Abstract
The national AFA Convention will be
held at the Clarion Hotel in New Orleans,
Louisiana fromAugust9-12, 1995.
The theme for this upcoming convention
will be avian subjects from Central
and South America . The majority of the
topics will be on avicultural techniques
used to reproduce these birds in captivity.
Conservation topics will also be covered.
Several speakers will be
highlighted over the next four issue of
the Watch bird Magazine.
Confirmed spea kers and their topics
are as follows:
l) j oanne Abramson -Aviculture of
Large Macaws
2)jim R. Millam, Ph.D.- U.C. Davis
Amazon (Orange-winged) Breeding
Project
3) Rainer Erhart-The Present Status
and Future Objectives of the Reel
Siskin Project
4) Phillip Samue lson- "The Amazon
Personality" Extensive information on
the Pet Quality and Personalities of
Amazons as gathered by Bird Talk editors
and readers
5) Su zanne Myers - Aviculture of the
Pionus Parrots
6) San dee & Robert Mo lenda-Aviculture
ofParrotlets
7) Kim L. Joyner, D.V.M., M.P.V.M. -
Aviculture , Conservation, Filed Studies
and Avian Medicine in Guatemala
8) Ralph Lima - Aviculture of Caiques
9) Rick j ordan-Aviculture of the Pyrrhura
Conures