Dear EOers,

I recently have been getting into ethnography with inclusion of
birds as part of the "culture" being studied and found your group.
This is just fantastic. In particular I'm interested in how we see
birds (I work mostly with wild parrots) as "moral agents" capable of
virtue, and hence part of the "interviewed group" in an
ethnoornithography. Do you know of anyone who is doing this?

In the meantime let me introduce myself. I am a bird
veterinarian, specializing mostly in Latin American parrot
conservation. In addition I am a minister, and hang out with the
Religion and Nature department at the University of Florida,
Gainesville.

I'll be going to Guatemala (Maya Biosphere Reserve) for a month
in March to work with the Scarlet Macaw and the human groups there -
do you know of anyone who's doing ongoing ethnoornithology there? I
also have been to Puerto Rico in December working with the parrot
there and have further plans as I'm also the director of Lafeber
Conservation. In the meantime - I'm at:
www.liberatingwings.typepad.com.

In gratitude,

LoraKim Joyner