Photographs from Symposium 2005

Gamini Ratnavira, avian artist. Gamini donated a portion of his sales to Parrots International projects.

Gamini and Lisa Ratnavira. Gamini donated a portion of his sales to Parrots International conservation projects

Yves de Soye (advisory board) and Mark Stafford (president, on right)

Mark Stafford, president PI

Mark Stafford and Yves de Soye at the lecturn

Dr. Donald Brightsmith (advisory board member) at lecturn

Neiva Guedes (advisory board member) lecturing about the Hyacinth Macaw Project

Neiva Guedes (advisory board member) lecturing on the Hyacinth Macaw Project in the Pantanal

Silent Auction winnersof the Hyacinth Macaw original oil, Omar and Carolyn Gonzales, center. Avian artist Joacilei Cardosa (right) and wife Neiva

Happy participants. PI supported field biologist Caroline Stahala in the green dress. Caroline works with the endangered Bahama Parrot

Happy participants. Speaker Sally Blanchard in the follwered shirt. Advisory board member Carmen Leon at the microphone

Neiva Guedes (center) with Carmen Daily and Family. Carmen donated an large ring stand from Carmen's cages as a silent auction item

Advisory board members (from left) Marie Stafford, Doug and Joan Prestine, with parrot biologist Caroline Stahala

Left to right, Mike Keenes (silent aution donor and owner of Jungle Toys), Lisa Song and Carmen Leon

Fernando Nunez, project leader of the Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Project with the USFWS

Mark Stafford, president of PI

Dr. Charles Munn, PhD lecturing on ecotourism and conservation

The registration volunteers: from left, Natalie Stafford, Armando Leon, Carmen Leon, attendee Janice Kraus

Silent aution items. Gamini Ratnavira's oil of the Puerto Rican Parrot. Original oil of a Hyacinth Macaw by Joacilei Cardosa

Yves de Soye, PI advisory board member, lecturing on the Yellow Eared Conure in Columbia

Mark Stafford, PI president (left) and Yves de Soye, PI advisory board member (right)

Dr. Donald Brightsmith, PI advisory board member

Nieva Guedes, PI advisory board member and Director of Projecto Arara Azul, The Hyacinth Macaw Project in the Pantanal of Brazil

Neiva Guedes and her husband Joacilei Cardosa, the avian artist

Mike Keenes, center, owner of Jungle Toys and Parrots International sponsor and generous donor

Dr. Charles Munn, PhD, Symposium 2005 speaker on ecotourism and conservation.

Neiva Guedes lectures in Portugese and Yves de Soye translates

Neiva Guedes, PI advisory board member and director of the Hyacinth Macaw Project in the Pantanal Brazil

Mark Stafford, President of Parrots International

Mark Stafford shows a video of the Puerto Rican Parrot

Fernando Nunez, project supervisors for the PR project, lectures on the Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Project

Fernando Nunez lectures on the Puerto Rican Parrot

Dr. Donald Brightsmith, Phd. lectures on the parrot clay licks at Tambopata, Peru

Neiva Guedes lectures on the Hyacinth Macaw Project in the Pantanal of Brazil

Mark Stafford introduces Sally Blanchard (at microphone), editor of the Companion Pet Quarterly.

Fernando Nunez, project supervisor for the Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Project

The silent auction action

Mark Stafford, president of PI (left) and Gamini Ratnavira, avian artist

Katy McElroy (left), speaker on "Cockatoos, the Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful) with her new Palm Cockatoo

Doug and Joan Prestine (center), Parrots International advisory board members

Dianna Stokotelny (left) PI silent auction donor and Dr. Donald Brightsmith

Silent Auction winners of the Hyacinth Macaw original oil, Omar and Carolyn Gonzales, center. Avian artist Joacilei Cardosa (right) and wife Neiva

Gamini Ratnavira, avian artist. Gamini donated a portion of his sales to Parrots International projects.