January 2011 - Mickacoo

Fwd: [Mickaboo Admins] Please support a local avian nonprofit (it's simple to do)
by Elizabeth Young 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

8 ] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michelle Yesney <msyesney(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:54 AM Subject: [Mickaboo Admins] Please support a local avian nonprofit (it's simple to do) To: Mickaboo administrative staff <admins(a)mickaboo.org> Elizabeth asked that we share this with both lists since we all need a little morale boost.. Some of you know Evet, who retired and recently moved from San Jose to South Carolina. We thought you would all enjoy reading such a lovely and positive letter of support. Michelle **** ------------------------------ *From:* Evet [mailto:Evet_Loewen@att.net] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 26, 2011 3:19 PM *To:* SFBayRaptors(a)yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Please support a local avian nonprofit (it's simple to do) Hi everyone: For those in the Bay Area, there is a local nonprofit, Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue, that really needs some financial assistance. In case you are not familiar with them, this organization is all volunteer and is practically the only organization that does what it does in the Bay Area. It takes parrots and other birds that for one reason or another have been given up by their owners, places them in foster homes, provides good veterinary care for any that need it, and then seeks good homes AFTER the new prospective owners have been fully trained with regard to avian care. You can visit their website at *www.mickaboo.org* <http://www.mickaboo.org/>. They are the rehabbers of choice for the wild cherry-headed conures of San Francisco, made famous by Mark Bittner in the film “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill”. Many species of birds are very difficult to keep, and sometimes their keepers run into bad situations (like foreclosures) where they simply cannot keep their companion birds any more. As you can imagine, this is a very difficult time to handle the demand and it is overwhelming this nonprofit. Mickaboo desperately needs funding to pay for increasing veterinary bills - vet care needed to treat ill, injured and sometimes sadly abused parrots and other companion birds that have come into their care. You should know that one of the avian veterinarians that treats Mickaboo rescues is also the official veterinarian for the San Jose Peregrine falcons. We only want the very best. Mickaboo has an opportunity to receive a Pepsi Refresh grant of $50,000 if they can land among the top 10 organizations ranked by number of votes received in a "contest" sponsored by Pepsi. The contest ends Monday Jan. 31. It is easy to register with the grant program, and once registered, you can vote everyday. Mickaboo currently ranks in 60th place. They need a LOT of votes by next Monday! Please visit Mickaboo's website and use their link to get to the Pepsi Refresh grant program, please use this URL: *www.mickaboo.org*<http://www.mickaboo.org/>.If you'd like to go straight to the Pepsi Refresh contest, to the web page describing Mickaboo's proposal, please use this URL: * http://www.refresheverything.com/mickaboobirdrescue*<http://www.refresheverything.com/mickaboobirdrescue>. This is a simple but highly effective way of helping a Bay Areaall-volunteernon-profit with an outstanding record to continue making a difference, and it doesn't cost us a penny other than the minute or so it takes to log into the Pepsi Refresh grant program and vote. I have had extensive contact over the years with Mickaboo volunteers, and have professional colleagues that have worked with them as well. They are a first-rate group. I’ve also adopted my last bird from them, a gorgeous Eclectus named “Ruby”. So I believe in them. Please help them any way you can, by voting, or by sending in a donation in any amount. I realize this is not exactly in the center of the topics for this Forum, and would not otherwise trouble the List if it were not for my intimate knowledge of what Mickaboo has done, and that it is essential to the well-being of many kinds of birds that they have the funds to continue what they are doing. Please consider this as the List-owner’s privilege. Thank you. Evet Loewen List-owner and moderator. . . ------- HOW TO -------------------- CHANGE PERSONAL SETTINGS: https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/admins/ VIEW LIST ARCHIVE: https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/admins/ HOW TO RESET YOUR LIST PASSWORD: http://confluence.mickaboo.org/x/2wFj -- Elizabeth *PLEASE vote for Mickaboo & 'Coo Bird Rescues today **& every day* *this month to help us win a MUCH needed $50K grant! * **www.refresheverything.c om/mickaboobirdrescue Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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The Rescue Report is back!
by Elizabeth Young 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

*Hello- Please visit the Rescue Report <http://www.RescueReport.org/> to meet Lucky the blind pigeon and learn about 12 kings dumped in Oakland last night. And, while I'm here in your inbox, let me remind you to please support us by voting for our much-needed Pepsi Refresh Grant. Competition is fierce and, while we're steadily climbing, we still need more support to make it to the top ten. YOU can help us to win a MUCH needed Pepsi Refresh Everything Grant by voting for us here every day this month: http://www.refresheverything.com/mickaboobirdrescue AND you can double your support by texting: 105245 to: 73774 every day as well AND you can sign up for a daily voting reminder by emailing: pepsichallenge-subscribe(a)mickaboo.org AND you can help spread the word by sharing this with your network. *Thank you very much! e -- Elizabeth *PLEASE vote for Mickaboo & 'Coo Bird Rescues today **& every day* *this month to help us win a MUCH needed $50K grant! * **www.refresheverything.c om/mickaboobirdrescue Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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Re: [MickaCoo] [Mickaboo Discuss] Fw: Please Help Please Read ASAP
by Elizabeth Young 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

