Phoenix Landing Foundation, May 2025

Guest Speaker, May Zoom Event

Conservation from the Clinic to the Field with Ernesto Dominguez, DVM, DACVPM, CWR

Dr. Dominguez will discuss how pet owners in collaboration with veterinarians can help the conservation of our birds in the wild. He will also discuss how an individual animal's health and welfare can have an impact on overall environmental health, and the importance for "One Health.” One Health is an approach calling for "the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally, to attain optimal health for people, animals and our environment", as defined by the One Health Initiative Task Force (OHITF). We are all connected!

May 17th

Saturday

1:00pm Eastern

Upcoming Events:

• July 19: Troubleshooting the Step-Up Behavior with Melanie Canatella
• August 16: Foraging for Mental and Physical Fitness with Hilla Niemann
• September 6: Jeanne Marie Pittman from the Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center
• November 15th: EDUCATION DAY! All day virtual event co-sponsored by the Rhode Island Parrot Rescue, Companion Parrots Rehomed, and Phoenix Landing
• MAY 30-31, 2026: Our next Wellness Retreat in Asheville, NC. Save the date!

Did you miss one of our past Zoom events? Most are uploaded on our website for you to listen to anytime. There is always something new to learn!

https://www.phoenixlanding.org/recordings.html

Some of Our Adoptable Birds

To learn more about our adoption process, click here

Arthur

Cockatiel

Rukhmar

Jenday Conure

Ollie

Congo African Grey

Baby

Blue Front Amazon

Alexander

Moluccan Cockatoo

Amos

Blue Front Amazon

Birds Helped as of May 1st

Adoptions Finalized in April

Pickles, Quaker

Rio, Quaker

Nova, Budgie

Baby, Black Capped Conure

Bozo, Severe Macaw

Max, Military Macaw

Homer, Hugh, and Jojo Cockatiels

Penelope AKA Nelly, Cockatiel

Gia, Congo African Grey

Casey, Moluccan Cockatoo

Virtual International Psittacine Congress

Perhaps you’ve always wanted to know more about what is being done to help preserve some important parrot species, or what current conservation methods are most successful. Maybe you would like to learn more about how humans and wild parrots are finding ways to live harmoniously together, or when their lives result in conflict. You don’t need to be a conservation practitioner to come and learn from the experts. Maybe you will even be inspired to help your favorite species in the wild! Held June 12-14, 2025.

Birds in the News

• Ancient High-Status Woman Was Buried With a Parrot-Feather Cape and a Beaded Toucan’s Beak in Modern-Day Peru (Smithsonian)
• Parrots in the Amazon Go Bilingual in Response to Alarming Population Decline (MSN)
• Tourists love kea, but locals are desperately trying to keep them away (Spinoff)

• Australian birds track climate warming over decades via shifts in bill morphology (Nature)
• Ringnecks now becoming common in Belfast park (and much of Europe!) (BBC)
• Detection of avian, murine, bovine, shrew, and bat coronaviruses in wild mammals from Mexico (Virology Journal)

Conservation

• Lafeber’s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight March 2025: Brazil’s Vinaceous-Breasted & the Turquoise-Fronted Amazons (Lafeber)
• Lafeber’s Global Parrot Conservation Spotlight April 2025: The Internatlonal Psittacine Congress (Lafeber)
• Blue macaw (native to Brazil) transfer from Germany to India sparks controversy (NorthEast Now)
• Cloud Forest Reserve Created In Ecuador To Conserve Endangered Parrot (Forbes)
• Rare Red-Tailed Amazon parrot in Brazil, an unlikely comeback (GoodGoodGood)
• Red-tailed Amazon, rare Brazil parrot, on the comeback (Mongabay)

Wish Lists, Lots of Ways to Help!

• Small monthly pledges greatly help to sustain us!
• Check out our Wish Lists on Amazon or Chewy. We are always in need of in-shell walnuts and almonds, as well as quinoa and kamut.
• We also have an Amazon Workshop Wishlist for maintenance, repair, and toy-making. We are constantly fixing cages, doing maintenance in the adoption centers, or conducting Hurricane Helene repair.
• Shop at our on-line store, HelpingParrots.com, another essential revenue source for us.
• Donate to our Endowment for Sustainability. Even $5 a month adds up!
• Parrot taxi drivers always appreciated! We serve a large area on the east coast, and strive to make the best family matches for every bird. If you're interested in helping to transport a bird to their next home, sign up and join us!
• Become a 2025 Phoenix Landing member. Shopping discounts good for one year from the date joined.
• Live in the Asheville area? On-site volunteers are always needed for cleaning cages and feeding birds, if you're interested in helping on a regular basis.
• Monetary donations are always welcome. The parrots appreciate every dollar.
• Have a car, truck, motorcycle, RV, or boat you would like to donate? Perhaps it is in need of repair? Now you can donate it through the non-profit, CARS, and have it benefit Phoenix Landing Foundation: https://careasy.org/nonprofit/phoenix-landing-foundation.

Non-monetary donations may be sent to: 

Phoenix Landing 31 Landing Place, Alexander, NC 28701

Please drop us a note at contact@phoenixlanding.org if you purchase something for us, including if you'd like a thank you note, as vendors rarely tell us who generously purchases something for us. Thanks for helping parrots!

2025 Membership Program

Did you know that Phoenix Landing also supports conservation and research?

Wild parrots need help too! Our 2025 calendar features many photos fromsome of our prior eco-tours. Become a member which includes our 2025 calendar. Some membership levels also include our 2025 membership shirt.