One Earth Conservation

These opening remarks, given at the Foster Parrots Fundraiser and Memorial, invite us to go on without hope, but with love and connection.

Birding helps us embrace the reality of life and death, and hence become better stewards of earth.

Just when it seems that we have come through one hard time, along comes another, and another. How is hope possible? Together!

We are here to witness to the tragedy and the loss of beauty, so that life can be preserved.

The heartache of conservation mixes with the awe of life and slowly over the years I have learned that there is no beauty without tragedy.

People report having three awe-inspiring experiences a week. How many do you have? Think back on this week – how many times did you drop you

Often when we are out doing parrot surveys in various countries some member of the Brotogeris genera fly by, so high, erratically, and fast.