* Excerpt from Lisa's email- Today I have set aside my entire day just for trying to get votes for us. If anybody has more contacts for me send them over.* OMG! Lisa, you just MADE MY DAY! Thank you!!!! 8 ] -- Elizabeth *PLEASE vote for Mickaboo & 'Coo Bird Rescues today **& every day* *this month to help us win a MUCH needed $50K grant! * **www.refresheverything.c om/mickaboobirdrescue Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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URGENT: Dumped baby king pigeon emergency: 12 still alive and in need of help
by Elizabeth Young 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

Hello- I just got word from an East Bay Park & Recs employee that a bunch of king pigeons were dumped and they have 12 that are alive and in need of foster and adoptive homes. MickaCoo can help these birds but we will need to generate adoptions as well so that the system keeps flowing and we're not once again maxed out! I've attached a MickaCoo outreach flyer- PLEASE share it throughout your networks and talk with folks you know about how easy and lovely it is to have an aviary (small or large) in your yard graced with the beauty and charm of pigeons (or doves). Also- I am THRILLED to tell you that thanks to the magic of the Mickaboo's Tech Team, we now have an ONLINE application to foster or adopt pigeons and doves. PLEASE share this link far and wide! (MickaCoo can and does place pigeons in long-distance approved homes in the Continental US.) Online MickaCoo Foster/Adoption Application: http://mickaboo.org/apply-mickacoo.html And, if you or somebody you know is willing to help foster these poor innocents, please let me know! -- Elizabeth *PLEASE vote for Mickaboo & 'Coo Bird Rescues today **& every day* *this month to help us win a MUCH needed $50K grant! * **www.refresheverything.c om/mickaboobirdrescue Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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We've Climbed Another Notch!
by Elizabeth Y 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

We're at #60! Yay for us! We're still climbing! Yay! Elizabeth Y PLEASE vote for Mickaboo & 'Coo today and every day this month to help us win a MUCH needed $50K grant! www.refresheverything.com/mickaboobirdrescue www.RescueReport.org

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Re: [MickaCoo] [Mickaboo Discuss] One More Pepsi Voting Idea
by Elizabeth Young 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

THANK YOU, LORI!!!! This is fantastic! I've sent a note to PEAC in Alaska, Oasis, Gabrielle Foundation and Foster Parrots. Here's the note below in case anybody else wants to copy/paste and send to others- Dear Bird Rescuers, You know better than most the value of what Mickaboo<http://www.Mickaboo.org>& MickaCoo <http://www.MickaCoo.org> do for homeless companion birds who are injured, sick, abandoned and in need of help in the Northern California Bay Area. Mickaboo & 'Coo together pay avian vet bills that average $20K a month, every month. Costs have increased 41% in the past year and donations have not kept pace. You're already helping birds and here is another way- please vote for our grant! We learned that there are actually THREE ways every person can legally vote for the Mickaboo/Coo Pepsi grant every day and with such a long climb ahead, we REALLY need everybody's support for the next 7 days! #1 Text message 105245 to number 73774 #2 Click www.refresheverything.c<http://www.refresheverything.com/mickaboobirdrescue> om/mickaboobirdrescue <http://www.refresheverything.com/mickaboobirdrescue> and log in via Facebook and vote #3 Click www.refresheverything.c<http://www.refresheverything.com/mickaboobirdrescue> om/mickaboobirdrescue <http://www.refresheverything.com/mickaboobirdrescue> and log in via Pepsi and vote I know this is a big pain in the butt to do all this clicking and texting but just think how many silent auctions and garage sales we need to generate $50K!!! With deep gratitude for the work you do and for your support, Elizabeth, Mickaboo & MickaCoo On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Lori Fernandez <dutra_fernandez(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > OK. One more idea then I will be quiet for the rest of the day... > (if you can't tell, I am really trying to help Mickaboo win that grant!) > > I found this: > http://www.parrothelp.org/page11/page39/page39.html > > Does someone have the time to contact some of these organizations and ask > for votes? > > Or maybe someone can organize collecting names of who could help, divide up > the list, and provide a 'form letter'. Then multiple people can share the > load? > > Unfortunately, I am not able to do that today. I have already spent about > 1 hour voting, leaving comments, etc and need to get some work done. > > As I say, just trying to help us win that 50K.... > > Lori > > > > > > ------- HOW TO -------------------- > CHANGE PERSONAL SETTINGS: > https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/discuss/ > VIEW LIST ARCHIVE: https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/discuss/ > HOW TO RESET YOUR LIST PASSWORD: > http://confluence.mickaboo.org/x/2wFj > -- Elizabeth *PLEASE vote for Mickaboo & 'Coo Bird Rescues today **& every day* *this month to help us win a MUCH needed $50K grant! * **www.refresheverything.c om/mickaboobirdrescue Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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Baby king pigeon with paratyphoid (salmonella) needs indoor foster for 3-4 weeks
by Elizabeth Young 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Hello- A week ago, the Montclair Vet Hospital (in Oakland) was kind enough to take in and stabilize a stray baby king pigeon in pretty pitiful condition. It has paratyphoid (salmonella) which creates swollen, painful joints (thus the splayed stance) and requires a 30 day course of Baytril to cure as well as some Meloxicam along the way for pain relief. This little one is now ready for an indoor foster home. Baby king pigeons are extremely easy (and dear) to care for. This one, which I've named Montclair, needs a dog-crate or similar-sized cage, access to a heating pad and the view out a window if at all possible, daily maid and room service and twice a day meds. Should be quarantined and given some TLC. Montclair will be able to move into a foster aviary with about 3-4 weeks. Please reply to AdoptKings(a)gmail.com if you can help this baby bird. Thank you! e -- Elizabeth *PLEASE vote for Mickaboo & 'Coo Bird Rescues today **& every day* *this month to help us win a MUCH needed $50K grant! * **www.refresheverything.c om/mickaboobirdrescue Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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HANDLED: OT: Anybody able to help me recover my missing blog from Google Blogger?
by Elizabeth Young 24 Jan '11

