hi everyone the aviary has until november 2024 to raise enough money to find a new location or else all the birds will be rehomed
for those of you who don’t know the aviary has been operating out of an old house for years. the house is officially falling apart and is no longer safe to house the birds. the city has completely given up on us. the deadline to find a new place is november 2024, and if we don’t raise enough money to find somewhere else, the aviary will be forced to dissolve and all of the birds will have to find new homes.
it’s not easy to find homes for 20 large parrots, many of which aren’t sociable and have health issues. there is a pair of bonded macaws that cannot be separated and can be aggressive, loud, and destructive - there are not many places for them to go. it is not going to be easy to find somewhere else to go (especially with the current real estate market in canada) but anything and everything helps. please consider donating if you can :)
Whistling through the week with our radiant red knots, weaving whimsical waves of winged wonder!
Look closely and you may be able to see each bird’s unique leg band, which is used to identify them in our Aviary exhibit. Each bird has a unique backstory, with many of joining us after being rescued and deemed non-releasable.
“the birds suddenly cut loose all around me in the unbelievable sweet warm air. i had never heard anything so beautiful and unexpected before. i felt shaken by the waves of song. for the first time in my life, i had an insight into what poetry could be. i could use words to recreate that feeling, rather than to create a dream, which was what so much of my writing had been before.”