FORECAST FROM ABC, 7. >> WELL, TODAY IS ALL ABOUT THE BIRDS, PARENTS TO BE MORE PRECISE AND COCKATOOS. WE DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT YOU DOWN THERE. THE PARROT OUTREACH SOCIETY IS A NONPROFIT IN GORDA. THE RESCUES AND FACILITATES ADOPTIONS OF PARENTS. AND THIS MORNING WE HAVE EVE BUTLER AND WILL SANDERS GETTING US MORE ON THIS WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION. THEY'RE PREPARING FOR THE GRAND REOPENING, WHICH I'M EXCITED ABOUT. GOOD MORNING, GUYS. THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE BIRDS AND THEY'VE BEEN SO GOOD. TALKATIVE, WHICH I LOVE. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM AND HOW THEY FIT INTO THE PROGRAM THAT YOU DO. >> WELL, WE DO A LOT OPTIONS WHERE MOSTLY A NON PROFIT SHELTER. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT TURNING THEIR BIRDS, LIFESTYLE CHANGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OR LIKE SPIKE HERE CAME FROM THE SHELL FACTORY AND THEN WE JUST TRY TO GET THEM NEW HOMES AND FIND NEW PLACES TO LIVE. >> AND IT'S IT CAN BE DIFFICULT. I KNOW THAT MANY TIMES PEOPLE SEE THESE BIRDS IN THE STORE AND THEY THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. THEY BRING THEM HOME, BUT THEIR COMMITMENT, THEIR MAJOR COMMITMENT, AND IN A LIFETIME COMMITMENT AT THAT, IF YOU COULD TELL US ABOUT THESE BIRDS. AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A SO FOR CREST. CAME FOR SOME PARK ACROSS THE UK GROWN UP OF THEIR AT ALL. THERE'S THAT YELLOW. YES. SO IT WAS THAT THE RESCUE SHE WAS ONE OF OUR MEDICAL NEEDS BIRDS. SHE HAS REPRODUCTIVE SO WE DID HAVE ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS TAKE HER SHE IS VERY PLEASANT, VERY AND MADE A LOT OF FUN. >> THEY LIVE ABOUT 50 LESS FROM ANTHONY AND THEY ARE VERY SWEET THERE. KIND OF THE TEDDY BEARS THE COUNSELOR FOR CERTAIN THEY ARE LOUD, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS. EDUCATION. THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST GONNA BRING UP. I'M SURE THAT THAT'S PART OF SOME OF THE ISSUE THAT THESE BIRDS ARE LOUDER THAN PEOPLE MIGHT ANTICIPATE. >> AND IF YOU LIVE IN A COMMUNITY OR CLOSE NEIGHBORS, THEY MIGHT APPRECIATE THE WILD SOUNDS COMING FROM THE BIRDS. YEAH, THAT'S ONE THINGS. WE HAVE A VERY RIGOROUS ADOPTION PROGRAM. >> SO THAT EDUCATION IS TIME. WE ASSESS WHERE PEOPLE WILL HAVE FOR THE HOME. >> AND SPIKE, YOU MENTIONED SHE'S ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE SHOW BEFORE. SO HE IS HIS WAS WITH THE SHELL FACTORY. AND I LOVE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE BIRDS THAT WERE THERE. YEAH, WE WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE A GOOD PORTION OF THE BIRDS THAT THEY HAD AND >> WE'VE ALREADY FOUND A LOT OF THEM NEW HOMES. THAT'S AND WE YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT COUPLE OF THEM. WE'VE GOT ONE RIGHT NOW THAT WE TALK ABOUT AS OUR OLD MAN. HE'S PUSHING 75 WELL. AND HE WAS AT THE SHELL FACTORY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. YOU KNOW, HE'S RIGHT NOW AT THE RESCUE, LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME. SO. >> THEY THEY'RE SO SWEET. AND THIS IS A SMALLER PEER. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL ONE. THIS IS A CAPE PARROT. YEAH, THERE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE UNUSUAL IN ALL THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BIRDS. I THINK I'VE ONLY SEEN 3. I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. >> REALLY THEY'RE ONE OF THE FEW BIRDS THAT YOU CAN TELL THE MALES FROM FEMALES WHEN THEY'RE BORN. THEY HAVE READ CROWNS. OKAY. AND THE MALE HAS SIGNATURES LOSES THAT RED CROWN AND THE FEMALE SO SWEET. AND NOW. >> IM BIRDS TEND TO PICK YOU. YOU DON'T PICK THE BIRDS. I'M SURE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT IS THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT IF THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT GETTING A PARENT. >> YEAH, THEY