Bunnies! Love these guys! I had the opportunity to visit the bunny house, work with them for a bit and talk with the staff about what they do to help not only the rabbits that they adopt out, but the education and outreach work that they do:
Archive for September, 2010
Jumpin’ Jack Rabbit!
Posted in Best Friends Animal Society, tagged adopting a bunny at Best Friends, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, bunnies, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, rabbits on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Best Friends Botanical Garden
Posted in Uncategorized on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Best Friends is absolutely beautiful. But it didn’t get that way without a little help from their Landscaping Department. I had the opportunity to speak with Janiece Holladay, landscaper and horticulturist for Best Friends. She moved to Utah from Iowa after answering an ad for a landscaper. She had no idea what Best Friends was [...]
Hal, The Mouse Wrangler
Posted in Best Friends Animal Society, tagged Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, live mouse traps, Live traps, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Best Friends stands their behind their “kind to animals approach.” And they carry it to all animals. This includes any creatures that sneak into their buildings, such as mice. BF uses live traps and Hal’s job as mouse wrangler is to empty the traps daily and release them back into the wild:
Angels Landing: A Natural Amphitheater
Posted in Best Friends Animal Society, tagged Angels Landing, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund on September 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Angel’s Landing is a natural amphitheater created by nature. The acoustics are astounding and it is regularly used for concerts. And it’s right here at Best Friends!
Volunteers at Parrot Garden
Posted in Best Friends Animal Society, tagged Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, Cleaning Cockatoo Cages, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Visiting Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Volunteering at Best Friends on September 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Volunteers are cruicial to the success of Best Friends and the Staff here is thrilled to have all of the wonderful people that help out each day. Here are a couple of volunteers that came to the Parrot Garden to help clean cages in the cockatoo area. Brian is showing them where things are…With a [...]
Cockatoo-Proof Bowls (And a Stolen Hat)
Posted in Best Friends Animal Society, People in Aviculture, tagged Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Birds at Best Friends, blogging about parrots, Cockatoo Food Bowls, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, parrot-proof food bowls, Patricia Sund on September 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I visited with Brian who was working with some of the Cockatoos and showed me some ingenious feeding stations for ‘Toos. Seppi is a rambunctious and energetic little guy who decided he liked my “Alex Foundation” hat.
Virginia’s Mash for Parrots
Posted in Uncategorized on September 27, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Virginia is the Chef of the Parrot Garden Kitchen and she prepares a wonderful baked mash for all of the birds at the Parrot Garden. The stuff is fabulous!
Random Shots of the Parrot Garden
Posted in Best Friends Animal Society, tagged African Grey, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Bird Blogs, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, parrots, Patricia Sund on September 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I took some shots just wandering around the Parrot Garden and made this video. It might give you a good idea of how they take care of the birds here at Best Friends:
King O Sings!
Posted in Best Friends Animal Society, tagged Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, King O Sings!, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund on September 26, 2010 | 8 Comments »
King O is a Ducorps Cockatoo that is quite the character here at Best Friends. And he’s famous! Here is his Youtube Video:
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