Northeast Bird Clinic

01/01/2026

Wishing everyone a safe and happy 2026 🥳

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope you have a safe and happy holiday season! 🦜🎄

12/18/2025

12/07/2025

12/02/2025

You can make a difference for animals this Giving Tuesday! Your support promotes rescue operations, specialized veterinary care, healthy diets and enrichment, and so much more. Please consider including Foster Parrots in your year-end giving!

fosterparrots.com/donate

12/01/2025

Here at Parrot Trust Scotland, we love and value our small birds every bit as much as the larger ones. 🥰

Do you have a smaller bird with the personality and attitude of one many times its size?

11/29/2025

On October 28th, Foster Parrots joined representatives from World Animal Protection (WAP), the Animal Rights Initiative (ARI), The International Alliance for the Protection of Parrots (IAPP) and One Earth Conservation (OE) at the Massachusetts State House to help educate legislators about HD4910, a proposed bill to end the retail sale of parrots in Massachusetts.

Read the details in our most recent newsletter!

fosterparrots.com/newsletter

11/27/2025

TIP OF THE DAY: How to cook Thanksgiving dinner when you live with a parrot.

- Get up early in the morning & have a cup of coffee. It's going to be a long day, so place your Parrot on a perch nearby to keep you company while you prepare the meal.

- Remove Parrot from kitchen counter and return him to perch.

- Prepare stuffing and remove Parrot from edge of stuffing bowl. Return parrot to perch.

- Stuff turkey & place it in the roasting pan. Remove Parrot from edge of pan and return him to perch. Have another cup of coffee to steady your nerves.

- Remove Parrot's head from turkey cavity and return him to perch. Re-stuff the turkey.

- Prepare relish tray, and remember to make twice as much so that you'll have a regular size serving after the Parrot has eaten his fill.

- Remove parrot from kitchen counter and return him to perch.

- Prepare cranberry sauce. Discard berries "accidentally" flung to the floor by Parrot.

- Peel potatoes. Remove Parrot from edge of potato bowl and return him to perch.

- Arrange sweet potatoes in a pan & cover with brown sugar & mini marshmallows.

- Remove Parrot from edge of pan and return him to perch. Replace missing marshmallows.

- Brew another pot of coffee. While it is brewing, clean up the torn filter and pry coffee bean from Parrot's beak. Have another cup of coffee & remove Parrot from kitchen counter and return him to perch.

***When time to serve the meal:
- Place roasted turkey on a large platter, and cover beak marks with strategically placed sprigs of parsley.

- Put mashed potatoes into serving bowl and rewhip at last minute to conceal beak marks and claw prints.

- Place pan of sweet potatoes on sideboard, forget presentation as there's no way to hide the areas of missing marshmallows.

- Put rolls in decorative basket. Remove Parrot from side of basket and return him to perch.

- Remove beaked rolls and serve what's left.

- Set a stick of butter out on the counter to soften - think better and return it to the refrigerator.

- Wipe down counter to remove mashed potato claw tracks.

- Remove Parrot from kitchen counter and return him to perch.

- Cut the pie into serving slices. Wipe whipped cream off Parrot's beak and place large dollops of remaining whipped cream on pie slices.

- Whole slices are then served to guests, beaked-out portions should be reserved for host & hostess.

- Place Parrot inside cage & lock the door.

- Sit down to a nice relaxing dinner with your family - accompanied by plaintive cries of "WANT DINNER!" from the other room.

****Ingredients:
Turkey
Stuffing
Sweet Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
Green Beans
Cranberry Sauce
Hot rolls and Butter
Relish tray
Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream
Hot Coffee

11/25/2025

11/13/2025

Celebrate the OWL-idays at The Hoot – Next Saturday, November 15th!

From 1–3pm, meet the incredible rescued owls from Horizon Wings—an unforgettable, up-close experience for all ages.

Owl-themed discounts all day -- Delectable cheese pairings from 12–3pm -- A special gift with every $75 purchase (while supplies last)

It’s your one-day chance to explore The Hoot’s holiday collections, find unique festive treasures, and make magical memories with family and friends.

Don’t miss this hootin’ good time!

11/07/2025

Hello Squawkers and friends!
Our flock is in need of important items to get us through the month.
Can you help?
You can also make a monetary donation to https://donorbox.org/celebrating-10-years-of-rhode-island-parrot-rescue

11/05/2025

As hunting season begins, please help us spread the word to prevent lead from being put into our environment. Over 85% of the bald eagles admitted to TRC’s raptor hospital have lead in their blood, with a significant portion suffering from severe and lethal toxicity. Hunters can take two effective actions that help prevent the accidental poisoning of eagles.

This eagle is displaying labored breathing associated with lead poisoning. Lead does not directly affect the respiratory system, but it affects the neurological center of the brain that controls breathing.

During deer hunting season, eagles scavenging on gut piles or unrecovered deer contaminated with lead-based ammunition, ingest this deadly toxin. The fragmented lead bullets, used widely in hunting, are found to disperse dangerously within the deer carcass, turning what should be a natural act of scavenging into a lethal meal for these majestic birds.

Additionally, hunters can redefine their love for nature and their role as conservationists. With over 100,000 deer hunted annually in Minnesota alone, the choice of ammunition has a far-reaching impact on our wildlife and environment. Choosing non-toxic ammunition like copper is a choice that benefits not just eagles but all wildlife, and even hunters themselves, by providing a safer food source. It’s a small change with a massive impact, safeguarding the future of the bald eagle and honoring the true spirit of hunting and conservation.