Alex (ringneck - Available)
 | Hello, I`m Princess Alexandra of India but you can call me Alex for short. I came to Mickaboo a while ago, was adopted by a nice family and then came back when they could no longer keep me. This time I am ready to find a true forever home!... (read more)
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Allen and Cecelia (Lovebird - Available)
 | UPDATE March 2008: Allen has bonded with Cecelia. Cecilia was rescued from a shelter last summer and just fell for Allen when they met at their foster Mom`s house! They hang out together all the time. Allen can be handled. They eat pell... (read more)
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Apollo (cockatiel - Pending Adoption)
 | Story Coming Soon!... (read more)
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Archie (parakeet - Available)
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Ariadne (cockatiel - Available)
 | Erk! I mean, Hi! Erk erk erk! My foster mom says I can communicate almost anything using just that one word (Erk!). It`s all in the tone of voice. And I have a lot to say! I`m a bird, y`know, and birds LOVE to fly. Sooooo, when my wi... (read more)
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Arias (parakeet - Available)
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Ariel (nonparrot - Available)
 | Hello, I`m Ariel. I`m a little, white domestic dove that got lost and then got attacked and then got rescued and am now being taken care of in a MickaCoo foster home which I`m very grateful for. I`ll have to regrow the tail feathers my at... (read more)
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Asia (ringneck - Available)
 | Update on 01/29/09: I and Sidney came from the same home to Mickaboo. Guess what, my foster parent found out that we are very much bonded and it would be heart-breaking for us to get seperated.
Hello, my name is Asia. I am a p... (read more)
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Ava (cockatiel - Available)
 | Ava here! I was found outdoors, perched on a fence in the affluent community of Atherton, near Palo Alto. That
might not sound so bad at first but let me tell you it was scary! There were no street lights out there or anything, and lots ... (read more)
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baby (macaw - Available)
 | Hello! My name is Baby, a female Blue & Gold macaw about 13 years old. I am a sweetheart according to my foster mom. When she whispers to me, I whisper back.
I have refined ladylike ways and like the quiet life. When my foster
mom move... (read more)
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Baby & Palmer (lovebird - Available)
 | Baby and Palmer are doing well! They love to "shoulder surf, " in the words of their foster parents, and they like baths so much that they get in their water the moment their foster parents change it! They`re doing great with step-up less... (read more)
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Bailey (amazon - Available)
 | update 6/3/2007: Thought you might like an update on my life. If you read my story when I first came back to Mickaboo (two strikes!!!!) I was into screaming and biting. I`ve been hanging out with a couple other Blue Front Amazons that are ... (read more)
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Bali (conure - Available)
 | Hi I am Bali the Sun Conure. Before coming to Mickaboo I had a hard start at life. I was rescued by a nice man who saved me from an abusive home that kept me in cabinet in a trailer with no light. I was then given to the man`s daughter who... (read more)
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Bebe (amazon - Available)
 | Bebe here. I`m a sweet older bird who`s just getting settled into my foster home. I like to eat apples out of my foster dad`s hand and to play hide and seek with him. Every time he comes to look in on me I make sure to wolf-whistle as he wa... (read more)
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Bentley (amazon - Available)
 | Hello! My name is Bentley and just like the elegant car by the same name I am beautiful and classic. I am an older model Bentley (with blue, yellow and green called a Blue Front in the trade), not yet restored, showing a bit of wear and t... (read more)
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Billie Jean (parakeet - Available)
 | Hello out there. I am, as you can see, a very special budgie. I was born with deformed hips that prevent me from walking or perching like most birds. I`m still very young and, with my brother Bobby Joe, I like to play and fly around like... (read more)
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Bob (cockatiel - Available)
 | My name is Bob, which is a human word that means lonely cockatiel. At least, that`s my theory. I was rescued from a strange place with terrible noises going on all the time. The lady who rescued me is very kind, she feeds me and talks t... (read more)
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Boko (ringneck - Available)
 | Hi, I`m Bokonon but you can call me Boko for short. I`m a Rose-ringed parakeet, which is a species of the Psittacula genus of Afro-Asian parakeets. In simpler terms I`m a sharp-looking green bird with a long bluish tail and a distinctive pi... (read more)
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Boris and Blanca (parakeet - Available)
 | Excuse us, but it`s dinner time. We`re Boris and Blanca, two nice little budgies. Well, we`re think we`re pretty nice -- but budgies aren`t very modest, y`know! We were taken by our people, with the rest of our flock, to an animal shelt... (read more)
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Brenda (parakeet - Available)
 | We`re Brenda and Bluebell, two young budgies, maybe sisters (it`s not something we talk about). We don`t know why people bring healthy, beautiful birds to the animal shelter. But someone left us at a shelter. Most shelters don`t really h... (read more)
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Bridget (cockatoo - Available)
 | I`m a four year old kid name Bridget, formerly Widget - and Midget
before that! My vet thinks I might be a boy so maybe another new name is order again!
Seriously though, I am a cute little goffins that needs a new home. My Mama can... (read more)
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Bruno and Caesar (conure - Available)
 | Hi we`re Bruno and Caesar!
I`m Caesar the Mitred conure who was living on my own when Bruno was adopted from Mickaboo to be my friend. We`re best buddies now!
