Northeast Tennessee Avian Rescue and Rehabilitation

11/16/2025

Flock Power!

11/16/2025

Edit: her mom just sent me this message, last photo! Just can’t love this anymore! We honestly need more humans like her in this world!

Well Fruity Pebbles has just the building to new birdie brothers and sisters. Ever since sweet Vivian (8 years old) has heard about my “grade B conures” She begged her mommy to adopt one. Her heart was broken that someone would refer to them as that. She also did a little fundraiser on her in and raised $20 for the other birds in the rescue. This kid is the most mature, animal loving, bird whisperer child I have ever met!

She picked out one that needed more care than the others. He has missing toes and no tail feathers. I can’t wait to see what fruity pebbles looks like in a month! Happy life Angel!

11/16/2025

Morgan Cole and her family came back and adopted another conure so her recent adopted baby (pippin) had a friend. Happy life Peep, i hope you and Pippin have the best life together!! My heart is full!

11/15/2025

11/14/2025

Dolly is not home. Sorry I confused many. She was spotted on Wednesday, so she is alive. Also a lot of the comments are filtered out so I can’t access many of them. I am very sorry. If you have any questions please DM me or text me at 423-742-2423. I don’t want people thinking I am rude. I just can’t keep up with them all and most don’t show, I’m very sorry.

11/13/2025

UPDATE!!!!! She survived the cold!!! She is alive. I knew my girl is resilient !! 🙌Very much alive !!!!! She was spotted last evening. I just got the call. Thank you GOD!! ❤️🙏

Please no negative comments. My heart is breaking. I miss her so much!!

https://wcyb.com/news/local/toucan-missing-near-bristol

11/11/2025

One of the first conures was adopted last night:) Thank you Morgan Cole and your amazing family for adopting sweet Pippin. Happy life sweet angel!!

11/11/2025

Thank you HJ Winter for this other bag of Sleek and Sassy food! I really appreciate you and he birdies here love it! Thank you!

11/11/2025

Thank you Cara for this bag full of treats for the birdies from Sleek and Sassy foods. They love this stuff and I really appreciate your kindness!

11/11/2025

Thank you Michele, my amazing volunteer and friend, for sending this bag of food! And thank you sweet Jelly for thinking of your former roommates here at the rescue! Also I would like to thank Michelle and Don for their service to our country. Happy Veteran’s Day guys!

11/11/2025

Thank you Katina and Kevin Crowe for all these goodies for the birds. The new conures love the millet! I appreciate you guys more than you know! ❤️🦜

11/11/2025

I just wanted to give everyone an update on my sweet Dolly !

There was a sighting of Dolly Sunday (picture below) ! I was there all day and she never appeared again. I have been to Bristol (30 min away from rescue) everyday (except Saturday) to try and capture her. I have spent a lot of time with her the past month and a half. There are a few reasons I am unable to capture her. Every time there is a sighting, I have a lot of spectators wanting to see her, it’s not everyday there is a keel-billed toucan flying around Bristol TN. I get it, but all the people scare her off. I almost had her a week ago, she was on the last branch looking at her fav fruit in the trap, then someone honked at another spectator to see what was going on and it spooked her. 😡

I get it, she is beautiful, but I honestly need folks to stay away. It just needs to me she sees. I know I haven’t given a lot of updates but it’s because I don’t want people to know where she is and come to that area. I have been with her a lot. Sunday I didn’t see her but honestly I feel she knew this cold snap was coming and she was preparing. Birds are so smart and amazing! They know through the barometric change in the air. I was out first thing yesterday morning calling, and nothing. I know in my heart she was somewhere staying warm. I am heading back out in a bit to call for her.

I want to thank everyone for all the calls with her sighting and all the money donated toward her capture.
I am well equipped with a trap, net gun, infrared binoculars, and an amazing people that flew a drone for me. He will come with the drone anytime I need him. (Picture below)

I am so worried with this cold snap, but my girl is resilient!! I am going to bring her home alive, I have to keep the faith and continue to pray!

The Greeneville Sun reached out and wanted to write another story on Dolly. Below is the article. I am so grateful for them!

I just wanted to hop on here and let everyone know what was going on. I am still desperately trying to capture her and I have not given up. I have had a lot of hate comments and messages but I just deleted, blocked, and carried on. I know in my heart I am searching for her and trying to capture her with every breath in me!! ❤️

https://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/dolly-the-toucan-braving-colder-weather/article_9deabadd-5cdf-40a3-9c79-c673494436f5.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social