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BIRDS - Injured; Rescued; Displaced; Surrendered

Helping birds in need across Melbourne, Australia.

08/12/2024

So I had a message from a friend on Friday who had spotted a native noisy miner on the ground next to a bus stop on a busy road as he was driving past. He quickly did a u-turn to check it out and found that although alive, it was upside down, panting, dazed and he could see a little blood on its beak. He scooped it up and took it to a nearby vet. They accepted it but told him he should have taken to a 24hr emergency vet as they would not be able to keep it after they closed that night and would euthanise it if still there then.

Not knowing what he should do as he was on his way to work he contacted me for advice. I asked him to let the vet know I could pick up and/or find a carer which he did, but they advised it was ok, one of their nurses had volunteered to drive it to a 24hr vet on her way home, so all good. The miner by the way appeared to have improved a little since he dropped it off so that was promising.

Fast forward to today, two days later. I received a message from an emergency vet advising that they had a noisy miner there who was cleared for release and were trying to find someone to come and pick it up to take it back to where it was found. I was heading out and not far from me, so went and picked it up. To my surprise when I saw the details of where it was to be released I realised it was the same noisy miner that my friend had found on Friday that very nearly was to be put to sleep! He appeared fully recovered from what we believe was a concussion. I was thrilled to be given the honour of taking the little one back to its home and excitedly phoned my friend to let him know the outcome of the bird he had rescued.

I have said it before and am saying it again. I love this part! Is what makes what we do all worthwhile ###

02/12/2024

They're growing! Always am blown away at how independent ducklings are as soon as they hatch. Only really need their parents for warmth. Can walk and feed themselves and start foraging within hours of breaking out of their eggs.

29/11/2024

We are now accepting expressions of interest from anyone wanting to welcome pigeons into their homes.

Pigeons are amazing because they can be 'homed'. After a certain period of time you can open their cage door and allow them to fly free and they will return to roost there again at night.

Talk to us if you are interesting in adopting pigeons or even becoming a foster carer.

NB all of the pigeons seen here are homed, with their loft open all day every day for them to fly in and out. Looks crowded as they see me putting fresh baths in and they all come flying back in!

28/11/2024

We have had a very cute and quite large clutch of muscovy ducklings unexpectedly arrive this week! Expressions of interest invited to anyone who would be interested in adopting to potentially give a forever home to any of them.

Send us a private message and we would love to chat to see if you could provide a suitable home.

27/11/2024

As most would know (and surprisingly some don't), we (like other animal rescues) are volunteer run and self funded. This means the costs of food, housing, medical treatment, rescue equipment, fuel for our cars for all of the running around and travel we do for the animals - all comes out of our own pockets. We do this out of our love of animals and although would love to be able to spend all day every day attending rescues and helping them, we have to have a job and work in order to pay the bills.

When we are offered assistance at any time we gratefully accept it whether it be donations of food or money or physical help at the rescue.

That's why we were thrilled recently of the offer of pet food and blankets from the team at ARC Support. Yes we are a bird rescue but being animal lovers we also have dogs and cats as do many of the rescuers, transporters and carers within our network. By being provided with quality dog and cat food for our pets means we can not only ensure they are well fed, but means one less expense we have to worry about juggling along with all of our other bills for the next couple of months at least. Some much needed breathing space. So very much appreciated. Thank you ARC ###

25/11/2024

We love that many of our resident birds here are free to come and go as they wish. Cage doors are open during the day and they fly in and out of them as they please, with everyone putting themselves in at dusk to be safely locked in overnight.

24/11/2024

Eddie's Sunday adventure. When the unmarked police car pulled over and 2 officers came towards us, I thought we were in trouble. But no, they just wanted to meet Eddie!

23/11/2024

For those who have been following this sad story.

22/11/2024

UPDATE: Through the power of social media (not via Uber) the driver has been found and contacted. Apparently he panicked because the ride was cancelled and pulled over and left the box with the baby bird in the bush. Trying to get further info from him to pinpoint location.

Please keep an eye out and share . Trying to find this baby bird.

20/11/2024

I had the pleasure of meeting Snowy the sulphur crested cockatoo this morning when visiting an Aged Care Home.