THEY COME IN AND SAY, OKAY, WE WANT TO BIRD THAT HOXHA AND EXPECT TO JUST GO UP AND TAKE A BIRD HOME, LIKE MAYBE WITH A DOG OR CAT CASH DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT, RIGHT? THEY REALLY HAVE TO CHOOSE YOU IN LOT. EDUCATION. A LOT OF TIME THAT THE SPOUT WITH MOST PART PRETTY GOOD BET. >> WELL, YOU GUYS ARE OPENING UP. YOU'VE BEEN YOU'VE BEEN OPEN FOR 10 YEARS AND THE SHUTDOWN. SOMEBODY ORGANIZATIONS DID, BUT OPENING BACK UP AND WITH GUSTO. YOU'VE GOT SOME BIG EVENTS COMING UP. >> YES, WE DO. WE HAVE OUR GRAND REOPENING RECALLING IF WE DID A LOT OF FREE MODELING. WE HAVE ADDED PLAY AREAS FOR ALL THE BIRDS THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET PEOPLE TO COME IN. THEY ALL ABOUT. I CAN TELL YOU A DAILY BASIS, PEOPLE COME IN AS WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU WERE SO FEBRUARY 8 FROM ONE TO 4. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GRAND REOPENING OR ARE LOCATED AT 12. 0, 5, A LIST STREET >> I'M GOING TO HAVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS WERE GOING TO MUCH OCCASIONAL SESSIONS. OF COURSE, PICTURES OF BIRDS. SO WE REALLY LIKE TO INVITE PEOPLE TO COME BY. AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR BECOME MANIA, WHICH IS A BEATLES COVER BAND OF FROM MARCH 8. THAT'S A LOT OF FUN. IF YOU LOVE THE BEATLES WHO LOVED MUSIC, THERE WILL BE SESSIONS, ONE IN THE AFTERNOON. ONE IN EVENING AND YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION OUR WEBSITE. >> TO CREATE EVENTS FOR A GREAT CAUSE. ENSURES PEOPLE SEEING THESE BIRDS ARE GOING OH, MY GOODNESS. HOW CAN I ADOPT ONE? WHAT FAMILIES ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? AND WHAT TYPE OF SITUATIONS WITH THESE BIRDS BE GOOD FOR? >> WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY FROM LIKE LITTLE PARA LOTS MAKE MY CARS. SO THERE REALLY IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE'S SITUATION. WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME IN. WE OVER 180 PARENTS. 3. WOW. A LOT OF PARENTS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT SIZES. WE ASKED YOU TO COME AND KIND OF WALK AROUND, GET TO KNOW THE BIRDS ARE ADOPTION COORDINATOR, MEL IS EXCELLENT AND HAS THE KNACK FOR PICKING THE RIGHT FOR HIM BREAK SOME OF THESE BIRDS ARE GOING THROUGH TRAUMA BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST THEIR OWNERS. ARE THEY HAVE THE BEEN REHOMED? >> THAT'S KIND OF A SITUATION AS WELL THAT THEY HAVE TO BE EASED INTO THE WRIGHT FAMILY. ABSOLUTELY. WE DO A LOT OF SOCIALIZING WITH THE JUST GETTING HIM USED TO BEING AROUND PEOPLE AGAIN. >> IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD BIRDS THAT HAVE BEEN YEARS. YOU KNOW, A FAMILY MEMBER DIED. SOMEONE ELSE ENDED UP WITH THEM YEARS WHERE THEY JUST DIDN'T GET THE INTERACTION THAT THEY NEEDED. AND THEN WE WORK WITH HIM TO GET HIM BACK TO BEING ABLE TO BE HANDLED IN. >> FIND NEW HOMES GETTING AND TO TRUST AGAIN, THEY ARE VERY SMART. THEY'RE NOT LIKE A DOG OR CAT. THEY'RE SMARTER, ACTUALLY. AND THEY HAVE GOOD MEMORIES. BUT THEY ALSO HAVE GOOD HEARTS. I MEAN, THIS THIS LITTLE GUY I WANT TO MISS TONIGHT IS A CUTE I HAVE TO AT HOME. I CAN'T FOR CAN BRING ANOTHER ONE. HOW CAN WE GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU? IF WE WANT TO GO TO THESE EVENTS OR MAYBE COME UP AND SEE IF THEY'RE UP TO VOTE FOR WEBSITE. PARENT OUTREACH SOCIETY >> YOU CAN PURCHASE TICKETS ON THEIR GOOD INFORMATION. YOU CAN STOP BY THE STORE 12. 0, 5, ELIZABETH STREET IN GORDA. WE HAVE FACEBOOK PAGE. SO LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND IMPAIR THE OUTREACH WILL FIND PERFECT. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. AND THANK FOR BEING FANTASTIC GUESTS. THEY WERE VERY, VERY SO. IT WILL PUT INFORMATION AS WELL ON OUR WEBSITE AS WE ALWAYS DO, LINKING TO THE PARROT OUTREACH >> THEY HAVE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES. 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