- Stasch - 13 year old male Moluccan Cockatoo - volunteer's bird
- Jill - 7 year old male Ringneck Dove - alumnus
- Ellie - 4 year old female Iliger's Macaw - adoptable
- Sweet Pea - 10 year old Quaker - volunteer's bird
- Piper - 2 year old Quaker - alumnus
Again another beautiful day and the crowd was large. We met a lot of new folks who will hopefully come up and visit us at the Center in the next couple of weeks.
Our presentations today were about what wonderful pets doves can make for respectful young children and homebound people.
One of our volunteers also spoke about what great family pets Quakers can be. We told Stasch's abuse story and introduced Ellie as our adoptable bird of the day. Again, we had good crowds in the audience.
We do feel like we are making a difference as we are educating people who may not have computers or may not understand the complexities of bird ownership. We are seeing many more people with their birds on good diets and appropriate cage sizes and lots of toys to play with. We feel very privileged that we are invited year after year to join the dogs in the Animal Care Barn, to be able to tell our stories to the public, and to help educate people in the care of our feathered friends.
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