Wildlife Conservation United States Project #17283

Help save injured and orphaned wild parrots

by REP for Wildlife; SoCal Parrot

Project Report | Apr 7, 2020
Rescue And Positivity During These Uncertain Times

By Sarah Mansfield | Operations Manager

Some of our resident Amazons hangin' out

Hello again!

Let me first begin by sending you and your loved ones our sincerest hope for your health and safety amidst this global pandemic. We truly appreciate your donation (either one-time or recurring) to our rescue efforts, as we know these times are uncertain and scary.

All of our volunteers have been notified to remain home and safe, but our work continues. Wild urban parrots still need to be rescued, and we are doing everything we can to ensure the safety of our staff while still providing the best level of care to our rescued patients. We are bracing for baby season, which typically begins for us at the end of May and gets really busy by mid-June. All we can do is take every day as it comes, and hope things will be easier to navigate by then!

On a bright note, we received a patient into rescue a couple of days ago from one of our local beach communities. It was dropped off with our local wildlife rescue, and they notified us immediately. Upon exam, the adult Lilac-crowned Amazon did not have any injuries or issues of note. We decided to give him/her 24 hours' observation time, and then a quick flight test. S/he passed with flying colors (please forgive the pun, it has been a loooong few weeks), and was successfully released back into the urban wild the following afternoon.

It is all thanks to your continued financial support that we can continue to rescue, rehabilitate, and successfully release wild parrots back into their urban environment.

I'll keep this one short, and remind you to please follow/subscribe to our social media channels for new content daily. (It might be a nice, different way to break things up a bit if you are currently stuck at home. Puzzles and Netflix can only last you so long.)We are also providing updates on our new enclosure project, which is nearly completed! Next quarter, you can look forward to a full report of how we are settling into the new spot.

Stay healthy and safe!

Sincerely,

Sarah

Handsome lil' Amazon on a sunny day!

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Jan 6, 2020
New Year, New Opportunities!

By Sarah Mansfield | Operations Manager

Hello (again) from SCP!

Wow, I don't know about you but it seemed like 2019 just FLEW by! We had a huge success with releases this past year, and have a few dozen more parrots nearly ready to go back out into the urban wild. Along with releases, SoCal Parrot was active in the rescue of 103 birds in 2019. We couldn't have saved all of those lives without your ongoing support and donations, which mean the world to us! Thank you SO MUCH for your help!

The beginning of a new year is often a time for reflection and goal-setting. Our staff is never short on ideas, but often we get preoccupied with rescues or daily animal care tasks and the secondary projects are set aside. This year, we have managed to set quite a few lofty-yet-reachable goals for our organization.

Brooke, our founder and Director, along with our board member Dr. Pat Latas, will be pursuing research grants and setting up fundraiser campaigns to expand our hospital equipment. This one might take longer than just 12 months, but we are looking forward to the expansion and chance to gather more data from urban parrots that we rescue. The data collection is non-invasive, as our primary objective is to not do harm to any birds in our care, and it will allow us to continue fighting for new local, state, and federal protections of wild parrots!

Josh, our co-founder, is still hard at work on completion of our new outdoor aviary complex. We are so excited for the enclosures to be completed, and birds to be moved. It is the beginning of a new chapter for SCP- and a huge step forward!

Finally, this year I am focusing more of my time and attention on local community outreach and education. SCP is participating in the San Diego Public Library's "Spring into STEAM" program from March through May, and we are actively booking more local events and speaking engagements throughout the areas where we rescue wild parrots. I'm excited to bring more folks on board to our cause, share our work and love of parrots, and get people interested in becoming citizen scientists.

Of course, none of these projects would be possible without your help. Thank you again, so very much, for the ongoing support and monetary donations you send to our little organization. We are so grateful to be doing this work, and we know you all have our backs!

Wishing you a very happy 2020- and beyond!

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Oct 8, 2019
We Don't Have Seasons Here (but YAY Fall!)

By Sarah Mansfield | Operations Manager

Hello to our supporters, new and long-term alike!

We hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of Fall... According to social media and national weather reports, this is the season of Pumpkin Spice flavored everything, comfy sweaters, and trees with color-changing leaves. Here in Southern California, we don't typically have a definitive season change; it might cool down soon, but the leaves 'round here aren't known for their colors changing. Rather than celebrate with hot cider and big blankets, SCP staff and volunteers ring in this time of year by prepping our recent rescues for their release back into the urban wild!

Baby Season 2019 is coming to a close, officially! That means we have not received any fledgling (or younger) parrots into rescue for a few weeks, and the remaining youngsters in care are either completely weaned or very close. Next stop, release back into the wild! We always love seeing the cute baby parrots, but honestly release days are the BEST because they represent a lot of hard work and resources well-spent.

Thanks to continued donations from our supporters here on GlobalGiving, we have already successfully released more than a dozen parrots this year! We have another 55+ parrots (Amazons and Conures) that will be ready to be released in just a few short weeks. We are very proud of our high release rate, and at how many donors and volunteers have helped us grow in such a short amount of time. Thank you for your donation(s), and for continuing to support SoCal Parrot.

If you do not already follow us on Facebook and/or Instagram, be sure to do so as soon as possible. We are currently working on some exciting projects and will be updating more frequently via those platforms. Also, we try to live-stream the wild parrot releases on our social sites, so that nobody misses out on the celebration and excitement!

We hope everyone has a safe and happy Fall!

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