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 […]
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Kiwi, the eye in the bird carrier
Does this seem a strange title for a post? Well not for those who follow us on Facebook, Florida Parrot Rescue M.A.R.S.. We posted a picture and asked what species of exotic bird could the eye peering from the carrier belong to. For your viewing, Kiwi in her entire form. She is a Camelot Macaw. Please share if you know what the mother and […]
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 […]
Sunday morning coffee with some Saturday pics to view.
Saturday turned out to be a picture perfect day for visiting M.A.R.S. We were pleased to have ample help from our volunteers Jane, Linden and Frank. Their amazing team work helped facilitate a quick feed and clean up. This allowed all of us quality time to spend with our visitors, and provided some great one on one time with the cockatoos, macaws, amazons and other […]
Always take a closer look.
Sometimes we all have a tendency to look to quickly, and judge to harshly, without getting the full story. Exactly what I did when first viewing this picture. The subject matter jumped off the page, and I assumed the worst. Feathers of Cockatoos being used for fashion shoes, which of course was not the case […]