#Rescue birds upper west side for free#

“We’re trying to help make a difference, to at least have some place that kind-hearted New Yorkers can come to bring those animals when they are in distress - and they are very much in distress,” Independent space that opens on Saturday on Columbus Avenue. But as my colleagues Kelly Slivka and Kate Yandell report in this video, this eclectic menagerie, known as the Wild Bird Fund, has now secured a 1,300-square-foot N.W.Bird Rescue defines “to rescue” is to bring a bird that is in an acute, life threatening situation or is in immediate need of assistance into a safe environment to be cared for by a knowledgeable and dedicated staff committed to improving the bird’s quality of life.Since 2001, over 7,000 feathered and furry vagrants have passed through a cramped apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, with screaming babies stacked above solemn old-timers and sprightly young fellows whistlingĪside the gravely ill. Through the education of the public, proper legal documentation, extensive support services, and constant follow-up procedures, a bird welfare organization insures that whether the birds remain in a sanctuary, in rehabilitation, are placed into adoptive or foster homes, or released back to their natural habitat, that the birds are continually nurtured.

#Rescue birds upper west side for free#

Since 1999, Christopher Driggins has been placing exotic birds for free to the special needs and Handicapped individuals in our community.

Birds owned by owners who, because they were unable to provide a safe environment for the birds, turned the birds over to us. N.W.Bird Rescue, rescues: Birds found in deplorable conditions or in danger either by the general public, the foundation itself, or by animal control officers. Staff dedicated to meet the needs of the individual bird.Įducational programs that focus on some of the sanctuary birds’ specific needs or problems, indigenous habitats, conservation status, or social interaction to promote the parrot welfare. N.W.Bird Rescue offers a home for birds with chronic disease with supportive care and a nurturance. The facilities provide: A safe haven for birds that prefer not to interact with humans in a companion animal situation as well as those that need a new human companion and are available for adoption. Sanctuary birds are housed in species-specific rooms of our main facility and have access to outdoor flights, abundant enrichment, and psychological and environmental support on a daily basis. Some of our clients specifically request that their parrot be placed in foster care or remain in permanent sanctuary.Īll sanctuary birds receive the same high level of care as the birds available for adoption and foster care. We maintain a special hospice area for elderly parrots as well as parrots that are mentally ill, maimed, extreme self mutilated parrots that need special around the clock care. Our organization also provides sanctuary for all exotic birds that are that are not suitable for adoption or placement.

Our avian welfare organization also provides for the general welfare of birds in the public domain by providing accurate, comprehensive and reliable educational materials and resources to the public. On occasion our Portland Audubon allows us to release some wild birds back to their natural habitat. We strictly just offer transportation of wild birds to our local dedicated Portland Audubon. The few wild rescued birds we are able to help is conducted under the strict rules of our U.S. Bird Rescue” is a bird welfare organization insures that whether the birds remain in a sanctuary, in rehabilitation, and are placed into adoptive or foster homes. N.W.Bird Rescue focuses on the needs and welfare of orphaned exotic birds our Southwest Washington region and our Portland Oregon metro area. Bird Rescue is a bird welfare organization that provides for the complete physical, psychological and environmental well being of the birds in the organization’s care.

In February of 2002 N.W.Bird Rescue & Adoption Orphanage was founded by Christopher Driggins and his father, William M.