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Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue is dedicated to rescuing companion birds in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. Below is an overview of the organization.
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We are an all volunteer non-profit organization. Mickaboo is dedicated to rescuing companion birds (parrot-type and other commonly domesticated birds) who have been neglected, abused, injured or surrendered to us. We are a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 1996 in Northern California. Most of our volunteers and foster birds live in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Valle

y. Our goals are:
- To ensure that birds in our care will have a safe, loving environment for life.
- To educate bird owners on the most current standard of care, so that the medical, emotional, and dietary needs of their birds will be met. Mickaboo Organizational Structure

To ensure that every donor dollar possible goes toward the care of needy birds, Mickaboo has no shelter facility or paid staff. This helps us keep overhead costs extremely low but requires us to structure ourselves much differently than a typical animal shelter. All of our people, board members included, are unpaid volunteers. Board of Directors

The Board of Directors sets goals and policies for Mickaboo and oversees our direction. The board is also responsible for approving our budgetary program and protecting our status as a 501(c)3 organization. Current members of the board are listed here. Chief Executive Officer and Leadership Committee

The Chief Executive Officer is a board member and is the person primarily responsible for managing the daily operations of Mickaboo. The CEO ensures that we are operating in line with the goals set out by the Board, consults with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on budget and financial matters, and coordinates the activities of the Leadership Committee and Administrative Volunteers. The Leadership Committee is a group of experienced and knowledgable volunteers who help lead our day-to-day operations and provide management assistance and advice. The Leadership Committee is a core group of the Administrative Volunteers, who manage all of our daily operations and train newer volunteers. Volunteers

The heart and soul of Mickaboo are its volunteers. The volunteers have daunting responsibilities for bird intake, fostering, veterinary care, transport and logistics as well as our education efforts, home visits and other necessary tasks. A subgroup of the volunteers referred to as the "Administrative Volunteers" coordinate specific areas of responsibility, serve as points of contact for other volunteers and the public, and do other administrative work. For example, while many people are involved in the movement and care of conures, the "Conure Coordinator" is the Administrative Volunteer who is the point of contact for all conure-related activities. Because these positions are shared and turnover occurs as volunteer availability shifts, these positions are not listed here. For information on volunteering, see Volunteer.

31/07/2024

Our servers are down today from 9am to 4pm for planned tech maintenance! Emails to us, and access to our website, may be intermittent for a little while after that while everything comes online again. Don’t panic, we’ll be online again soon! Meanwhile we’ve got plenty of avian maintenance to keep working at as well :) Here are some of our recent and ongoing cases.

25/07/2024

Emergency bird rescue! Yesterday Mickaboo volunteers jumped into action after SFACC asked us to assist with 12 birds (9 budgies, 3 finches) recently found in the home of a deceased individual. Sadly, the birds had been covered, and it was some time before anyone realised they were there. Rotting bread and food was found in the dishes along with brown, putrid water. Two budgies had already passed away at the bottom of the cage, and one finch had to be euthanized on arrival at SF Shelter.

Within 2 hours Mickaboo arrived to collect the remaining birds and bring them to a dedicated avian vet for care and treatment. The birds are still on a custody hold for some time, but right now we are ensuring that they receive the urgent medical care that they need in order to survive this ordeal.

If you can give anything to support their care, please help; even $5 adds up to ensure that this little flock remains safe and gets all of the help that they need now.

Thank you 💔

14/07/2024

Dragon the splay legged budgie wants you to know that TODAY is the last day of the Summer Auction! Ending at 2:30 pm PT, the event aims to raise $30,000, or slightly over half of a typical month's vet bills for our 450+ member rescue flock. We're at $16.1K now! There's still over 200 items with NO bids - a bargain hunter's paradise.

