Here at Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary (M.A.R.S.), our visitor area is located entirely outside. Because of this unique venue, you can experience the exotic birds in a more natural setting. They play in trees, they free fly, and they can interact with each visitor to the rescue, one on one. We invite you to visit and visit often. Please note that due to the […]
Peaches, Moluccan with a heart of gold.
Peaches is a wild caught Moluccan. He has resided here at M.A.R.S. for a number of years. He had one previous owner. We recenly placed Peaches on the adoption list and hope to find him a loving forever home. He would love to have fresh cooked home food and lots of treats. He loves affection and […]
Babs, an African Greys journey to America.
Passport picture This is her story as told by Babs and her previous owner. Hello, my name is Babs. I am an African Grey. My first memory was living with a Spanish lady in Riyadh, Arabia. I had a friend with me, a really big white Cockatoo. One day there was a lot of commotion, […]
Bella Sophia (our amazing Moluccan)
Such a girl Sophie, a Moluccan Cockatoo came into Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary on April 17 2009. She is known as a self mutilator in reference to the wound you see on her chest. Amazingly there are distinct reasons this can occur, one obviously would be physical and in most cases a cause would show itself after many tests. Sophie […]
Mirror mirror on the wall……….
Bitsy a Ducorps Cockatoo really got an eye full of herself in the mirror. She stared and stared and made those funny little sounds that only a Ducorps seems to make, as if asking, “Is that what I really look like?” Well, Miss Bitsy, we here at M.A.R.S., our Florida parrot rescue, are about to try some brand new  Harrisons Heal […]