PD has been fully sponsored by the wonderful people at Family Games Inc. Thank you so much - it's great to know that there are so many people who care!

PD is a beautiful Green-Winged Macaw who has just arrived at the refuge. PD's great tragedy is that while he was cared for by his human family, the family were afraid of such a large parrot and his enormous beak. So for ten years he sat in his big cage, alone and completely untouched. Can you imagine how isolated he felt - without sun, touch, or companionship? Wendy, our founder, has already won his trust and is able to scratch his head. Birds can't preen this part of their own body, so their new feathers - the pin feathers - can remain bound and itchy. Wendy has been able to preen most of the feathers on his head, and you can see in his picture how handsome he looks now!

He is surrounded by lots of activity in the Incoming Section and is starting to climb around and explore his environment. I'm sure it won't be long before he has made lots of wonderful friends for life!

Please click on the thumbnails below to learn how you can help some special birds have a home for life through our "Virtual Adoption" program! More stories coming soon!

Birds who are now partly sponsored, thank you!

Birds who are now fully sponsored, thank you!

"This is, in a word, a great place and these miraculous creatures deserve no less, but few places can deliver it this well. It is, indeed, 'world class'."

– Stewart Metz (author and Director of the Indonesian Parrot Project), after his visit at the Grand Opening of the Refuge on August 13, 2005.

"The World Parrot Refuge is a true sanctuary where parrots live out their lives in a loving, spacious and happy environment under the guidance of extraordinarily caring people. The many visitors destined to pass through the refuge will come to understand that parrots are not toys or trophies, but beings with needs and emotions as real as our own."

– Rosemary Low (author of more than 30 books on parrots)