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 […]
adoption
Charlie, Congo Grey, rules the day.
This is our newest addition to M.A.R.S.. Charlie is available for adoption at Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary. He is 20 years young, has a  great personality, and is ready to find his forever home. Charlie was relinquished due to owners personal reasons. Please submit inquiries to marsparrots.org via our contact form. All inquiries will be answered on a timely basis.
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 […]
M.A.R.S. presents, “The Odd Couples”.
Sometimes when you least expect it, the unexpected happens at Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary. Saturday was such a day. Everything seemed a little bit to quiet, and you can see why, there was a lot of preening going on. New arrival Baily, a Lesser Sulfer Crested Cockatoo, was soon to have a new friend Doc, an Umbrella Cockatoo, who not only allowed the preening […]
Sunday morning Surprise
Sunday is usually a quiet, calm, very low key kind of day here at our Florida Parrot Rescue M.A.R.S.. This Sunday however, we were treated to a visit from our friend Coreen Fry and her photographer Yamile. Coreen is assembling footage of exotic birds to be used in a CD she is producing that will be informative […]