Saturday, January 1, 2011
2010 Accomplishments and Losses in Parrot Rescue and Stewardship
What we accomplished in 2010?
A new year always makes you stop and relish everything you have accomplished in the passing year. 2010 was a wonderful year for the rescue, but with many roadblocks and sad moments all tied together.
In 2010 we offered our services to several new companion parrots. One orphaned Native Morph Owl as well as a Native Kestral Hawk. We continued to push towards our goal of the new HUGE outdoor flight for the parrots. At this point the frame is up and we are saving our money for the wire mesh to cover the large flight with.
We experienced several losses in our Parrot Family.
In 2010 we lost our last little Parrotlett named Winni. Winni and a sister were only 2 months old when they joined us from a Parrot breeder. We fell in love and had to buy them to give them the freedom they deserved. She was over 8 yrs old at her death. Parrotletts are extremely small parrots and do not have the excessive lifespan of the larger bigger Parrots. She just passed on of old age. Needless to say she went to the big Sky for Parrots and now flies at the feet of GOD. We will miss you Winni.
One of our first Rescued parrots was a breeding pair of Peach Front Conures. We called them Mama and Daddy. Quaint, but these two parrots were never hand raised. We rescued them from a life of caged living and continual breeding. We were told they were about 4 years old when we managed to get them from a breeder. They actually grew to be such loving caring parts of our Parrot flock. My daughters quaker parrot ASHE' loved them dearly and actually helped them hatch several eggs and raise babies. We stopped that quickly, because we are not in the business of breeding parrots. However, we lost Daddy this year in a freak accident. he got caught between the sliding screen doors in the aviary and broke his neck. We were devastated. I cried for days everytime I entered that aviary. Miss ASHE immediately stepped up to the need for Mama conure to have conpanionship. It was early 2010, and I am proud to say that ASHE and Mama now are officially companions at all times. The share a bedroom cage every night together. Amazing how these Parrots are resilient and caring for other species. If we could take a lesson from Parrots, we could definitely see that it takes caring , sharing and lots of love from your friends and family no matter Human or Parrot.
A new year always makes you stop and relish everything you have accomplished in the passing year. 2010 was a wonderful year for the rescue, but with many roadblocks and sad moments all tied together.
In 2010 we offered our services to several new companion parrots. One orphaned Native Morph Owl as well as a Native Kestral Hawk. We continued to push towards our goal of the new HUGE outdoor flight for the parrots. At this point the frame is up and we are saving our money for the wire mesh to cover the large flight with.
We experienced several losses in our Parrot Family.
In 2010 we lost our last little Parrotlett named Winni. Winni and a sister were only 2 months old when they joined us from a Parrot breeder. We fell in love and had to buy them to give them the freedom they deserved. She was over 8 yrs old at her death. Parrotletts are extremely small parrots and do not have the excessive lifespan of the larger bigger Parrots. She just passed on of old age. Needless to say she went to the big Sky for Parrots and now flies at the feet of GOD. We will miss you Winni.
One of our first Rescued parrots was a breeding pair of Peach Front Conures. We called them Mama and Daddy. Quaint, but these two parrots were never hand raised. We rescued them from a life of caged living and continual breeding. We were told they were about 4 years old when we managed to get them from a breeder. They actually grew to be such loving caring parts of our Parrot flock. My daughters quaker parrot ASHE' loved them dearly and actually helped them hatch several eggs and raise babies. We stopped that quickly, because we are not in the business of breeding parrots. However, we lost Daddy this year in a freak accident. he got caught between the sliding screen doors in the aviary and broke his neck. We were devastated. I cried for days everytime I entered that aviary. Miss ASHE immediately stepped up to the need for Mama conure to have conpanionship. It was early 2010, and I am proud to say that ASHE and Mama now are officially companions at all times. The share a bedroom cage every night together. Amazing how these Parrots are resilient and caring for other species. If we could take a lesson from Parrots, we could definitely see that it takes caring , sharing and lots of love from your friends and family no matter Human or Parrot.
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