By Sarah Mansfield | Operations Manager
Another Summer, another batch of rescued wild Amazon babies. If you’ve been a recurring donor for longer than a year now, you’ll know that our busiest time for intakes is typically late May through mid-September. Amazon babies come in first, at various stages of development, followed a few months later by the Conure babies. Our founder, Brooke, always jokes that the Conures are like a cute little bonus after all of the Amazons. Don’t get it wrong- Amazons are so cute when they’re young, but we get so many in over such a short amount of time that it’s just plain exhausting!
This year, we were excited to spend our first “Baby Season” working completely from our new facility. One of my favorite aspects of having young rescues in the new place is that they can hear (and occasionally see) the adults we’ve rescued this year. This is due to the proximity of our Rehab office trailer to the outdoor flights, and all of the windows in the trailer itself. In previous years, the babies were kept in a separate room and only met the other, older rescues once they’d moved outside to a flight enclosure.
Since early June, we have taken in more than 45 birds. Only a few of those were injured adults; the majority were either nestlings or fledglings, all Amazons. We have several years of feeding babies under our belts by now, but the volume always catches me off-guard! Luckily, it only took a couple of days to get back into the swing of hand-feeding, monitoring, and weigh-ins. Everyone is progressing quickly, and they get a chance to chat with other wild Amazons through the windows every evening, too!
Our next update will be focused on how all of our Summer rescues are faring outside, and the process we use to get them completely prepared to be released back into the urban wild.
None of our progress would be possible without the continued support from you. We sincerely appreciate every single donation that comes our way, especially recurring ones. It’s definitely not cheap to feed, house, and care for this many wild parrots, so thank you again!
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