Volunteer Melissa with foraging toys she made for the parrots
Filled Foraging Baskets.   We inform you as to why the act of foraging is important for parrots.  We provide the baskets and everything you need to fill them.   We discuss how to make them safe for the parrots.  You can watch our birds' enthusiastic responses to the baskets you fill.
Long term volunteer Astoria instructing a family of one-time volunteers on how to fill the wire baskets.
These, one-time volunteers are proud of their creations!  They filled two types of foraging toys. The wire baskets are filled with dry items.  The plastic balls with skewers are filled with edible food. 
One time volunteers, pround of their creations
Local volunteers who came once a week.
Volunteer Sandi Nichols who lived in Key West and volunteered for a year
Our Moluccan Cockatoos "Mr. Peaches" & "Molly" and Military macaw "Skylar" telling their stories at the Key West Library, Patricia Blanco, children's librarian and our volunteer Devin Caylar. 
 Our parrots loved visiting The Upper Crust, a gourmet pizza shop on Duval Street.  Volunteers Russ Erickson with Kinky Freidman, Blue and gold macaw and Jerry Kemler with Hammerhead Greenwing macaw.  Hammer wants a whole slice for himself.    photo by Nancy Forrester
Volunteer Michelle Dodd with the Toos Molly & Mr. Peaches on the table and Skylar, Military macaw on the stand at an educational Storytelling event at the Key West Library      photograph by Nancy Forrester 
Volunteer Jerry Kemler cycling with the hybrids in Truman Annex.  "Larrybird", Harlequin macaw is on the left and "Chatsworth", Catalina macaw is on the right.      photograph by Nancy Forrester
Volunteer Sean Vermeers with (left to right) Skylar, Chatsworth, Batman, Ratchet, Hammerhead and Larrybird  photograph by Nancy Forrester
Volunteer Sean Vermeer with (left to right) Batman, Ratchet & Hammerhead   photograph by Nancy Forrester
Volunteer Russ Erickson with his bird Kinky Freidman Blue and gold macaw
Volunteer Deb Devlin learned how to make foraging toys for the parrots. The fruits of her labor are being enjoyed by Chew Chew