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Our Medium Birds
Our Medium Birds include Goffin Cockatoos, Sulfur-Crested Cockatoos and an African Gray.
When their dietary needs, medical care, toys, housing and cleaning costs are added up, birds turn out to be quite costly. Our medium birds are no exception, gobbling up hundreds of pounds of fruit, vegetables, seeds and nuts each year. Also, these birds destroy anything they can get their beaks on-perches, cages, bowls, feeder chutes, and of course, toys! These basic supplies must be continually repaired or replaced. We hope you'll decide to sponsor one of our medium birds below and help save a life!
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Toys and entertainment are very important for these exotics.
Beauty is a Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (native to Sulawesi, Indonesia). She was given to the Garuda Aviary when her owner’s travel schedule didn’t allow enough time to spend with her. Her skull had been crushed in an attack by a larger bird. This left her with some quirky habits, like compulsively pecking at an offered hand. However, she retained the most amazing talent—she imitates people’s body motions to the tee! With or without her skill as a mime, there’s just something about Beauty that makes you laugh and fall in love with her.
Omar, a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, is a recent addition, taken in due to intense pleading on the part of his former caretaker. This kind woman lived next door to Omar, who was owned by a teenage girl. The girl’s father would get drunk and throw Omar against the wall to silence his screeching. Fearful he would kill Omar, the girl begged the neighbor to take him. She kept Omar for a year and finally found us. Though we were full, we agreed to take this traumatized guy, hoping that he will bond with our lonely Angel. Stay tuned for updates on the romance!
Angel, a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, was 14 when she came to Garuda Aviary. Her owner was dying of kidney cancer, and loved her too much to risk putting her on the home-to-home merry-go-round so many parrots suffer. He wanted to ensure that she would be cared for the rest of her life. But typical of cockatoos, Angel was deeply bonded to him and has had difficulty adjusting to the other birds. Will she find true love again? We are hoping the new Sulphur-Crested, Omar, will consider this lonely girl his personal angel.
Pearl, a Goffin’s Cockatoo, is the honey of the Aviary. She’s also quite the card, jumping to your shoulder, and climbing under your shirt. She seems to prefer people to other birds, and is the bane of our Conures’ existence—chasing them and nipping at their tail feathers is her favorite game. She and Beauty are pals and can charm their way right into anyone’s heart.
Thunderbird, an African Grey Parrot came to the aviary with Amigo when family changes required them to be given up but with consideration for what was best for them. Thunderbird was shy when he first arrived but is much more relaxed and likes to swing and climb about his cage. His previous person says he has a diverse vocabulary. He is quite handsome and is quite intrigued by the other birds.
YaYa, a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo was given up by a family along with Rainbow tired of their incessant screaming and squawking. Yaya came from a pet store and once the family realized what they had gotten into, they isolated the birds in an upstairs room . This, of course, worsened the behavior and one considered letting them loose outdoors. YaYa is right at home with all the other cockatoos and they can scream to their hearts content in the aviary.
McGyver (African Gray) is an eleven year old with a lot of life experience. He lived with two birds, Echo (who was a myna), and Tango (who was a sun conure). Now McGyver lives happily at the aviary right next to the conures so he feels right at home. He loves to play ball, and once in awhile you can catch him saying “I’m so pretty” and “I love you.” More often, though, you’ll hear him doing an amazing cell phone imitation. McGyver is slow to make friends, but once he does, you’re a friend for life.
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Cosmo (Goffin’s Cockatoo). Cosmo is a Goffin’s Cockatoo, and was one of our first birds, found in a Maryland pet store. He had belonged to a teenager for the first year of his life, was not handled much, and then the boy left for college. The parents didn’t much like the bird and put him on consignment at the store. Since he was not well-socialized while young, he prefers not to be handled and has a pretty powerful bite.
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Baby, a Double yellow headed Amazon Parrot, came to us from Califonia. Baby lived with a kind and loving woman for many years until one day a racoon entered the cat door and killed Baby's cage mate. The trauma was too great for all involved and it was decided the safest and best home for Baby would be Garuda Aviary with a flock of other birds. Baby is a key "caller" to all the birds when anyone enters the flock. Baby also entertains the humans with the sounds of "R2D2". SPONSORED |
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