ANNNNDDD - today's surprise - our generous anonymous donor is back to help us hit that $30K goal! They're offering a 40% match on all donations through the auction site between now and when it ends at 2:30 pm PT! Donate using the green Donate button in the upper right corner, OR either of the "Donate to sponsor" auction items - your gift will go further!

https://linktr.ee/mickaboorescue has the link!

10/07/2024

Hi, Willow here! The Mickaboo team have been busy so they asked me to write a quick post to make sure you know that our big summer fundraiser and auction is LIVE! We've been hard at work preparing over 500 items for you to check out.. even today you'll see more appear!

AND we have a donation matching fund just for today, July 10! Donate via the auction page TODAY and for every $3 donated a kind anonymous donor will match with $1 with NO LIMIT!

Check it all out at https://linktr.ee/mickaboorescue
Get those bids in, have some fun and support our rescue work ❤️

Join us on Sunday 2pm PT for an auction wrap party online :)

Oooh and also.. I have been ADOPTED guys!! I'm writing to you from my wonderful new forever home 🏡🎉 Thanks Mickaboo team for taking care of me.. now I'm just a happy bird volunteer helping out!

07/05/2024

We’re at the Oasis Sanctuary today, leaving tonight. Our Quaker Paulie is in the aviary in soft release, getting situated before they let him out! He has a marking for ID purposes - not a head wound :)

Mickaboo volunteers Mindy and Sarah helped clear out the straw change in the girl cockatoo aviary- now we’re picking up our green cheek conure Link and getting ready to pack up. A long day of hot work and driving makes for a good night of sleep 👍

More photos once we are done traveling. Th Oasis has guest rooms for volunteers to stay. They always need more help in the summer months - consider coming out!

27/04/2024

Welcome to our April Adoption fair, featuring many birds from Africa - join us live and ask questions!

04/04/2024

Ollie, our very plucked Indian Ringneck who recently came to us, is doing so much better and is getting more confident every week. He started enjoying baths and he got a few new green feathers at his neck. We hope he will start growing more feathers over time. He also likes beak scritches now. It’s amazing how well he can balance and climb around.

If you want to help with his medical costs, please consider a donation to Mickaboo in his name. The bird hospital did an amazing job with converting him to the right food in only 2 weeks and he now eats healthy food - lots of it.

24/03/2024

Welcome to our March adoption fair! This month we are featuring a multitude of Macaws! Ask questions live and we'll get you some answers - thanks for watching!

24/03/2024

I don’t know what it is but we are currently getting in more ringnecks than usual. Our newest arrival is a baby ringneck that still needs to be hand-fed. She was found outside and brought to a shelter, which wasn’t equipped to handle young birds like her. Lillie is a real cutie and we are lucky to have a committed Mickaboo volunteer, who feeds her every 4 hours, including at night. We couldn’t do this without all the great people putting so much time and effort into helping birds. THANK YOU.

Once Lillie is more independent, she will be ready for adoption.
Learn about our adoption process here:
https://mickaboo.org/how-adopt-or-foster

27/01/2024

Welcome to our January live adoption fair! Meet Hope and Cebi the budgies, Shemu the cockatiel, Ed the Jenday Conure, Arrow the cockatoo and Ziki the cockatiel!

Ask questions live!

12/01/2024

We've had lots of intakes in Dec and Jan and a lot less new foster homes and adopters - and with peak fundraising, we haven't been posting as many stories about them. Time to catch up! This is Tippy, a wee splay legged budgie who came in last week. Tippy is being treated at the vet.

If you'd be open to accommodating splay legged budgies, we have some more coming in that will need homes. Please reach out! They often need soft flannel liners changed daily and soft, flat places to land on play areas.

26/12/2023

We're excited to launch the Quita Challenge Grant today, until Dec 31!
http://mickaboo.org/donate

Our last matching grant opportunity for 2023! A generous donor has created a Challenge Grant to honor his late parrotlet, Quita. Starting today until the $20K in matching funds run out, or 2023 ends, whichever comes first:

Your gift up to and including $100 will be matched at 25%
Gifts of $101-$999 will be matched at 50%
Gifts of $1000 or more will be matched at an astounding 100%!