24 Jan '11

I'm back, baby! The Rescue Report <http://www.RescueReport.org> is back! Thank you very much for the encouragement and support and links and suggestions and sympathy and a special thank you to Tomoko who hooked me up with help through her husband Tom - a Google employee! I'll be updating soon... e On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Elizabeth Young <adoptkings(a)gmail.com>wrote: > It may have been caught in their spam machine or I don't know what but I > need it back and can't find it and have not yet figured out any solution > based on the *Help* features. It is www.RescueReport.org and/or > http://rescuereport.blogspot.com > > Thank you in advance to anyone who can help. > > 8 P > > -- > Elizabeth > > *PLEASE vote for Mickaboo & 'Coo Bird Rescues today **& every day* *this > month to help us win a MUCH needed $50K grant! * **www.refresheverything.c > om/mickaboobirdrescue > > Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. > www.RescueReport.org > www.MickaCoo.org > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0 > > -- Elizabeth *PLEASE vote for Mickaboo & 'Coo Bird Rescues today **& every day* *this month to help us win a MUCH needed $50K grant! * **www.refresheverything.c om/mickaboobirdrescue Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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Happy News!
by Elizabeth Young 24 Jan '11

24 Jan '11

I wanted to share a lot of happy news with you- we've placed TWELVE birds in four wonderful adopters' homes this weekend. New adopter Marsha of Santa Cruz adopted eight pigeons- Price & Pippie, Paco & Lenny, Miles & Macy and Teddy & Chase. And Marsha has joined our Discussion Group. Catherine of El Cerrito, adopter of Tina & Tony and initiator of our Pepsi grant, has added doves Sammy & Brigid (formerly Cassie) to her family flock. Barna adopted Scooter after the Wulf's played match-maker by hosting lonely hen Skyscraper with their fosters. and Jasen adopted Picasso after the Wulf's also played match-maker for bachelor Truffles. Here's a couple pictures... and don't worry! There are PLENTY more available for adoption! 8 ] -- Elizabeth *PLEASE vote for Mickaboo & 'Coo Bird Rescues today **& every day* *this month to help us win a MUCH needed $50K grant! * **www.refresheverything.c om/mickaboobirdrescue Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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Fwd: [Mickaboo Discuss] Animal Behavior Class - February 5
by Elizabeth Young 23 Jan '11

23 Jan '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kim Flaherty <kflaherty(a)pacbell.net> Date: Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 9:57 AM Subject: [Mickaboo Discuss] Animal Behavior Class - February 5 To: discuss(a)mickaboo.org FYI - http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=bpzzr7cab&oeidk=a0… ------- HOW TO -------------------- CHANGE PERSONAL SETTINGS: https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/discuss/ VIEW LIST ARCHIVE: https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/discuss/ HOW TO RESET YOUR LIST PASSWORD: http://confluence.mickaboo.org/x/2wFj -- Elizabeth *PLEASE vote for Mickaboo & 'Coo Bird Rescues today **& every day* *this month to help us win a MUCH needed $50K grant! * **www.refresheverything.c om/mickaboobirdrescue Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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