By Sarah Mansfield | Operations Manager
We are excited to be heading into our “slower” time of year once again… Although we currently have quite a few parrots in our care, which makes things quite busy still!
To date, we have rescued 137 wild parrots this year. Many of those came in during our “busy” time of late Spring through late Summer. We had more injured adults arrive during that time than compared to previous years, along with the usual high number of young birds.
Once the weather begins to cool down a bit here, we get to start planning our wild parrot releases. Last month, we sent 24 Amazons back to their wild families in Pasadena, and another 14 in Santa Ana. I was especially excited about the Santa Ana release, as this is the first year we have been able to track that flock successfully. Our next release is scheduled for early November, and will be 26 Amazons heading back to their flock in San Diego.
After the Amazons have left us, we are hoping to finally get our Conures released as well. Last year, our Conure release had to be postponed (we all know what 2020 was about, no need for me to go further into it). As a result, we have about 35 “extra” birds at the rescue. Add that to our 2021 intakes, and we are anticipating quite a large group to release! I am still trying to figure out exactly where the Conures are roosting, both in LA and San Diego, in order to properly plan for their releases.
In addition to our ongoing releases and daily rescue work, we have also started a new feeding protocol for the birds. The new food includes the same pellets and fresh produce as we were using before, but we now have a home-made veggie and grains mix which is fed to our entire flock daily. The variation of veggies, fruits, and grains have been great for both nutrition and enrichment. Also, cooking "bird food" has become a new official volunteer role.
Some of our upcoming on-site projects include: planting trees and flowers, revamping our website, and recruiting more volunteers. Since we won’t be sending another update here until after the holidays, we want to send out our appreciation to you for your continued support- and we hope you have a fantastic end to this year!
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