Please give generously and support the birds. So many of the birds we see need medical treatment, and it is only possible with the kind donations we receive from the public. Over 95% of the funds we raise are spent on medical bills. Thank you for making this work possible!

26/12/2023

Here is Lila, another December intake (of many.. we have a lot of catch up posts to share!). Lila is another case we prioritized, as we could see right away she showed signs for Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease (PBFD). The PBFD virus is very difficult to eradicate from homes as it can spread via feather dander and it is highly resistant to many disinfectants.

Lila tested positive, and we were fortunately able to place her in hospice care with a foster volunteer who already has a PBFD positive budgie. We are very grateful to Kate for taking in these two very special little birds and keeping them safe. ❤

26/12/2023

Hi Bird! This bird is named Bird. He even says 'Hi Bird!.

We've been indundated with surrender requests this month for many bird species, large and small. We're having to make difficult decisions about who to prioritize. This is hard time of year to find more foster places, and almost all of our homes are full. Bird got lucky! If you have space to foster for us, please reach out via our website contact form to learn how to get started.

We raced to pick Bird up as he was about to left completely alone in a home for over two weeks. He was on a diet of nuts only, and had an overgrown beak and nails, but he is young and friendly, and with improved care we are very hopeful he will thrive. Bird is available for adoption.

13/12/2023

We’re busy running around making sure all the auction items get to their buyers, medicating birds and picking up injured budgies and wild parrots!

Rescue doesn’t stop just because we’re fundraising.. Lorita says thank you for paying for her eye treatment! ❤️👁️

03/12/2023

Join us live for our presentations and the wrap up of our auction ending 3pm PT - not too late to bid :)
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03/12/2023

Join us today for auction fun and more! From 12:30pm we'll be live, hosting some fun and bird related talks and updates as we head to the grand finale of the fundraiser auction at 3pm PT. Get your bids for the birds in now.. still over 200 items with zero bids and many great bargains to be had!

See you soon! https://mickaboo.org/2023-holiday 🎄

21/11/2023

That is one bruised beak! Meet Sweeny, a new SF wild parrot who came in yesterday. He/she is a baby and seems to have banged face first into something. They are getting checked out right now and have had some pain meds and formula. Welcome Sweeny, we hope you feel better soon.

27/10/2023

Way to go Mando! Mando is a relatively new foster bird who has been super shy about coming out of his cage. But with daily routine and encouragement, patience and almond sliver treats.. today Mando came all the way up on top of the cage!

Sometimes progress takes weeks and months, not days. But if you are consistent and patient, it can happen. Mando is available for adoption.

25/10/2023

It's Wednesday! How is your week going? Rikki Tikki Tavi says 'hang in there'.

Remember our next online adoption fair is coming up this Sat Oct 28 @ 1pm PT - join us live and meet some of our fosters looking for their forever homes! Could that be you?

Get the link to join at https://linktr.ee/mickaboorescue 🦜

24/10/2023

Today is the last day to order in this run of limited Wild Parrot designs! 2 shirt designs are posted - Linda Liebelt's trademark conure cartoon edition of Coit Tower, and Fiona Herse Woo's awesome flock design. Order by 9pm PT, or wait until the next designs are released - date TBC as we balance our priorities but hopefully in time for the holidays! 🦜❤️🎨 Mickaboo benefits from a healthy portion of the funds raised in these sales 🎉

https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-mickaboo-market/

Link also at the top of linktr.ee/mickaboorescue

Thank you and enjoy your shopping!

20/10/2023

*Another* fledgling SF wild parrot! We're hitting record numbers this year now.. please donate if you can to support their care!
Meet Lilac. We are activating transport volunteers right now.. (thank you Mike R!)