Hi I`m Bruno the Nanday Conure and sadly our adoptive dad has had some he... (read more)
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Bubbles (nonparrot - Available)
 | Hello! My name is Bubbles and I`m looking for a nice, forever home. I`m a king pigeon that got dumped in the streets of San Francisco. Luckily I was saved by SF ACC Animal Control Officers and brought us to the SF ACC shelter but it`s be... (read more)
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Bud (amazon - Available)
 | Hi, my name is Bud but my foster mom calls me Buddy. I came to Mickaboo after spending the last 20 years with a family that got me from a shelter. When I came to Mickaboo I wasn`t feeling well so my new mom took me to an avian vet. The vet ... (read more)
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Buddy (conure - Available)
 | Updated April, 2009: Sadly my recent adoption didn`t work out and I`m back in a Mickaboo foster home.
Hi there! My name is Buddy and I`m a wild-caught Mitred conure from Argentina. I`m blind in my left eye (the vets think it happened w... (read more)
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Buddy (cockatiel - Available)
 | I`m Buddy, a grey cockatiel. Though I`m only 5, I looked older when my owner`s illness first brought me to Mickaboo. Maybe it was my partial baldness (caused by a plucking companion), or my overgrown beak and nails. Perhaps my poor seed ... (read more)
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Budgie babies (parakeet - Available)
 | Here`s the latest on the baby budgie bunch: Our budgie bunch has been renamed to Eenie, Meenie, Miny, Moe and Curly. Moe & Curly are the boys, and Eenie, Meenie and Miny are the girls. They have grown up as a flock-- which is to say the... (read more)
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Cabernet (rosella - Available)
 | Hey, Cabernet is the new red! I`m a crimson rosella who was found as a starving stray. Thanks to Mickaboo, I now fill up on pellets and fresh fruits and veggies. I love raisins and, if you are gentle, I will take them from your hand. Someti... (read more)
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Callahan (cockatiel - Available)
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Carey (cockatiel - Available)
 | UPDATE 3/28/08: Carey went in for a re-check and his heart sounds great! He has lost some weight and checked out well overall. Carey is ready for adoption! Can you give this little boy a loving home to call his own? Oh, one more thing! ... (read more)
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Charlie (macaw - Available)
 | Hi! My name is Charlie and I am a 10 yr old Blue & Gold Macaw. My owner recently passed away and I am now in need of a permanent home. I am a good boy who loves to play and receive attention. I know how to talk and can say words like Hi, He... (read more)
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Chi Chi (cockatoo - Available)
 | Update 06/18/2009
I am at a very special foster home with some other cockatoo friends.
I am undergoing some rehabilitation to
help me deal with some issues that
might prevent me from being
successful in an adoptive home right now. Plea... (read more)
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Chip (parakeet - Available)
 | My name is Chip. I was surrendered to Mickaboo by an animal shelter. The shelter had me because I was part of a group of animals who were not taken care of by elderly owners. My friend Lex and I both had nasty infestations of scaly mites... (read more)
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Chiquita (macaw - Available)
 | Hi! My name is Chiquita, a DNA sexed
female Hahns macaw (one of the little macaws). How about a little bilingual green feathered sweetheart? I speak English and Spanish. I am stubborn and affectionate. I can give big loud kisses. I have ... (read more)
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Chiquita (macaw - Pending Adoption)
 | Hi! I`m Chiquita, a
lovely young South American macaw with flashing eyes and beautiful plummage.
I recently joined Mickaboo along with a couple of my flock mates due to illness in
our home. We are all
hanging out in a Mickaboo foster hom... (read more)
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Clipper and Pixley (conure - Available)
 | Update: 5-27-09:
Pixley (formerly Jefferson, but was DNA-tested and is a girl) has really improved and is healed from her unjury. She has become quite active, loves all good foods, is learning to like toys, and is still best buddies wi... (read more)
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Coco (macaw - Available)
 | Hi! I`m the new bird on the block! I crash landed in my last home by accident and sheer luck. I was a stray, somehow lost my beautiful tail feathers and was grounded near a freeway. Along came some nice people who said "Wow, what is a B... (read more)
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Coco (nonparrot - Available)
 | Hello! My name is Coco and I`m an Oops Baby! My mom & dad were supposed to be sitting on fake eggs but they faked our foster mom out and were sitting on REAL eggs and then me and my sister Ginger hatched- oops! Well, we`re here and we`r... (read more)
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Cookie, Mickey and Snowy (parakeet - Available)
 | We are three very, very special little budgies. You may wonder what it is that makes us so special. Well, I?ll tell you? our Mom loved us very much and believed that we were special. Not long ago she wrote an email to the Mickaboo folks ... (read more)
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Cooper (macaw - Available)
 | Hi! My name is Cooper, a 20 something Blue & Gold female macaw. I just joined Mickaboo after living a sparse existence with little interaction or exercise for the last 10 years. I lived outside in a chicken coop. Tonight, however, I am i... (read more)
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Cosmo (macaw - Available)
 | Hello from my new Mickaboo foster home! My name is Cosmo and I am not a vodka cocktail, a Mazda GT or a fashion magazine - just a teenage lady macaw, who flaunts some bare skin on her
chest! I am already on a good pelleted diet and love ... (read more)
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Cozmo (cockatoo - Available)
 | Update from Cozmo`s foster mom 6/9/09:
Cozmo is doing really well. She`s grown all her chest feathers back and no longer needs to wear a collar. She`s
almost stopped plucking (rarely, she lightly chews on her feather). Whoever adopts her ... (read more)
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Cressey (parakeet - Available)
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Crush (amazon - Available)
 | Update, 11 Jan 2009: After just over a month in foster care I am eating well, playing with all of my toys, climbing around my cage like a gymnast and enjoying the companionship of my foster family. And, day by day, all of my gorgeous, color... (read more)
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Dante (cockatoo - Available)
 | My name is Dante. I was named after the famous poet and my foster home says
it fits because I have the soul of a poet. I`m a soft and lovable 5 year old
(probably male) umbrella cockatoo who likes all humans but I really get soft
hearted fo... (read more)
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DeeBee (amazon - Available)
 | Update 07/08/08: Thank goodness (and thanks to Mickaboo!), I came out of all those health problems pretty darn well, all things considered. I am a sweet little girl Amazon named DeeBee, but my foster Mom calls me Dibs, or Little Dibs. And ... (read more)
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Delta Dawn (parakeet - Available)
 | My foster mom says I`m the same color as the sky in the very early hours of morning, so she named me for a silly song. I don`t really care much for people, but I sure would like to make friends with the other budgies around here! ... (read more)
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Dovee (nonparrot - Available)
 | Hello, my name is Dovee. I`m an EXTREMELY lucky king pigeon that was rescued by a really nice lady. She`s taking care of me while MickaCoo helps to find me a forever home.
