Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary

umbrella cockatoo

Beautiful, disheveled, amazing (girl) Umbrella Cockatoo named Ziggy

    
   

 We are experiencing a very windy evening here on the beaches at MARS. By now you all know that is the abbreviation for Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary. After a good day cleaning and feeding the MARS exotic birds, I invited Miss Ziggy out front for a brief time outside and it turned into a perfect photo opportunity. Hope you all enjoy. 

Please remember, we need all of your help to continue doing all we do here at our nonprofit parrot rescue. You make it possible to help all those who continue to come through our doors to find new lives and new families who will love and care for them. This I can assure you is no easy undertaking. Thanks for reading. Thanks to all of you for your continued donations to our organization. Please be sure to share this to all you can reach. 

RIP Angel Baby,you were such a girl.

In my own little corner located in the upstairs apartment I reside in here at M.A.R.S., I am looking out the window as the sun is rising.  I am temporarily blinded by the glow it exudes, while attempting to type a tribute to our Angel girl.  The sadness is overwhelming me.

I suppose you could say Angel is truly an Angel bird now. She had a life force and a glow all of her own and it made her such a special Cockatoo. Those that had the chance to know her would definitely agree with that. Others, and you know who you are, were just glad to keep her at arms distance, though still agreeing  she was a rather special female Umbrella.

Angel’s story is known by most who follow Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary our Florida parrot rescue M.A.R.S.. Her medical procedures were ongoing. Yet, in spite of  all her issues it was her desire to live her life so strong and with such joy that impressed us the most.  Sadly her strength finally gave out and she passed away peacefully in my arms.

Throughout all her medical procedures she gained additional time to find a happiness, borrowed time perhaps, but enjoyed so obviously by her every day she remained with us.

Angel will always be a part of our story here at M.A.R.S.. She definitely made her place among those Cockatoos whose names we will always remember with such joy and sadness.

All here at M.A.R.S., Angel above all would like to thank Dr. Jose Pepen at Aloha Animal Hospital for giving her every chance possible to be  here a bit longer with all of us.

For Adults Only.

  Upon many occasions our exotic bird rescue brings in simply amazing birds that are relinquished to M.A.R.S. for future adoptions. Such is the case with our Umbrella Cockatoo pictured here. His name is Marchello.

  We had high hopes for him to become a favorite addition to a loving family. He has all the amazing qualities a really good Cockatoo should have.  He however has one giant flaw, he does not like children or any version of them including teenagers. So with that said we here at M.A.R.S. are looking for adults only to give this bird the home he so deserves.

  Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary as you all know by now is a no-fault rescue. This policy has allowed our Florida Parrot Rescue M.A.R.S. to learn through Marchellas’ prior adoptions that this amazing avian will do well and be a loving addition to an adults only household.

We are very happy to report that Stewie and Angel Eyes who replaced Marchella  in those families with children, are doing very well indeed.

Here at our exotic bird rescue known simply as M.A.R.S., we make it our highest priority to make this decision to adopt a very successful and wonderful experience for all.  To those of you who understand that adoption is the only way to go, we thank you all !!!!!!!!!!!!

Please continue to support our cause by adopting, donating or becoming a member. And please pass the mission of M.A.R.S. to all who seek an exotic bird as their pet of choice.

Saturday Sept. 24th Yard Sale for M.A.R.S.

 I’m Dusty, an Umbrella Cockatoo. I reside here at Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary.I am available for adoption, please ask to meet me.

 I’m extending an invitation to all to come to our fund raising Yard Sale on the 24th of September.

 There will be lots of items for sale, treasures and goods galore. You might have to dig to find them but you will have fun while you do. As we get organized we will post pictures of items for sale on our Facebook page, Florida Parrot Rescue M.A.R.S..

 The time 8;00 to 4:30

 The place M.A.R.S.  418 Ocean Ave. Melbourne Beach, right in the front of the building.

 All proceeds of this event go directly to the care of the avians who reside here at our sanctuary. It is our hope that you join us. We are accepting donated items to sell all week long, and if by chance no one is here to receive them we have a drop box near the side gate. Volunteers are needed as well for the actual set-up on Friday, Saturday the sale day and Sunday the breakdown. E-mail marsparrots@aol.com if you can help or if you have items that need picked up.

Thank-you to all who help in supporting  our Florida Parrot Rescue M.A.R.S.. Please watch for our updates on our Face book page.

Sunday morning Surprise

Coreen Fry and Yamile

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 as well as entertaining. Look for the CD  to be available for sale here on our site marsparrots.org  in the near future.

In filming this morning we had fun with our frequent flyer’s Keiffer, an Umbrella cockatoo and of course our adorable Miss Lilly a Lesser Sulfer Crested cockatoo. They both preformed admirably for the video cam.  They appeared to completely enjoy the whole process which took a little over an hour.

Thank-you to the ladies for a rather noisey but very enjoyable experience here at M.A.R.S. on this picture perfect Sunday Morning. Did I mention the mimosas? 

Now it’s back to quiet once again here at our exotic bird rescueand of course bananna pancakes as a reward to all the birds for their cooperation in the making of this video.

Remember, donations are necessary to continue our work here at the sanctuary. Please consider donating to Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary. Thank-you