Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary

adoptions

What to do when an adoptee comes back into our rescue.

Sidney Rose is an amazing bird by anyones standards. Sidney Rose is an Umbrella Cockatoo.
She is loving, joyful and most of the time a happy peek a boo saying kind of girl who also loves to sing. She sings very off key ahhhh that’s very off key.
We love Sidney Rose. We had such high hopes that she found her forever home once again. But it was just not in the cards for her.
Please know the adopter tried everything to make it work. There were multiple discussions about trying all sorts of hopeful solutions. None worked. It was sadly not a good fit.

Recreating the missing post “Fill the toy Tree for Christmas”

Happy New Year to all who follow MARS, our Florida based parrot rescue.
Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary, EIN 80-0161378 was founded in 2008. Now entering into our 17th year, and just as determined as ever to better the lives of parrots in captivity.

The purpose of our almost annual fill the toy tree for Christmas drive is for the enrichment of the parrots who come through our doors. Teaching them to play and not rely solely on humans for all their entertainments is critical to having well adjusted birds as pets. This is true I am sure you would agree for all pets. Although, we humans can be most entertaining to these amazing feathered ones, the importance of self play can never be stressed enough.

With all that said, very happy to share that our drive was relatively successful. We were fortunate to order, with so many of you donating dollars, pounds of toys for the parrots and even the ones we call the termites have happy busy beaks. Remember we order wholesale so lots more toys for the dollars donated.

Again, thank you to all of you and please remember us all year long. Rescue is and always will be an ongoing commitment made possible with your continued generosity. Thank you for reading.

MARS is proud and honored to be a Bristol-Hansen grant recipient.

What a way to start the 2022 New Year. Very happy to share that we were fortunate once again to receive a grant from the Bristol-Hansen community based charitable trust. Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary is extremely grateful. This grant means so much to our non profit. To be recognized for the work we do is immeasurable.
MARS specializes in working with exotic avians. Helping so many people with their parrots and the numerous varieties of issues that arise. We help when ever and where ever we can. Established in 2008, our organizations reach is ever growing. Rehabilitation, and adoption our ultimate goals.
Established in the memory of Grace Bristol, and Gladys Hansen, both school teachers, then eventually living in Melbourne Village. These two women of vision, anticipating the future financial needs, within the community they loved, established a true testament to their legacy by creating this charitable foundation. To this day it continues on, helping so many non profit organizations within Brevard County Florida.
As a recipient, we wish to express a heartfelt thank you to Grace and Gladys, and the trustees of this grant program.

Watermellon time. I would so rather have yours then mine.

 Now looking at this series of photos, I realize these pics could have appeared in the exact opposite direction. Linda Rinecones-White captured the moment.

 

Big Bird preferring Mr. Stubbs piece of watermelon to her ownwatermellonwatermellon 2watermellon 3 succulent wedge placed right below the perch where she is sitting. Maybe it was to big for her. Or perhaps she thought his might be a better piece.

Either way, it was a beautiful Florida day to get outside to play and share a tasty sweet treat.

Thank-you again Diana for bringing the goodies from the local Farmers Market in Indialantic for all the parrots to enjoy here at our rescue known as M.A.R.S.

Raising funds and raising awareness

yard saleCome to M.A.R.S.. So many really good deals are waiting for you right here at our second sale of the year. Pictures of some of the sale items have been uploaded to our face book page. View them facebook.com/marsparrots. Look forward to seeing all of you here.

 

The dates are the 17th and the 18th of May. That is this coming Friday and Saturday. The times 8:00 and on to????? No early birds please!!!

 

We are still accepting donations of items for resale. Call 321 725 8800 for pick-ups or e-mail marsparrots@aol.com for more how to info. We are still in need of a large tent 20 x40 would be perfect. We have 10×10’s but if it rains things do get wet including all of our shoppers.