18/10/2023

Here's an easy way you can start your day by helping the birds! One click to 'heart' the Exotic Avian Sanctuary of Tennessee will help them reach their goal to raise $15k to purchase a much needed generator for their sanctuary! We know Kim and her team well and having visited their facility we can say with confidence this is a sanctuary and rescue well worth your support 👍❤️ Give them a heart while you enjoy your morning coffee, and help the birds!
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/cms/rescue-your-rescue

You can vote from now until Oct 22nd. Thank you!

Okay EAST People! We need your vote! We have been chosen as one of the top 25 rescues in the 2023 Tractor Supply Company Rescue Your Rescue Contest! This is an amazing opportunity for us to win $15,000.00 if we are voted into the top 10 rescues! All you have to do is VOTE by clicking the link below, then the little heart next to Exotic Avian Sanctuary of Tennessee.

Eligible voters are those who are 13 years of age or older and are legal residents of the 48 US/DC/HI. You can only vote once so PLEASE SHARE, SHARE, SHARE, with all of your contacts, friends, and family and ask them to vote too!

We have been trying to find a way to come up with funding to purchase a new generator for the sanctuary, so this is the perfect opportunity to help us win and reach our goal!

We can do this! Let's go!! Contest starts at Midnight on October 15th and goes through Midnight on October 22nd.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/cms/rescue-your-rescue

08/10/2023

Hi from Zippy! Zippy returned to Mickaboo recently after his person passed away. He first came to us in 2008. Zippy loves head scritches and talks. Let us know if you’d like to meet him!

06/10/2023

Tiny juvenile budgie stray Natalie was found by a Good Samaritan who heard a commotion outdoors and saw a neighbors cat chasing her down!
Found in Mountain View and taken to SVACA 9/29.
Major wounds under right wing. Fractured humerus. Feather shaft mites, avian gastric yeast and giardia. That’s a lot for a little budgie to deal with but so far she is responding well to treatment ❤️

01/10/2023

We’ve been busy birds recently handling surrenders, stray intakes, foster moves and adoptions for the Bay Area pet fair adoption month! Here’s a quick photo of Candy 🍭 She’s fun and available for adoption!

29/09/2023

It’s spa day for Charcoal again - a beak trim and foot soak! Charcoal’s lower beak overgrows, making it harder for him to keep his feet clean. He has had dermatitis in the past on his feet and legs. Gotta keep your finches cleaned up!

26/09/2023

Sorry little one, we raced to pick you up and help you but your injuries were too severe and it was too late.

This little wild parrot baby was our sixth intake of the season. So far four of these have survived.

Please consider donating to support our help for the wild parrots. Until Oct 6 we’re selling fundraiser shirts / bag / mugs too - linktr.ee/Mickaboorescue. Since 2003 we have never turned a wild parrot in need of help away and the costs are substantial as they *all* need medical help!

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Still over 200 items with ZERO BIDS! It's our second biggest fundraiser of the year and we've got so many bargains for you! Check it out now - you have until 2:30pm PT tomorrow! https://linktr.ee/mickaboorescue has the link! #fundraiser #bird #parrot #adoptdontshop #mickaboorescue #auction #bargainshopper

RSVP now for Mickaboo's in-person Spring Fling! It's a great way to connect with some of the dedicated volunteers whose emails you see throughout the year - and to help our birds with our bird toy fundraising. Our Spring Fling is a casual gathering and potluck with fellow Mickaboo volunteers and supporters, Saturday June 22, 11-3 in San Mateo. The featured activity will be the creation of bird toys for fundraising purposes. Toys and toy parts will be available for sale at the party; any leftover toys will be at Mickaboo's summer auction (coming in July!). ALL of your toy-shopping helps our birds! Learn more and register at our https://linktr.ee/mickaboorescue page. Friends and family welcome. We hope to see you soon!

