Angel, if you were given a second chance at living longer would you?   Well fortunately for all of us here at M.A.R.S. parrot rescue, that decision was made for her by her previous owner, and another very caring person.  Angel, a female Umbrella Cockatoo, was set to be euthanized for medical reasons. Although we can […]
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Those Amazing Amazons, plus a few others.
We recently did a M.A.R.S. Parrots blog titled “Those Magnificent Macaws“. The response was so good, we thought a story on our amazing Amazons up for adoption at Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary would make for a good follow up blog. Needless to say, for all the reasons we listed for the Macaws, these also apply to the Amazons being surrendered to […]
Those Magnificent Macaws
  Every once in a while Macaws come into Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary that were someones loved and valued pets. We have learned that so many circumstances can lead to the necessity for surrendering an avian to M.A.R.S.     Some of those reasons we now understand, are primarily life changes. Divorce, death, sickness, and simply the inability in certain situations to continue to provide care […]
In my own little corner in my own little chair.
   First, let me say Happy New Year to all our supporters and friends. We will be entering into our fifith year in February and want to thank all who help us to continue the work at our exotic bird sanctuary, M.A.R.S..    As you can see by the pic on the left, the chair is always waiting […]
A very happy ending indeed.
Sunday the 11th of December while working here at M.A.R.S., a knock brought me to the front door. A bird was found at the beach crossover in Indialantic and they were wondering if we could take it in. Since I assumed it was a sea bird I explained that we only do exotics, but there is […]