honestly, i think the hy's are prob gonna be ok. their numbers have really been bouncing back with all the efforts that the governments and conservation groups have been giving them!! i really do think that the blue throats and especially the lear's, and the spix's could REALLY use some help though!! they are much more endangered than the hy's. lear's are like much smaller, mini-hy's too :) the Glaucous macaws are part of the "blue macaws" group, they are extinct already, and the lears are very close to extinction, but the wild hy #'s have been growing lately. the lear's need alot of help, especially to help preserve their habitats and nesting areas and support captive breeding programs.
here is a link to some drawings and pics of the blue macaws, i think its really awesome!! make sure to scroll down and go through all of their links, it isnt easy to find pics of these guys!!
Images of the Glaucous Macaw
ways to help the wild ones.....you should really help the locals that live where the parrots do. they have turned parrot poachers into tour guides, and since so many people wanna go down to s. america and go bird watching, they have hired those former poachers to give tours cause they know where all the best sites to see the birds are. they also see them every day, their activities, etc, they really do know their birds!! i think one of the best ways to help parrots is to support these locals. they make better livings as a tour guide rather than a poacher, the money for them is more stable and they are better able to provide for their families.
also when you do get your macaws, you can save up their moulted feathers, and give them to US groups that send all the parrot feathers down to the local tribes in s. america so they dont have to hunt parrots just to use their feathers. they have shops down there that have racks and racks just full of parrot wings and tails for sale :( all they want is their feathers for their fans and head-dresses for ceromonies :(
personally, i like parrots international :) they have a bunch of articles and the most awesome pics of wild parrots :) i just love looking at their macaw pics!! i have a friend who also supports the amazona society, she says they are awesome too, and she knows the poeple who run that one, and she has gone on trips with them too :)
anywho, these are just some of my ideas :) we really need to think about the lear's and spix's macaws :( we already lost the cuban macaw and the glaucous macaws, and countless others due to poaching and destruction of habitat :(