Have you met Arrow, one of our foster cockatoos? She is looking for her forever home and she's a great forager and veggie eater. Learn more about her in her full interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNuWrwfkjE4 or find our channel via our linktr.ee/mickaboorescue links - we have lots of our foster birds featured there with in depth interviews with their foster homes. 💘 #cockatoo #arrow #rescuebird #rescueanimal #shelteranimals #rescue #parrotrescue #bird #birds #parrot #parrots #mickaboorescue #adoptdontshop #adoptme #adoptmeplease

Lillie the young ringneck is excited to meet you all in this live event at 1pm PT today! Join us and learn more about our fosters looking for their forever homes. We've been rehearsing and we can't wait! mickaboo.org has the link on the front page :) #mickaboorescue #birds #parrot #parrots #ringneckparrot #lillie

Mickaboo Virtual Adoption Fair - April 2024

Welcome to our April Adoption fair, featuring many birds from Africa - join us live and ask questions!

Final chance, donate today! We've raised over $6,600 so far but we have over $8,000 in matching funds left so give before 9pm PT today and make your support go further for the birds! We need every dollar to fund our medical care for over 450 birds in our flock. THANK YOU! https://linktr.ee/mickaboorescue #bluememorialchallenge #birds #donate #animalrescue #parrotlet #blue #fundraising #fundraiser #parrot #parrots #bird #mickaboorescue #birdrescue #helpingothers #animalshelter #animalsoftiktok #birdsofinstagram

This week's fundraiser has thousands of matching funds remaining! The Blue Memorial Challenge Grant was inspired by Blue, a Pacific Parrotlet in Mickaboo's rescue flock, adopted by the donors during the pandemic. Blue's antics and fierce but playful personality had an outsized impact on her new family, leaving a large hole in their hearts when she unexpectedly crossed the Rainbow Bridge just eight months after her adoption. The Blue Memorial Challenge Grant has no limits on donation amount or frequency of giving (meaning you'll be able to give more than once). The Challenge Grant has $10,000 in matching funds! Both matching campaigns end on Friday 4/12, 8:59 pm PT OR when matching funds run out, whichever happens first. https://linktr.ee/mickaboorescue #globalgiving #littlebylittle #birds #donate #animalrescue #parrotlet #blue #fundraising #fundraiser #parrot #parrots #bird #mickaboorescue #birdrescue

Donate this week and your support goes further, with 50% matching from the #GlobalGiving #littlebylittle campaign and our Blue Memorial Challenge Grant - any donations not matched by GlobalGiving will be matched by the Challenge Grant until funds run out. This fundraiser runs Apr 8-12; give now and support the birds! #adoptdontshop #fundraiser #birds #donate #donatenow #donateforacause #mickaboo #birdrescue #bird #parrots #parrot

Ollie, our very plucked Indian Ringneck who recently came to us, is doing so much better and is getting more confident every week. He started enjoying baths and he got a few new green feathers at his neck. We hope he will start growing more feathers over time. He also likes beak scritches now. It’s amazing how well he can balance and climb around. If you want to help with his medical costs, please consider a donation to Mickaboo in his name. The bird hospital did an amazing job with converting him to the right food in only 2 weeks and he now eats healthy food - lots of it.

Mickaboo Virtual Adoption Fair - Macaw March Madness!

Welcome to our March adoption fair! This month we are featuring a multitude of Macaws! Ask questions live and we'll get you some answers - thanks for watching!

