Last night Harry and I attended the Free Flight Tropical Sunset Fundraiser. Free Flight is an exotic bird sanctuary in Del Mar. You can read more about them on the Free Flight website. We had a lot fun – they had a bar, delicious food, a silent auction and a great band.
A Blue and Gold Macaw greeted the guests.
Harry with a Hyacinth Macaw. She was very sweet. I got to feed her some grapes, a carrot and some banana.
Here I am with an Eclectus parrot (males are green and females are red).
Here is Harry with a cockatoo on a visit we made a week ago.
This parrot let me scritch its pin feathers – much bigger than a budgie’s!
Here’s a little video of some of the birds: a Moluccan Cockatoo, a pair of Mexican Red- headed Amazons and a Gold and Yellow Macaw.
I love that green parrot. Such a beautiful color.
We were both really taken with that one : ).
The Hyacinth is just beautiful. My dream bird is the cockatoo.
I want them all! But I’ll stick with budgies in the meantime…
Beautiful birds! Were they in some kind of enclosed aviary, or just outside?
The aviary is mostly enclosed, but it has a good canopy of trees so I can’t really tell. I think all the free birds have clipped wings so they don’t go very far.
It’s not completely enclosed. Which explains the clipped wings. Maybe Free Flight isn’t really the best name… : P. But it’s a really nice environment. Lots of trees and even a koi pond. The birds get to be out in the sun while they socialize with the other birds.