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 […]
Bird Care
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 […]
French toast Friday.
On Friday, prior to making the C&J feed store run on Saturday,( a thank-you to all who made that happen), we had to improvise a bit in feeding all the exotic birds who reside here at Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary. A lot of french bread had been left at our door, so what’s more bird approved then […]