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		<title>Good News Bad News but News none the less</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LuAnn Apple]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary, better known as MARS has just entered into our 17th or is it our 18th year (time truly flies)  of continuous operation. AMAZING FACT!!! Yes, we are still doing EVERYTHING that we originally set out to do as a rescue of exotic birds. However, there is a “ BUT” at this [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Heather,Heather, Oh Heather, such a girl.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LuAnn Apple]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This amazing and much older Umbrella Cockatoo shares her joy almost daily with us at Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary. Last evening she was doing her best impression of a bird named Gizmo and a bird named Woody. I have just recently noticed, she has been observing them very closely. Running like a crazy bird, is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hello to all, with added Happy Holiday greetings from MARS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LuAnn Apple]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Part I A concerning thought, has just occurred to me. With the end of 2024 almost at hand and with so many years of rescue behind us, this thought alone has caused me to ponder WHATS NEXT?.. Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary, MARS for the short version, (always makes check writing easier for donors), needs to look at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>MARS has finally connected to Instagram.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LuAnn Apple]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 12:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[adoptions]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, unfortunately, I discover, what should and could be very easy for some to do, becomes a major obstacle for my somewhat limited skills. Perseverance truly ruled the day and we are connected to Instagram. Now I need to be able to provide to all of those who follow Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary the link, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Pirate, his Parrot, and the Space Coast Parrot Head Club</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LuAnn Apple]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last night Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary (MARS) was invited to attended the Space Coast Parrot Head Club event, held at the Pineda Inn Bar and Grill. The very lively event had a huge number of the clubs members in attendance along with, and I personally, am very happy to say, Red Leggs Greaves and his pirate [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Angel the Moluccan has Diabetes mellitus.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LuAnn Apple]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A long overdue HELLO, to all who might be reading this. At some point, I think over a year ago, I decided to put all my available posting time into our Facebook-Meta page. Florida Parrot. Rescue M.A.R.S. With such a venue available to us, and garnering so many followers and likes, it seemed the only [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What to do when an adoptee comes back into our rescue.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LuAnn Apple]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2023 11:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sidney Rose is an amazing bird by anyones standards. Sidney Rose is an Umbrella Cockatoo. She is loving, joyful and most of the time a happy peek a boo saying kind of girl who also loves to sing. She sings very off key ahhhh that’s very off key.We love Sidney Rose. We had such high [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fill the toy tree for Christmas</title>
		<link>https://marsparrots.org/fill-the-toy-tree-for-christmas/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LuAnn Apple]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 14:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year to all who follow MARS, our Florida based parrot rescue. Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary, EIN 80-0161378 was founded in 2008. Now entering into our 17th year, and just as determined as ever to better the lives of parrots in captivity. The purpose of our almost annual fill the toy tree for Christmas [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Once a year we celebrate our very  own Night Blooming Cereus</title>
		<link>https://marsparrots.org/once-a-year-we-celebrate-our-very-own-night-blooming-cereus/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LuAnn Apple]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 12:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bloomed a bit early this year, very surprised to see this happen. Non the less always spectacular to behold.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cody steps up to the scale, what a good boy.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LuAnn Apple]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 13:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cody, the little Blue Crown Conure certainly appears to be up for the weight loss program his owner has laid out for him. We were certainly skeptical as you can imagine if he would or would not do so. Just knowing his little life hung in the balance was difficult knowing. Now add to that, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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