Here`s what she says about me: Dovee is a healthly White Rock D... (read more)
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Ducky (conure - Available)
 | Quack! I`m not a duck, but I can quack like one - sooo hello my name is Ducky!
My family was unable to keep me because of issues with their landlord (he changed his mind about them having pets) they were sad to let me go but they sur... (read more)
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Ed (macaw - Available)
 | My name is Ed and I am not the talking horse. I am a big big male Greenwing macaw about 14 years old. Like my buddy Tom, the
Blue & Gold macaw, I have had more
than my share of sunflower seeds with no exercise and have the body
to prove... (read more)
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Eight Budgies (parakeet - Available)
| This was a Group of Ten Budgies and before that it was a Group of 13, but Kit, Cosmo and Pip were adopted, and poor Tina died. Now we are a group of 8.
We were living with a lady who really liked budgies, but she became ill and co... (read more)
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Ernie (cockatoo - Available)
 | Hi! I`m Ernie, a male Bare-Eyed Cockatoo. I spent the last 15 years
of my life with a very nice family who rescued me from being isolated
in a garage. I`ve been living in an apartment and recently some new people
moved in and complained... (read more)
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Fletcher (conure - Pending Adoption)
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Flit (parakeet - Available)
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Fred (conure - Available)
 | Well hello there. My name is Fred and I`m a mitred conure. I was surrendered by my former owner to a shelter. From there I went into a wonderful Mickaboo foster home. My prior owner told the shelter that I am 25-years old, but the Mickab... (read more)
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Freeway (cockatiel - Available)
 | Update 5/12/09: Freeway here...I`m back folks! Due to circumstances beyond my control I found myself back here with the Mickaboo family again. They sure were quick to take me back under their caring wings. For those who never knew me ba... (read more)
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Frieda (macaw - Available)
 | Hello! If you have read about Ed, the Greenwing macaw, you know my story. I`m Ed`s sister, Frieda. For years we thought we were brothers - Ed and Fred, but then one day I
laid some eggs. The next thing I
know I have a new name. I a... (read more)
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Frosty and Holly (lovebird - Available)
 | We`re Frosty and Holly, half of a mixed flock of Masked Lovebirds who flew in from lands unknown along with our compatriots, Tinker Bell and Peter Pan. Somehow we all wound up at an animal control facility. A man who worked there took pity ... (read more)
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Gaia (parakeet - Available)
 | need picture
need stories... (read more)
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Garbo (cockatiel - Available)
 | Hello daahling, I am Garbo the cockatiel. I`m a sweet quiet, contemplative bird and, like my movie star namesake, I have an aura of glamour and secrecy about me. I also have a bit of danger in my past but those days are behind me. I was res... (read more)
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Gem (parakeet - Available)
 | [NOTE: Gem is currently living at Andy`s Pet Shop in San Jose, where you can meet him whenever the store is open.
Hi! I`m Gem -- that`s me in the picture with my eyes closed. I`m not used to flashing lights. My buddy, Pilot, is... (read more)
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Ginger (nonparrot - Available)
 | Hi, my name is Ginger and I`m an Oops Baby! That means that my foster mom THOUGHT my parents were sitting on fake eggs when they were really sitting on real eggs and me and my brother Coco HATCHED! Oops! Well, now we`re here and of course ... (read more)
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Giorgio (cockatoo - Available)
 | Update 06/18/2009
I am at a very special foster home with some other cockatoo friends.
