We are experiencing a very windy evening here on the beaches at MARS. By now you all know that is the abbreviation for Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary. After a good day cleaning and feeding the MARS exotic birds, I invited Miss Ziggy out front for a brief time outside and it turned into a […]
Bird Of The Week
Clicking away can make for such a lucky picture day.
It seems possible, but for me, the novice picture taker, very unlikely to ever get a clear picture of a parrot in flight. Keiffer, was the bird I set my lens on as he is one of our most frequent flyers here at our parrot rescue known as M.A.R.S.. To those in the know, Melbourne Avian […]
For Adults Only.
  Upon many occasions our exotic bird rescue brings in simply amazing birds that are relinquished to M.A.R.S. for future adoptions. Such is the case with our Umbrella Cockatoo pictured here. His name is Marchello.  We had high hopes for him to become a favorite addition to a loving family. He has all the amazing qualities a really good Cockatoo […]
In our bird land known as M.A.R.S., a feathered love story.
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New arrival to M.A.R.S., and he is grand.
  Our newest arrival, Winston, a Grand Eclectus, was relinquished to Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary on Saturday.   Winston was immediately given a beak trim, as the length was about to the bottom of where his head feathers are. A bath soon followed to access the feather issues.   Turns out he enjoyed the entire process, and immediately went […]