Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary

#happiness is #iggypop and his #cockatoo #biggypop jamming out to #sleafordmods if you’re ever in the #santabarbara area @iggypopofficial @biggypop come visit us! We’d be honored - our birds regularly rock out to The Stooges.

Our #PartyParrots recently went out for a ‘wild’ night at the @unitedbgc #Carpinteria #fundraiser and #auction and a lot of fun was had by the guests. If you’re interested in having a unique experience at your #event or #party feel free to contact us! Photo credit-Baron Spafford

Everyone’s been #cooking up a storm over the holiday weekend, and that’s true for us too - here Rufus is eying up the feast with our wonderful volunteer Gracie. #bonappetit !!

We wanted to give a quick shout out to Team Coco and #santabarbara resident #ConanOBrien who wrapped up an epic late night tv run the other day. This has to be one of our funnest segments - it’s not #BuddhaBrave but don’t tell #Rosie . If you’re ever in the area #Conan come on by and say hi!!

WE DID IT!!! What an amazing turnout for our grand reopening event!! We’re so thankful for everyone that showed up, supported, and smiled with us. We’ve missed you all so much and it was great to see all the birds having fun and socializing. More to come! (Photo courtesy of Lance Brady)

Today’s the day! As Jimmy Buffet would say I’m going back to my parrot head friends! See you soon! #parrothead #exoticbirds #celebration

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For #TeachingTuesday, we dug deep in the archives to bring you this informative consult with our Director!