I am undergoing some rehabilitation to
help me deal with some issues that
might prevent me from being
successful in an adoptive home right now. Plea... (read more)
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Glinda (parakeet - Available)
 | need picture
need stories... (read more)
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Gypsy (macaw - Available)
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Hamton (parakeet - Pending Adoption)
 | Hi, everyone. I was named Hamton for a cartoon mouse (what`s a cartoon?). I wasn`t in any kind of shape to tell anybody my real name. I was brought in to an animal shelter with a broken wing. The shelter called Mickaboo right away - tha... (read more)
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Hannah (macaw - Pending Adoption)
 | Hi my name is Hannah and I am just as precious as I look. My owners had to surrender me because they said I chattered too much. I am in a new home with big birds that keep me company. I think a bird friend is what I needed in my life. I do ... (read more)
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Harley & Davidson (cockatiel - Available)
 | Update 2/17/07: After a few months in foster care, I`ve become fast friends with Davidson. Since Davidson can`t bear to be apart from me, I`m hoping that we can find a home that will welcome a couple of cute boys. I`m more people-friendl... (read more)
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Hundred Acre Wood Gang (nonparrot - Available)
 | Hi there! We`re the Hundred Acre Wood Gang - a flock of finches brought together by Mickaboo. We came to Mickaboo in ones and twos, but finches belong in a flock, so now we`re all together and boy does that make us happy! Right now there ar... (read more)
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Ichabod (amazon - Available)
| Ichabod came to Mickaboo with his pal Trixie. They lived togther in a tiny cage and were fed things like seeds, chicken and pork bones with meat on them.
His previous owner had him for over 20 years, but is not sure of his age.... (read more)
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Ivan (cockatiel - Available)
 | Well don`t you think I am just a handsome normal grey cockatiel? My foster mom seems to think so! Well at least now she does. I was rescued from a shelter and was downright filthy. My foster mom immediately gave me a bath and I am good ... (read more)
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Jack (parakeet - Available)
 | Hi! I`m Jack-the-Budgie! A handsome fellow who`s had an adventurous life. I won`t bore you with the details of my adventures (although you probably wouldn`t call them really boring), but let me tell you, it`s made me an exciting little b... (read more)
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Jaice (parakeet - Available)
 | Oh, hi there! I was just checking out what`s happening outside the cage when someone snapped my picture. I think they caught my good side -- what do you think? I`m a fairly young girl budgie who, through no fault of my own, needs a new h... (read more)
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Jamie (parakeet - Available)
 | Hello, there. I`m sitting here looking out at the sunshine and getting to know my foster mom. She`s very nice, and likes to talk to me and give me kisses. I had a nasty little trip to the vet last week -- the vet wasn`t nasty, but I wasn... (read more)
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Jazzy & Tum Tum (nonparrot - Available)
 | Hello- I`m Jazzy, a big male king pigeon and this is my girlfriend, Tum Tum. She`s a teeny little white pigeon, way too small to be a king (but still royalty to me). We both wound up in shelters, me at SF Animal Care & Control and Tum Tum... (read more)
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Jesse and Skipper (amazon - Available)
 | Hi! We`re Jesse and Skipper, a bonded pair of Yellow-Naped Amazons. Jessie is 25 years old and Skipper is 20. We had several clutches of babies in our previous home but we are ready to leave the family days behind us and go back to being ju... (read more)
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Joey (amazon - Available)
 | Hi, I am Joey. I am a 29 year old yellow nape, possibly part mealy, Amazon. I am a very large bird. My foster mom says that I am the largest amazon she has ever seen, by far. I am a nice bird, but don?t be fooled, I have a BIG personality t... (read more)
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Johnny Pijj (nonparrot - Available)
 | Hi, my name is Johnny Pijj and I`m a one-legged homing pigeon. I ended up at the San Jose Animal Shelter in a bad way... my good leg was a little wonky and my bad leg was all black and dead! Thank goodness MickaCoo was able to rescue me an... (read more)
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Jonquil, Parker and Hawthorne (parakeet - Available)
 | We`re not sure exactly what to think about our world these days. It`s certainly been a whirlwind few weeks. We were part of a small community of budgies in a mixed-bird aviary. There were just four of us budgies, two couples. Then someo... (read more)
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June Bug (nonparrot - Available)
 | Hello, my name is June Bug. I was rescued by a nice young man who saw me wandering around lost and confused in the street (that`s what we king pigeons do "out in the wild"). He and his mom researched and found MickaCoo and I was taken in ... (read more)
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King (macaw - Available)
 | Hello! My name is King
but you may call me
"Your Majesty". I am
a noble Scarlet macaw
who has seen some tough
times. My cockatoo buddy and I were confiscated by a humane
society due to neglectful conditions in our former home. Now
thanks... (read more)
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Kiwi (conure - Available)
 | Hi hi hi! I`m Kiwi, a very friendly Sun Conure who loves to talk, and hang out with people, and swing on my swing.
