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 […]
Parrot Adoption
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 […]
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 […]
With a voice as big as the sea, and yes that would be Stella
We here at M.A.R.S. had the joy of boarding a truly amazing bird this year. To experience life with a larger than life bird, one must understand that the vocals of that bird might actually match the size of that bird. Such was the case with Stella, a big, beautiful, vibrant blue Hyacinth Macaw with […]
Sunday morning, a must share photo
A Goffin, awaiting a name, a Moluccan awaiting a name, and our resident guardian, Zues. All available for adoption here at M.A.R.S..