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 […]
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Mirror mirror on the wall……….
Bitsy a Ducorps Cockatoo really got an eye full of herself in the mirror. She stared and stared and made those funny little sounds that only a Ducorps seems to make, as if asking, “Is that what I really look like?” Well, Miss Bitsy, we here at M.A.R.S., our Florida parrot rescue, are about to try some brand new  Harrisons Heal […]
“RIO” See the movie, share your thoughts with M.A.R.S.
Saturday was an interesting and amazing day for M.A.R.S. and a few of our feathered members. We were invited to attend the RIO premiere in downtown Orlando with our friend Corene Fry. Our job was to meet and greet the movie goers, and introduce then to some amazing exotic birds from our rescue, Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary. Volunteer […]
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 […]
What a storm we had!!!!!!!
 Thursday March 31st, WOW!!!!!!!!, what a storm. Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary spent 6 1/2 hours without electric. Winds so strong that trees came crashing down. One just missing the aviaries.  So as you can imagine, today has to start out on a good note. The work of clean up here at our rescue will be a long hard one. The Macaws, Cockatoos […]