I was surrendered to Mickaboo because I totally LOVED my human Dad but didn`t like his wife - and she was the one who had... (read more)
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Kizzie (nonparrot - Available)
 | Hello- My name is Kizzie and I`m a big, strong, healthy, charismatic young king pigeon! I was found as a sick stray on 2/27 at the corner of 19th & Dolores with my sister Izzy and rescued by SFACC. When MickaCoo visited the shelter the ne... (read more)
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Kobe (macaw - Available)
 | Hi! My name is Kobe, and I`m a sweet, intelligent Blue & Gold macaw hatched November 2000 - which means I`m very young and impressionable and have many years ahead of me to love and learn new tricks. I`ve been well loved, but my former... (read more)
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Lacey (parakeet - Available)
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Laddie (macaw - Available)
 | Hello! Thank you for letting me come in out of the cold. My history is not
known but I have been a stray living
alone outside for several months. I
was able to find fruit and nut trees to survive and then a kind woman saw me and start... (read more)
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Lancelot & Guinevere (cockatiel - Available)
 | Lancelot and Guinivere here. Lance is a pied white-faced cockatiel and Guine is a normal white-faced cockatiel with grey cheeks. In simpler terms, we`re a couple of very attractive grey and white `tiels who are looking for a home. Mickaboo... (read more)
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Lars (parakeet - Pending Adoption)
 | Hi, I`m Lars. My foster mom thinks I look Nordic. I`ve certainly had an adventurous life so far. I`m to modest to talk about my early adventures in my youth, but one day in my travels, I came across a nice-looking older gentlemen enjoyin... (read more)
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Leena (Lovebird - Available)
 | Hey there! I`m Leena the lovable "Lovie"-that`s a nick name for lovebirds you know! I`m a pretty little peach face that was surrendered to an animal shelter. I was one sick birdie for the first month I was Mickaboo- but I am doing much b... (read more)
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Leon (cockatiel - Available)
 | Updated June 9, 2006:
After some time in his foster home, his foster mom thinks that Leon probably needs to be in an only-bird home. When he is with other birds, he can be aggressive with them and with his humans. So for now he`s back... (read more)
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Linus (conure - Available)
 | When I came to Mickaboo, I used to scream, fly and attack people and was scared all the time. I would also chew on my feet when I was stressed. My foster parents have been working with me, teaching me through clicker-training to be more t... (read more)
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Lola (Lovebird - Available)
 | I am a peach-faced lovebird. I`m an active and happy little bird! I also have a lot of personality packed into a small body, so be prepared for some shrill chirps, a few nips on the finger and a very inquisitive shadow if you adopt me. I ha... (read more)
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Louie (conure - Available)
 | Update 11-11-08: Louie`s foster dad writes "Louie is doing pretty well. He`s calmed down quite a lot, and I haven`t been bitten so far this year. Still, I`d hesitate to recommend him to some one who is not already comfortable with parro... (read more)
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Lulu (nonparrot - Available)
 | My name is Lulu and I`ve been having a bit of a rough time. Somebody dumped me at the corner of 32nd Avenue and Santos. Lucky for me, the SFACC Animal Control Officers picked me up before the dogs and hawks and cats got me! I arrived at ... (read more)
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Lulu & Tetsu (cockatiel - )
 | Story Coming Soon!... (read more)
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Mambo (Lovebird - Available)
 | Hello, I`m Mambo, or Mambo Jambo, if you want to be silly. Silly actually sounds pretty good for a change. Most of my life has been pretty lonely and stressful. I`m a 5-year-old Peach Faced Lovebird (although one veterinarian says I`m actua... (read more)
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Manu (caique - Available)
 | HI! My name is Manu (Hawaiian for bird) and I am a cute as can be white bellied Caique. My owner had to give me up because of a move and it`s a good thing I got right into Mickaboo. It turns out I have a Sinus infection that was pretty bad ... (read more)
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Mariposa (conure - Available)
| Hi, I am one of the SF flock of wild parrots. I was recently found injured and taken in by Mickaboo I will have more to my story soon.... (read more)
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Marty (amazon - Available)
 | update 6/5/2007:Hi! I moved from some temporary lodging to an active foster family home, have finished quarantine and joined the other family birds. I seem to be really happy with all the other birds. I`m still wary of touching, unless you... (read more)
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Mary (parakeet - Available)
 | Hello, I`m Mary. Once I had a friend named Martha, but she died a while ago. Then I was an only budgie, except for my toy friend here. So it was just me, and my person, and her little dog. Then my person had to move far away to a new hom... (read more)
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Matcha (conure - Available)
 | Hey there! My name is Matcha, like the powdered green tea. I`m a nanday conure who came into a shelter this June, so my history is a mystery. Mickaboo got me out and now I`m relaxing in my new foster home. My foster mom says that I`m a tota... (read more)
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Maynard (macaw - Available)
 | Hello! I`m Maynard
and I just joined Mickaboo. I`m a male
about 27 years old who
lived with several generations of the same
family. Unfortunately
they were all afraid of
me so I didn`t have much "hands on" interaction. I showed
the Mic... (read more)
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Merlin (cockatiel - Pending Adoption)
 | From Merlin`s Foster Mom 12/4/08: "Well, it`s official, and what I thought all along, Marigold is a boy. After weeks here he finally realized he can`t get rid of me by hissing all the time, so he decided to show his true colors and is now ... (read more)
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Mighty Bird (parakeet - Available)
 | Look! What can that be? It`s a bird! No, it`s a plane! No....er, it`s a bird. It`s Mighty Bird! Thank goodness my foster mom changed my name. Imagine! they were calling me "Mr. All Mighty!" It had something to do with attitude, th... (read more)
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Millie Vanillie (nonparrot - Available)
 | Hello. My name is Millie Vanillie and I`m a lovely, almost-all-white-with-just-a-few-black-tail-feathers king pigeon hen. I was found roaming around (hungry and helpless) as a stray at the corner of Revere and Rankin in SF on 5/21 and got ... (read more)
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Misty and Dali (Lovebird - Available)