Snowy moved into the home with his elderly owner who he had lived with for most of his life. Their room opens on to an internal tree filled courtyard which Snowy is able to freely wander around during the day with his open cage nearby to go into for food and water and safe place to sleep at night.

The Home have promised Snowy will always have a home there and be looked after long after his owner is unable to.

Made our hearts full to see as so many elderly people have to rehome their animal companions when moving into aged care homes. So glad they could stay together, and Snowy makes the other residents smile too.

19/11/2024

What a beautiful way to start the day.

We had the pleasure of being able to release eight orphaned pacific black ducklings that had been in care since they were one day old and were now old enough to be ready to go back to the wild.

Watch the excited diving and zoomies as they have their first taste of freedom ###xx

09/11/2024

Nice afternoon for a walk in the park with Eddie.

08/11/2024

This personality packed little pineapple conure sought out humans to help when it found itself lost and all alone in Lynbrook.

We would love to get this little one back home.

If you think may be yours or know someone who has lost theirs, we would love to hear from you.

05/11/2024

This beautiful and clearly tame galah was found in Werribee. Has some special characteristics that owner would know. If you or someone you know is missing this sweet little one, please get in contact with us as would love to reunite you.

02/11/2024

Charlie (one of our permanent resident cockatoos) is such a character and always brings a smile to our faces with his happy outlook on life.

As with most cockatoos, due to their longevity of up to and sometimes beyond 100 years, they often have several homes. We know of two of those in Charlie's past - the last was wonderful but sadly owners could no longer keep him. His previous owner to that one had actually taken him along with his mate to their local vet to be euthanised as no longer wanted the pair. Lucky for Charlie and Lola the vet refused and had the owner surrender instead so that they could be rehomed. The pair were in terrible condition with Lola sadly passing away within a couple of weeks - was too late for her. Charlie was able to be nursed back to health by his new family with love and patience, and has now come to live with us.

Everyone should have a Charlie in their lives.

02/11/2024

Further to my recent post about it being duckling season, we had a call this week about a home that had a little wood duck family appear about 3 weeks ago in their swimming pool. As it is quite normal for wild ducks to nest in backyards (especially those with swimming pools) then seem to magically appear one morning with their newly hatched ducklings as the residents had been oblivious to them having been sitting on a nest there the whole time, this was not unusual to hear. What was unusual about this instance, is that the duck family (mum, dad and 7 ducklings) had not left, but were still there 3 weeks later.

The parent ducks would take it in turns to look after their babies throughout the day as one parent flew off. I asked the usual questions when I got the call - was there access for the ducks to be able to leave by foot from the yard or were they trapped in it as even though parents could fly, ducklings would need to be able to walk out. Yes they could leave and would take their babies off for periods each day as were many gaps under the fence, only to return again later. There was plenty of natural food for them on the property and when looking up where the nearest creek/lake was, found it was just over 2km away.

So why not just let them stay and leave once babies could fly? There were 2 main issues. One there was a terrier dog on the property who instinctively wanted to hunt the ducks so was causing quite a bit of stress for its owners to try to keep it away from the ducks day and night.

The second issue was that the swimming pool was the duck's only water source. The owners had temporarily stopped putting salt and chlorine into the pool, but the water had turned green and with the weather warming up, they wanted to be able to use their own swimming pool, so had just put a high dose chlorine ''shock' into the pool to turn the water back to clear and also in the hope that the ducks would leave once and for all.

But they didn't. They stayed, continuing to swim and drink the heavily chlorinated water. This could not be good for them, especially in the rapidly developing ducklings.

We needed to get them out of there and help them move to the nearby creek.

I attended to find the father duck there by the pool looking after his 7 babies. Mamma was off somewhere. I was able to catch the father and 5 of the ducklings using a safe and relatively stress free drop net, but 2 of the ducklings managed to escape and took off quickly then hid (as they instinctively do when in perceived danger) and despite searching not just the yard of the property I was in, but also the yards of the 2 adjoining properties over the next 2 hours, was unable to locate the missing ducklings.

I decided to stop the search for now. I was fairly certain the 2 ducklings would find each other and stay together and once they knew I was gone would likely find their way back to the swimming pool. I also was fairly sure mama duck would return at some point soon and would call to them.

