Welcome

"If you take care of birds, you take care of most of the environmental problems in the world."

Thomas Lovejoy, Biologist and Godfather of Biodiversity

I AM A naturalist and lover of this incredibly created Earth. I especially adore songbirds! As a federally licensed songbird rehabilitator, I am involved in the rehabilitation and care of many of our region's neediest species. But we will, just like the birds I care so deeply about, need a lot of help getting off the ground. Our Mission is to create an environment and habitat that will facilitate the rehabilitation and release of native songbirds and waterfowl. With your help, we will be the area's only specialty songbird rehabilitation center and sanctuary. We are the area's only native/migratory songbird rehabilitation center and sanctuary, able to annually impact the lives of hundreds of our feathered fellow creatures.

My love for birds has been within me from my earliest childhood memories, sitting in silence on a swinging bench with my grandfather overlooking a terraced hillside of flowers with the morning dew on my feet and the solemn call of the mourning dove echoing thru the dawn. That moment was deeply profound. The peace was eternal and the call was buried in my heart. Even as a child, birds seemed somehow sacred.

My home growing up was filled with parrots as my mother did exotic bird rescue. We also raised a baby Starling. We named it "Rod" and released it back to the wild. It hung out with us on our porch and would come and go through our window, eventually joining a flock and flying away. All of this nurtured my affection for the feathered creatures.

At the age of 20, it was impressed upon my heart to get an African Ringneck Turtledove. I named it Noli. After a few months, in my ignorance, I tried to set him free thinking he would be happier living a liberated life outdoors. But after 3 days sitting in the same tree I realized he had no ability to survive in the wild. So, I brought Noli back indoors letting him live freely flying through my house. 23 years later he is still with me.

Oddly or miraculously, over the years doves came to me in various ways needing help or a refuge. I also came across numerous songbirds in dire straits and realizing they had very little help available, I decided to join a wildlife rescue organization (PAWS) not only to serve, but to get the education and training I needed to be able to help birds in a monumental way. Now years later, my family and I are ready to pursue this amazing vision in our hearts! We are so excited to create a beautiful sanctuary and refuge for the feathered wonders of the world to thrive in!

Birds have become my poetry. They have become songs for my soul. It is as if my heart is growing wings and learning to fly! Jesus said to "Consider the birds". They have so much to teach us. I am learning. I believe the soul of mankind needs birds. On my grandparent's hillside, in that garden oasis, was my first vivid moment of clarity...where the mourning doves' call became my calling.

Please join us on this mission, so that we can be as the mustard seed, "which indeed is the least of all seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."