 | Dali`s life is the story of why Mickaboo exists. The little peach-faced lovebird was bought as a pet for some grandchildren who didn`t really care about him - a sad but familiar tale. The truth is, even when they are loved at first, birds g... (read more)
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Monty (cockatiel - Available)
 | Monty here. I`m an older grey cockatiel with a pretty whistle and a sad story. Like so many of Mickaboo`s birds, my last human companions just didn`t want me anymore. I am doing well in foster care although I am a little shy of humans. I pr... (read more)
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Nemo (macaw - Available)
 | Hello! I`m Nemo and you won`t have to look very hard to find me. Want to be my new best friend? I`m a mini macaw, with all
the feistiness and entertainment
of a big guy but I`m all in one little
compact body. I do everything
right -... (read more)
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Newton & Sweetie (cockatiel - Available)
 | Well, we have settled in nicely into our foster home. We love our pellets ... really, we love any food, but since both of us are a tad overweight, our foster mom has been making us forage for the grubs all over the apartment. It`s hard work... (read more)
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Norman (cockatiel - Available)
 | Sometimes a bird`s gotta be what a bird`s gotta be. I`m Norman, a pied cockatiel. My brightest future may be with some other cockatiel buddies in a large indoor aviary. Right now, I`m high-strung, not tame, and frankly terrified of people. ... (read more)
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Norway (parakeet - Available)
 | My name is Norway, but you can call me Norby, or you can call me Norman, just don`t call me late for dinner! I`m a chatty little boy who needs to get in everyone`s business, and I`m always the first to the food dish. Yum! I love those se... (read more)
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Ohana & Lelani (cockatiel - Available)
 | Well hello there! We are Ohana & Lelani, a very beautiful female cockatiel pair. I am Ohana, a normal pied female who is the more outgoing of the two of us so I will be the one doing most of the talking. Lelani is a cinnamon pearl female... (read more)
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Omar (amazon - Available)
 | Update:
My foster mommy and daddy say that I am a much more handsome bird that when I came to them a few months ago. I never knew there were so many yummy fruits out there, and I`ve been loving my new pellets and learning to like a few veg... (read more)
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Paco (amazon - Pending Adoption)
 | Hola! Paco here. I came to Mickaboo because my previous human companion had a medical problem that prevented her from being able to take care of me. We Orange-Winged Amazons have a reputation for being quite vocal and in my case I have take... (read more)
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Paco (conure - Available)
 | Hi there! I`m Paco, a cherryhead conure. I`m about 16 years old and am an independent sort of fellow. I like to play on my own, but I`m also happy to sit on a shoulder and hang out - just don`t ask me to step up onto your hands to get me... (read more)
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Pancho (macaw - Available)
 | Hi my name is Pancho. I am a Harlequin Macaw. I am one of the unique macaws that Mickaboo has. My mom was Blue and Gold Macaw and my dad was a Green-Winged Macaw. My owner recently surrendered me to Mickaboo with my cockatoo buddy named Pal... (read more)
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Pancho (cockatiel - Available)
 | Hola! My name is Pancho. I was surrendered by my owners as they could not take me on their move to a new state. I am a normal gray cockatiel, very sweet and tame, I like to sing and I will step up but am ambivalent about stepping up at... (read more)
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Pancho, Lucy, Nick (parakeet - Available)
 | Hello, Everyone! We`re Pancho, Lucy, Nick, and a mystery budgie. Pancho is blue, Lucy is yellow, and Nick is green. There`s a lot of green budgies in our flock and while we don`t have any trouble remembering who is who, sometimes our fos... (read more)
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Parry (macaw - Available)
 | Hi! My name is Parry, a 27+ year old Blue & Gold female macaw. My former caretaker had me for 27 years and I was an adult when he obtained me. It is believed that I am a wild caught bird from Boliva. My owner and I
had a great relation... (read more)
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Patsy & Thumper (cockatiel - Available)
 | We`d like to introduce ourselves - we are Patsy and Thumper, both nine years old, and we`re a bonded male/female pair. This may confuse you somewhat but Thumper, that`s me, is a female and Patsy is a male. Now, of course our owners didn`t k... (read more)
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Pele (parakeet - Available)
 | Behold, I am Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire! I came to Mickaboo on the flames of the Santa Cruz mountains, and I kinda like it here. On second thought, maybe I`m the Brazilian soccer legend. Either way, I move like...wildfire! Call ... (read more)
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Petey (amazon - Available)
 | Petey here. I`m a blue- fronted Amazon, probably about 5 years old. My foster mom thinks that I`m a male. I`ve only been in foster care for about two and a half weeks after coming from a shelter in San Francisco.
So far I am doing v... (read more)
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Picabo (cockatiel - Available)
 | Greetings! My name is Picabo and I`m a male lutino cockatiel, about 8 years old. My name is pronounced "Peek-a-boo", like the children`s game, and it means "shining waters" in the language of the Native American Sho Ban tribe.
I hav... (read more)
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Pilot (parakeet - Available)
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Piqi (cockatoo - Available)
 | My name is Piqi or Piquoy. I was brought from the Philippines in 1980.
Hello - my life has been turned upside down recently! My one owner (of more that 30 years) is in the hospital in a coma. I was suddenly dropped off at someone`s ... (read more)
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Pogo (parakeet - Available)
 | Hi, I was told to mind my manners, so I`m just sitting here being good. Most of the time I like to zip around at top speed, playing with toys and enjoying myself. I had a dreadful sickness that caused me to get very mad at my toes, so I ... (read more)
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Porsche (amazon - Available)
 | I am looking for a forever home again. My adoption had to be cancelled due to economic circumstances in my family. They can`t give me the time and attention I need with all the change. I don`t understand what is causing everyone to be so un... (read more)
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Prince (amazon - Available)
 | I`m a very quiet amazon who isn`t used to people but I`m learning. Have you ever met those birds that don`t like hands? That`s me. I like to be carried around on your arm.
