July 7-9 2017 the Queensland Finch Society hosted the 6th International Finch Convention. It was held on the lovely grounds of the University of Queensland campus. I (Peri) was lucky enough to be an invited speaker at this convention, to share the results so far of the Feathers for Science project. Finches '17 was a refreshing change from the usual scientifc conferences I attend, as it was a mixture of scientists and aviculturists with different levels of experience. It had speakers such as myself, including aviculturists from around the world. Like most conferences I have attended it had talks, a fancy dinner, and a trade stalls (selling bird supplies rather than journal publishers). This convention also ran a day of aviary visits, where we got to see the different ways people in the Brisbane area keep their birds (and not just finches). Among the highlights for me was the opportunity to interact with representatives from the Red Siskin Initiative, based out of the Smithsonian. Like Feathers For Science, this project interacts heavily with aviculturists of the Endangered Red Siskin. Their goal is to use this knowledge to develop a captive breeding program of Red Siskins and re-introduce them into the wild in Venezuela and Guyana.
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