Success Stories

Every bird who comes through our doors carries a story. Here, we celebrate the joyful chapters that follow. Click the name to expand.

 

  • Two pairs of Golden Conures - Apollo and Aurora, and Jack and Diane - are living it up in the Phoenix Zoo. Thanks to our director who organized their admission into the program and two volunteers who brought them to Arizona, they are now part of a conservation breeding program to repopulate their species! They live in a massive enclosure as one big flock!

  • Bouca lived the "rescue life" for more than 10 years, making him our longest resident.

    Bouca first came to live at the rescue after a house fire claimed his home. His owner never returned for the bird and sadly, he had to wait a long time for just the right person to come along. His wild, unpredictable nature and vocalization volume has made it difficult over the years to find him an appropriate home. However, we were thrilled to approve his owner Pat's application for adoption in 2019, since they seem to be such a good match.

    Pat previously adopted two cockatoos from RIPR and has the experience and patience required to take on a challenging bird like Bouca. He is living out his days in the company of former residents, Baby Girl and Maxi.

  • Pickles is a Yellow-Shouldered Amazon rescued from a large scale breeding situation in 2016.

    Pickles received extensive socialization training, safe toys to shred, and lots of mango in the following years. He was adopted in 2020 by a loving family.

  • Ernie is doing great! Adopted in 2021,  she has taken over her owner’s office/craft room and it is now Ernie’s room! Ernie loves training and will do anything for a nut or blueberry! She got a cage upgrade in 2024 and was very pleased that her swing made the transition to her new cage, as that is one of her favorite past-times - that and ordering her owner around! 

  • Buddy came to us with many special needs. He is missing an eye, scratched at his chest, and required special medical care. His favorite activity was eating, and we believe that was key to his recovery.

    Buddy spent a few nights with our director for extra supervision before he was placed in a foster home with one of our volunteers.

    We are pleased to announce that his foster family is now his forever family!

  • Bear, a Bodini Festive Amazon, came to RIPR as part of the Weston seizure in 2016. He waited for 5 years to find his person, and at long last, found a home with a volunteer, Victoria! Now, he spends his days looking out of his own window, enjoying his showers and private aviary, and learning how to live in a home!

  • This big Moluccan recently turned 33 and is living his best life! This guy is all about the showers—and yes, he gets extra ones just because he loves them so much. He’s a total daddy’s boy, always ready to play catch, tear into new toys, or dive into a good foraging challenge.

  • Fluffy came to RIPR on an unhealthy seed diet that caused her to have fatty liver disease. Our avian vet said that we began her conversion to fresh food and veggies and pellets just in time. We were also able to provide her with the daily medicine her liver needed. Fluffy was adopted in 2018 and continues living her best life — spoiled rotten!

  • Chip was a nameless little lovebird who was found outside and brought to us by a good Samaritan. We put out an announcement to try and find his owners, but after a month in our care, we began to lose hope …

    until we received a call from a family who had lost their lovebird back in May.

    They had been looking for him with no luck... Until they happened to see our post! They recognized his unique coloration and markings and reached out to us.

    Turns out, the lovebird was named Chip and he lives in Pennsylvania! His family drove FIVE hours one way to pick him up!

    We’re happy he is back with his family where he belongs.

  • The little lesser-sulfur-crested that could! Miss C. came to RIPR with one foot, a malformed beak, and a chronic prolapsed cloaca. Yet she was the sweetest little thing ever!

    Despite her medical needs, Chablis was adopted by two dedicated volunteers, who give her frequent baths and tons of love and freedom! She even learned to fly in her new home — something we weren’t sure she’d ever do!

  • Albert wasn’t at the rescue for long before he was scooped up by an amazing family! Now he’s living the dream in a full house surrounded by loving siblings, soaking up all the attention and freedom he could ask for.

  • These two came to RIPR as a last minute relinquish. A US serviceman was being transferred across the country, and was denied at the airport when he tried to transport his two pet cockatiels. Heartbroken, he Ubered to RIPR and signed them over to us. We knew then we had to get them back to him!

    After remaining in our care for a few months, we worked with their owner to come up with a plan to get them to California.

    With help from our amazing supporters and a volunteer willing to fly them, we got them from Rhode Island to California to reunite with their owner! They live happily together again.

  • Chloe was adopted into a loving home with amazing humans who’ve been working with her since day one. She absolutely adores her bird siblings and gets along great with them—she even loves teaching them new antics!