When I came into Mickaboo, I had an infected toe that was going to... (read more)
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Radar (macaw - Available)
 | "Hullo,Hi,Howudoin" Those are just some of the words I say. I am
a middle aged Blue & Gold macaw
about 35 years old. I lived in my last
home for 21 years and used to love to dance and sing with my human "dad". He wants only the
bes... (read more)
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Reggie (conure - Available)
 | Hello I am Reggie the sun conure, I just came to Mickaboo and am so happy to be here. I love my new home and they love to have a bright new sound in the house. Very soon I will tell you some more so keep looking back for my full story!!... (read more)
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Ricky Ricardo (nonparrot - Available)
 | Hello. My name is Ricky Ricardo and I had a rough start. Somebody dumped me at Dolores Park on 5/23 when I was only just a couple weeks old. Not that it would have mattered much if I was grown up because I`m a domestic king pigeon and we... (read more)
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Rico Suavé (conure - Available)
 | My name is Rico, but my foster mom calls me Rico Suavé because I`m such a charmer! I was surrendered to the a shelter, I`m not sure why, and very little is known about me except that I am at least 20 years old. I am missing parts of two ... (read more)
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Rinky Dink (parakeet - Available)
 | Hi! Pleased to meetcha! Rinky Dink here! I know sometimes that name means cheap or tiny, but this time it means very cute! I am a bright sunny yellow boy budgie, cute as a button, and as much fun to watch as a carousel pony. Budgies ar... (read more)
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Rojo (conure - Available)
 | Updated: 2/2007
Rojo is a cranky old guy. Low key personality. He likes his Roudybush, toast (Alvarado Street breads esp.), Fuji apples and of course the occasional walnut, almond, seed treats. He isn`t too tolerant of the other birds... (read more)
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Rory & Niall (cockatiel - Available)
 | UPDATE FROM RORY & NIALL`S FOSTER MOM 3/30/2008: Well Finn has moved out (and in with Bluebelle!). Rory and Niall are our cranky couple. Niall grooms Rory, but Rory hasn`t figured out that he is supposed to reciprocate. They can remain ... (read more)
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Rosie (cockatoo - Available)
 | Update 06/18/2009
I am at a very special foster home with some other cockatoo friends.
I am undergoing some rehabilitation to
help me deal with some issues that
might prevent me from being
successful in an adoptive home right now. Plea... (read more)
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Rowan (cockatiel - Available)
 | Story Coming Soon!... (read more)
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Ruby (eclectus - Pending Adoption)
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Ryan (cockatiel - Available)
 | Story Coming Soon!... (read more)
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Saffron (lovebird - Available)
 | "Saffron"- Don`t you just love that name? I do. Saffron comes from a flower and I`m as pretty as one-if I do say so myself! Not a lot is known about my history, and since I don`t talk human, I can`t share too much either. I seem to show... (read more)
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Santiago (amazon - Pending Adoption)
 | Hello there! I`m Santiago, a very handsome Blue-Fronted Amazon. (Aren`t I?) Ripe ol` 19 1/2 years old. I came to Mickaboo on Christmas Eve. 2007, a very sad boy since my owner had passed away 3 years before, and her husband didn`t inte... (read more)
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Sarah (nonparrot - Available)
 | Hi, I`m Sarah, a pretty yellow canary who came to Mickaboo a bit the worse for wear. I was living at a pet store where I was seduced and abandoned. No, ... that`s not fair. It wasn`t his fault. It was spring, and he was just being a health... (read more)
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Schrödinger (parakeet - Available)
 | Hi, I`m Schrödinger, a young male budgie. I am named after a theoretical physicist who wrote an equation about the amount of quantized energy in a wave-particle, but I don`t have any idea what that means. I am by all appearances healthy and... (read more)
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Shadow & Sunshine (cockatiel - Available)
 | Update 5/28/09: Hi, my name is Shadow, and this pretty girl is Sunshine. We are a very handsome, bonded pair. We were adopted from Mickaboo into a very nice family a couple of years ago, but due to unfortunate circumstances beyond anyone`s... (read more)
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Shazaam (parakeet - Available)
 | My name is Shazaam. I think that means "Budgie who can open cage doors" because my foster mom started calling me that about the third time she caught me flying around the upstairs. Sheesh! It was boorrrring in that cage. Now I live with... (read more)
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Sidney (ringneck - Available)
 | Update on 01/29/09: I and Asia came from the same home to Mickaboo. Guess what, my foster parent found out that we are very much bonded and it would be heart-breaking for us to get seperated.
Hi, my name is Sidney. I recently ... (read more)
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Skye (parakeet - Available)
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Snicker and Doodle (nonparrot - Available)
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Society finch family (nonparrot - Available)
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Socks (conure - Available)
 | Hi, my name is Socks and I`m a Nanday conure.
