provide a supply of second edition The Husbandry Guidelines given
free to all new members.

No other projects were proposed by members in 1997

1. £307-00 Donated to help continuing field studies of the Red Tailed Amazon (Amazona Brasiliensis).

2. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

1. £197-59 Donated to Mr Paul Butler, Conservation Officer of the R.A.R.E. Foundation to support the field studies of Amazon species and to educate the local population to appreciate their rare and treasured Parrots in the Caribbean.

2. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons

1. US$ 1000 Donated through Loro Parque Tenerife to help with the conservation programme of the endemic Red - Necked Amazon (Amazona Arausiaca) and Imperial Amazon (Amazona Imperialis) in Dominica.

2. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

1.  £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

No other project was proposed by members in 2001.

1. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

2. £120 To adopt a pair of St. Lucia Amazons (Amazona Versicolor) at Chester Zoo.

One other project was proposed but was rejected as unsuitable by the committee

1.  £651.21 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

2. US$1000  Donated to the Rare Species Conservatory Foundation to help support further Habitat Protection on the island of Dominica in the Caribbean.

3. £300-00 To help support a study of the Reproductive Ecology of the Yellow - Shouldered Amazon (Amazona
Barbadensis) ( Island of Bonaire).

1. £120 to adopt a pair of Red Tailed Amazons (Amazona Brasiliensis) At Chester Zoo.

No other project was proposed by members in 2004.

1, US$ 1000 (£550.68) to the Rare Species Conservatory Foundation Towards the
supply of artificial nest boxes for use with Caribbean Amazons.

2, US$ 1000 (£550.68) to Parrots International Towards Phase 2 of the Predator Control Project In Abaco.

1. £299.85 (500 US$) Donated to Sarah Faegre. To support the Blue-frontedAmazon BreedingEcology project in the Dry "Chaco" area of Argentina.

2. £80.00 To adopt a pair of Red Tailed Amazons (Amazona brasiliensis) at Chester Zoo.

3. £50.00 To support the Amazon Aviary at The National Parrot Sanctuary at Friskney in Lincolnshire.

1. £80.00 To adopt a pair of Red Tailed Amazons (Amazona brasiliensis) at Chester Zoo.

2. £50.00 To support the Amazon Aviary at The National Parrot Sanctuary at Friskney in Lincolnshire.

1. £270 (200US$) Including (100US$ donation from member) to Rare Species Conservatory Foundation for work Red-topped Amazon in Brazil (Amazona rodocorytha).

2. £300.00 (including £100.00donation from Rosemary Low) to Sam Williams to help the continuation work on Amazona barbadensis on the Island of Bonaire.

3. £50.00 To adopt a pair of Red-tailed Amazons (Amazona brasiliensis) at Chester Zoo.

4. £50.00 To support the Amazon Aviary at The National Parrot Sanctuary at Friskney in Lincolnshire.

1. £482.93(700US$) Including (£200.00 donation from a comittee member) to Rare Species Conservatory Foundation for work withamazon projects.

2. £300.00 to Sam Williams to help the continuation work on Amazona barbadensis on the Island of Bonaire.

3. £50.00 To adopt a pair of Red-tailed Amazons (Amazona brasiliensis) at Chester Zoo.

4. £50.00 To support the Amazon Aviary at The National Parrot Sanctuary at Friskney in Lincolnshire.

1. £496.86 To Parrots International towards providing new nest-boxes for the Amazona bahamensis project on the island of Abaco.

2. £227.22 To Rare Species Conservatory Foundation to help with renewal work of the aviary at Curitiba Zoo for Red-brows and Red-tails Amazons.

3. £200.00 to Dr. Sam Williams to continue the conservation work with Amazona barbadensis on the island of Bonaire.

4. £50.00 to Skyline Internet Limited towards the cost of updating the Amazona Society Website.

5. £ 50.00 to adopt a pair of Red-tailed Amazons (Amazona brasiliensis) at Chester Zoo.