Albatross Aviary

Amen

I could have €100 million and I’d STILL be here covered in sh*te…with just with a slightly better wheelbarrow 🤪

In the United States we have truly reached the saturation point in terms of parrots needing rescue services.
There are not enough rescue organizations, sanctuaries or adoptive homes to handle the volume of unwanted, displaced and homeless birds.
Hoarding cases are on the rise, suddenly throwing dozens (and in some cases hundreds) of tragic, traumatized birds that local rescues and shelters have neither the space nor the financial resources to shoulder the burden.

Long-time parrot guardians are aging out or sadly dying, leaving middle-aged and elderly parrots in their wake.

Consumers *continue* to make ill-informed purchases of birds they ultimately cannot keep,or properly care for, and the inevitable changes in the lives of guardians ensure that an endless succession of parrots will continue to overwhelm the rescue community.

We must end the problem at the source.
Everyone's help is needed to speak on behalf of not only parrots, but for all birds to render the commercial trade unacceptable, to change our global values so that the sight of a bird in a cage becomes intolerable, and shunned, and to eradicate the incentive for trapping and poaching by resisting the urge to *buy* pet shop animals- refuse to enrich breeders along with the 'businesses' that in turn support them.

There is no shortage of rescues and shelters.
ADOPT. RESCUE.FOSTER.💗

✨ Calling All Helpers & Bird-Lovers! ✨
Cleaning Day – Friday, November 21st
Early Access + Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our New Aviary!

We’re getting everything sparkling and ready for the Plant Peeps Party Bus + Plant Swap happening on Saturday — and we could really use a few wonderful humans to help us pull it all together.

If you’d like a chance to see our brand-new Albatross Aviary location before the public does, come lend a hand for our cleaning day! This is an early-access, behind-the-scenes opportunity to walk the new space, meet some of our flock, and help us get the aviary ready for a super fun community event.

🧹 What we need:
A few good people willing to sweep, wipe, tidy, and move some stuff around to help us make the space shine.

📅 When: Friday, November 21st
⏰ 12pm-6pm — even an hour or two helps!
📍 Where: Albatross Aviary 1620 leonard st NW GR MI 49504

Your help is hugely appreciated and truly needed as we keep building this space for the birds and for our community. If you’re able to come, just comment below or send us a message so we know to expect you.

Thank you for being part of this little miracle of a sanctuary. 💛🕊️🌿

🚚 TODAY’S THE DAY – We’re Moving the Birds! 🕊️
Albatross Aviary – Move Day Update & Urgent Call for Help

After months of work and planning, today is the day we move the birds into their new permanent home in West Grand Rapids. This is a massive day for us — but we’re still racing the clock and could really use your help.

🛠️ Right now, our team is at the new facility doing everything we can to finish sealing the aviary, hang the last of the lights, paint the remaining walls, and close up the drywall so that it’s safe enough for the birds to move in.

We need that all done by 2PM.
That’s when we pick up the U-Haul and begin the heavy lifting — moving cages, fridges, desks, and other large items that have been on hold since our founder’s shoulder injury.

🚚 We’ll be doing the bulk of the moving between 2PM and 6PM and we could really use some extra hands — Got a truck or trailer and some muscles, even if it’s just for an hour or two. Every bit helps.

📍Gairen is at the old building prepping the birds for transport — keeping them calm and tending to their needs while loading them into travel cages and managing final checks. As soon as the new space is safe, we’ll begin the bird move.

🙌 How You Can Help Today:
🖌️ Help us finish painting and sealing the main aviary space this morning

💡 Assist with mounting and wiring the remaining lights

💪 Join us for loading and unloading from 2–6PM

💸 Donate to help cover the huge cost of this move — fuel, vehicle rentals, last-minute materials, and supply gaps

This is a huge logistics challenge, and we’re doing everything we can with what we have — but Albatross Aviary is 100% volunteer powered and donation funded, and we need our community behind us now more than ever.

If you can’t be here physically, please consider making a donation to help us get through today:

🌐 www.albatrossaviary.org
📧 [email protected]
📞 (616) 432-3056

Thank you to every volunteer, every supporter, and every person who believes in this work.
Let’s get the birds home.
Let’s finish this together.
— The Albatross Aviary Team

🕊️ Help Us Build What the Birds Deserve 🕊️
Albatross Aviary is in a critical transition as we move into our new permanent facility in West Grand Rapids. This space represents the next chapter — and a chance to finally build the kind of sanctuary that birds truly need and deserve.

But we can’t do it alone.

We’re asking for your help to get us through these final hurdles so we can finish building out the habitats and care systems that reflect the vision we’ve been proving works for years.

In our former location in Schoolcraft, we built a working proof of concept — one that centered the birds’ physical, emotional, and behavioral needs.

We created safe, natural free-flight aviary spaces that mimicked real environmental cycles. We saw birds begin to heal. Plucking slowed. Aggression faded. Curiosity returned. Not through punishment or control, but through a space designed around their actual needs.

Now, we have the chance to build that model again — permanently.

We have the space. We have the drive.
What we need is the funding to finish it.

Every donation helps us move one step closer to a sanctuary built on stability, enrichment, and ethical standards of care — a place that mitigates suffering and supports real recovery.

📩 Donate or learn more: www.albatrossaviary.org
📧 [email protected]
📞 (616) 432-3056

Let’s build this right.
Let’s build it together.
Let’s build what they were always meant to have.

—The Albatross Aviary Team