Back in early December, Mickaboo heard about an aviary in Pleasanton that was closing their doors and needed help finding homes for all of the birds. A really nice lady was in my aviary wit... (read more)
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Sonny (conure - Available)
 | I`m Sonny, a Blue Crowned Conure. My early history is lost to the winds of time, but about six years ago I went to live with a teenage girl who recently was kicked out of her house. She left me at the Native Wildlife Rescue, where a volun... (read more)
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Sparrow (parakeet - Available)
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Spencer (parakeet - Available)
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Stella (amazon - Available)
 | Update 22 Dec 2008: Stella is a gentle, well-behaved bird who likes to spend most of her day out of her cage looking out the window. She will step up for people but gets nervous when she is away from her cage for too long. Stella will not n... (read more)
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Stephen (cockatiel - Available)
 | UPDATE 6/19/09: Unfortunately we have lost Vanessa (pictured on left). She had an inoperable tumor,
starting in her oviduct, that had metastasized was
approaching her spine. She died peacefully on the operating table, under
anesthesia. Re... (read more)
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Sunny (conure - Available Soon)
 | Hi my name is Sunny, and I am of a Sunny disposition. My family had to give me up to Mickaboo because they just didn`t have time for me anymore - and they want me to go be part of a family that can really give me the time and attention I n... (read more)
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Sydney (cockatiel - Available)
 | Story Coming Soon!... (read more)
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Sydney & Radar (cockatiel - Available)
 | Hi! We are Sydney & Radar. Here is what our foster family have to say about us:
Sydney is a sweet, gentle girl who will
step-up and spend time with you. She is 18 years old. Radar, seven years old, is a spirited fellow who is ni... (read more)
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Sylvester and Tweety Bird (parakeet - Available)
 | Hello! My name is Sylvester the budgie! I am a very cute green and yellow budgie and I have another lil` budgie friend "Tweety Bird" with me as well. We are so excited because a wonderful Mickaboo volunteer picked us up from a shelter! We`d... (read more)
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Tess (cockatiel - Available)
 | My name is Tess and I am a very lucky little lady. Not only am I in a great Mickaboo foster home, but I even have my very own PeeWee Herman bicycle here!
My own big adventure started when I was found outdoors in San Mateo County by ... (read more)
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Tookie (macaw - Available)
 | Hello New Friends! I`m Tookie, a Blue & Gold macaw and I`m about 11 years old- still just a kid when you think I can live 80 years. I have to put it out there right now - I am a major junk food junkie. My regular diet has consisted of a s... (read more)
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Trixie (amazon - Pending Adoption)
| Trixie came to Mickaboo with her cagemate, Ichabod. They were in a very neglectful home, not receiving a proper diet or appropriate cage size. Trixie has only been with Mickaboo for a short time.... (read more)
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Tweety & Sweety (cockatiel - Available)
 | Our picture shows that we are two handsome male cockatiels, and we are tightly bonded. We can be handled but prefer to be left alone to enjoy each other`s company. If you disturb us, we will hiss and threaten but we are all bluff. We have a... (read more)
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Tweety Bird (parakeet - Available)
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Twilight, Tarquin, Twinkle, and Tamblyn (parakeet - Available)
 | These four pretty little budgies are Tarquin and Tamblyn (the green boy budgies), Twilight (the multicolored lady bird between the two boys), and Twinkle (the little turquoise girl up at the top). They`re so bright and healthy looking, her... (read more)
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Wendy (formerly Wendell) (nonparrot - Available)
 | UPDATE: Turns out Wendell is a Wendy and she is available with her mate, Johnny Pijj, at Andy`s Pet Shop.
Hello there. I`m Wendell and they tell me I`m quite a clever pigeon. You see, I was kept standing on a wire-bottom cage for so lon... (read more)
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Willie (cockatoo - Available)
 | Update 06/18/2009
I am at a very special foster home with some other cockatoo friends.
I am undergoing some rehabilitation to
help me deal with some issues that
might prevent me from being
successful in an adoptive home right now. Plea... (read more)
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Willie (ringneck - Available)
 | Hello there! Willie here. Am I a cutie or what?! Oh, in case if you dont know, I am a male ringneck. Look at that lovely, blackish ring around my neck. I like Nutriberries and, I promise to try those pellets soon. I am still a bit shy aroun... (read more)
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Willow (parakeet - Available)
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Willy and Jacob (amazon - Available)
 | So, here I am in pet jail, and I don`t even know why. Me and my buddy Willy. All I know is that we were having a good time when our owner took a little trip. We stayed with some sitter person for about a year when our owner called and to... (read more)
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Woodstock (parakeet - Available)
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Woody (conure - Available)
 | Woodpecker A. Conure here, but you can call me Woody for short. You may think that I look like a Peach-Fronted Conure but I`m actually a Half-Moon -- a bit smaller and the top of my beak is lighter in color. I`m a feisty little redhead with... (read more)
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Woody (cockatiel - Available)
 | Update: 02/10/08 I`m doing much better now
Hi! My name is Woody- that`s short for "Woodland"- the town where I ended up after what I initially thought was a simple flight out and about town. I was found in a field as a stray and su... (read more)
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Yeti (parakeet - Available)
 | HI! It`s been a little while since I was hanging out on this "available" page here at Mickaboo. I was adopted by a nice family, to be a companion for their little boy budgie. Well, one of the things about albino budgies is that it`s a li... (read more)
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Zebra finch family (nonparrot - Available)
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Zoe (nonparrot - Available)
 | Hello-
I`m a mysterious little pigeon found as a stray in SF and taken to the shelter. I`m very, very small and they tell me I look like a racing pij but I don`t feel all that athletic right now. Somebody crushed my foot and, even though ... (read more)
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