Join us very soon at 1pm PT for our next online adoption event, featuring macaws! Learn about Bird, Rowdy, Rocky, Jakey, Mango, Ginger & Monty, and some macaws Mickaboo cares for who are not adoptable due to having papilloma virus. If you miss the live event, we'll be posting the full show on our YouTube channel later. Macaws need a lot of your space and your time - if you might just have that for one of these special birds, we are waiting to hear from you. #mickaboorescue #macaws #macaw #macawsofinstagram #bird #birds #adoptdontshop #adoptme #adoptionevent #adoptionislove #rescueanimals

Join us today at 1pm PT for our next live event! You can watch recordings later too. We'll be talking all about our work with the sick and injured members of the SF Wild Parrot flock. We are looking for more foster homes and adopters for these amazing, smart and adaptable birds! Learn more today - mickaboo.org has all the links for information and how to join. See you there! #adoptdontshop #mickaboorescue #wildparrots #sfparrots #sanfrancisco #keepemwild #mickaboo #parrots #parrotsofinstagram #parrot #bird #birds #birdrescue

Budgie beak emergency! This little budgie found us just in time... we've had so many requests for budgie and cockatiel surrenders recently (and all species). We will always prioritize the sick, injured, or most desperate cases. This budgie urgently needs medical support for overgrown beak and nails and plucking near the vent. As this budgie is very young we hope we can improve their health with treatment and correct care. #mickaboo #budgies #beaks #parrot #parakeet #adoptdontshop #adoptarescue #animals #mickaboorescue

Mickaboo Virtual Adoption Fair - January 2024

Welcome to our January live adoption fair! Meet Hope and Cebi the budgies, Shemu the cockatiel, Ed the Jenday Conure, Arrow the cockatoo and Ziki the cockatiel! Ask questions live!

Mickaboo will be at the Fri 1/12 and Sat 1/13 screenings of the new 4K digitally remastered Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill movie at The Roxie - along with Mark Bittner and Judy Irving, we can't wait to see you there! Q&A after the movie on Fri and Saturday. The screenings run all week Jan 12-18 - Friday is sold out, but you can still get tickets for the rest of the showings - grab one now, don't miss a chance to see this award winning film on the big screen in its home town! Mickaboo is screening a short video before the movie. Learn more about helping us care for sick and injured wild parrots ❤️ https://roxie.com/film/the-wild-parrots-of-telegraph-hill/ Or check our website and linktr.ee/mickaboorescue See you there! #wildparrotsoftelegraphhill #parrots #keepemwild #mickaboorescue #birds #bird #birdlovers #mickaboo #sfparrots #conures #adoptdontshop #sffilm

Happy New Year from Team Mickaboo! Thank you to the 100+ donors who helped us hit our goal for the Quita Challenge Grant! Check out mickaboo.org for our annual CEO message, and get ready for a whole new line up of classes and adoption fair events in January! Here's to a great year ahead! 💫 #happynewyear #mickaboo #adoptdontshop #birdrescue #mickaboorescue #birds #birdlovers #parrot #parrots #amazonparrot #lorita #thankyou #animalrescue #herestoanotheryear

Zip up hoodies! We've got 'em - and we know you want 'em - but get 'em fast because you only have one more day left to order in the current batch! https://linktr.ee/mickaboorescue has all the links - get these on our Bonfire store today, you have 24 hours left before the zip up hoodie campaign closes ⏱ and don't forget our Quita matching grant on all donations up until midnight Dec 31. Thank you for shopping our fundraiser merchandise! #hoodies #mickaboo #fundraising #zipuphoodie #shopping #adoptdontshop #nonprofitorganization #shopnow

Lorita is in her 40s and has been treated twice this year for an eye infection. Please give generously by Dec 31 to support the Quita Memorial Challenge Grant and help your support for the birds go even further! mickaboo.org/donate #lorita #parrot #mickaboo #mickaboorescue #amazonparrot #amazon #talkingbird #onthephone

Mickaboo Holiday Event 2023

Join us live for our presentations and the wrap up of our auction ending 3pm PT - not too late to bid :) linktr.ee/mickaboorescue

There are still over 200 items in our auction with ZERO bids! Grab a bargain and bid now! Auction ends 3pm PT today! All of our holiday links are at https://mickaboo.org/2023-holiday See you there & happy bidding!! #fundraiser #mickaboorescue #birds #parrots #holidayshopping #auctionfinds #bargainshopping

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