I took the dad duck and 5 babies to the nearby creek where there were other wood ducks happily foraging near the banks. When I opened their carrier doors they all ran straight into the fresh water and started drinking and diving then swam to meet the other ducks.

Within an hour or so I received a call advising the mamma duck and her 2 ducklings were back by the swimming pool!

I went straight there and was able to catch all 3 and took them back to the creek to the same spot where I had released their family. I couldn't see the ones I had released earlier there and quietly hoped they weren't making their way back to the chlorinated swimming pool.

I released the mamma duck and 2 ducklings who as per the dad and other 5 babies, all rushed straight into the fresh water. But then she started calling out loudly and swimming very fast down the creek with her 2 babies behind struggling to keep up with her. Then I saw where she was headed. Her family were further downstream and they were quacking and heading towards her. Within a few seconds the entire family were back together again. There was a loud quacking reunion then they all went up onto the bank and started exploring their new home.

02/11/2024

Bob helping me prepare today's 'chop' for the birds in our care. In our salad today we have included the following:

Red and Green capsicum
Fresh mint
Fresh coriander
Asian greens - bok choy and Chinese broccoli
Broccoli
Kiwi fruit
Nectarine
Banana
Pear
Silver beet
Cauliflower
Celery
Mango
Blueberries
Strawberries
Grapes
Corn
Spinach

Enjoy!

01/11/2024

It's duckling season and we are getting alot of calls for help.

Wild ducks usually make a nest quite far from their usual homes in lakes and waterways, often choosing a fenced suburban backyard for their nest site hidden amongst bushes and leafy ground covering. They seem to have a preference for yards with inground swimming pools (who can blame them?!), and the residents will often be oblivious to their presence until they wake one morning to find a family of ducks with a newly hatched clutch of ducklings (average size clutch is 12) swimming in their pool!

Within a day or two (usually same day) the parent ducks will commence walking their little family to their intended permanent home which is usually a local lake, river, creek or dam. The walk can be up to a few kms away and although dangerous for the newborns with many obstacles for them to have to manoeuvre on foot including busy roads, open drains, dogs, cats, foxes, birds of prey just to name a few - it is a very important walk that they must make as part of their development, so if you see a family of ducks on the move, please allow them to continue on their way if safe to do so.

Sadly some won't make it or will become separated from their family and lost along the way, with the parents instincts to look after the majority, so they won't generally return to search for a missing duckling but will continue on with the group to get them to their intended destination as quickly as possible.

We are getting lots of calls for found lost ducklings or orphaned ones when the parents have sadly been hit by cars or killed by another animal. When and where possible we attempt to reunite with their family if we can find them, otherwise we try to team them up with other ducklings of similar age and ideally species who are in care for them to be raised then released together once mature.

Please if you spot a lone duckling (especially if not near a waterway) and you are certain its family isn't nearby, chances are it is lost and needs help. Lone ducklings don't tend to survive long on their own. Contain if possible, keep warm, do not allow it to get immersed in water, and either hand into a local vet or call us or your nearest wildlife rescue for assistance.

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We have had a very cute and quite large clutch of muscovy ducklings unexpectedly arrive this week! Expressions of interest invited to anyone who would be interested in adopting to potentially give a forever home to any of them. Send us a private message and we would love to chat to see if you could provide a suitable home.

Nice afternoon for a walk in the park with Eddie.

Charlie (one of our permanent resident cockatoos) is such a character and always brings a smile to our faces with his happy outlook on life. As with most cockatoos, due to their longevity of up to and sometimes beyond 100 years, they often have several homes. We know of two of those in Charlie's past - the last was wonderful but sadly owners could no longer keep him. His previous owner to that one had actually taken him along with his mate to their local vet to be euthanised as no longer wanted the pair. Lucky for Charlie and Lola the vet refused and had the owner surrender instead so that they could be rehomed. The pair were in terrible condition with Lola sadly passing away within a couple of weeks - was too late for her. Charlie was able to be nursed back to health by his new family with love and patience, and has now come to live with us. Everyone should have a Charlie in their lives.