Yep!!!! believe it or not this is for the inside of the house. Temperature reading outside is 35 degrees. Now I certainly know for the rest of the country this can be considered pretty much mild temp wise, but here in the Sunshine State we haven’t experienced but one or two really cold nights up […]
Bird Care
Fly high, fly free, no fishing lure will hinder thee
Yes we are truly all about the birds here at Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary, our Florida parrot rescue M.A.R.S.. Although sea birds are not usually on our adgenda, when one literally crosses your path, you must react and do what you can to help. On the morning walk over the Melbourne causeway and back, upon […]
Angel Baby, loving her second chance at life
 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]