Buddy the Amazon and Peanut the Parakeet!
I read an ad on Free-cycle for a Parakeet and I responded because I don't like to see birds listed on these sites or any other animal for that matter.  I contacted the owners and offered to come get the bird with the intentions of finding him a forever home.   I couldn't keep the parakeet because of the size of my birds and the risk of his well being around my birds.

That same day the owners contacted me about an Amazon they needed to find a home for. I was told the owner of the bird was a elderly man who had become very ill.  I knew I had resources to find this bird a home so I agreed to take him.  Turns out it was the same home as the parakeet.

I went to pick the birds up the next day in Florence, Kentucky.  The Amazon Buddy was scared to death, I felt so sorry for him.  But the transition home was smooth.  Once I got him at my house, I put the entire cage in the shower.  He closed his eyes and sat there as though he had gone to heaven.  He smelled of cigarette smoke and the cage had dust covering it. Buddy was the saddest bird I had ever met, I did everything possible to get him to come out of the cage but he wouldn't.  Turns out he had never been out of his cage.  After a few days he started to chirp and make some noises, he was starting to feel comfortable. He even was talking to talk and you could see he was feeling more comfortable in his surroundings. I kept him in a separate room from my birds, this is always the best thing because of diseases and not knowing the bird and he was twice the size of my macaw.

I found a wonderful Parrot Network group in the area that would take him in and give him the medical care he needed. To make a long story short, Buddy was diagnosed with liver cancer.  They changed his diet to all vegetables and fruits and started him on medications. He was adopted by a family that owns two other Amazons.  He is doing fine and is living a good life.  I am so happy that I agreed to take him in and find him a home.  I know he would still be sitting in his cage getting sicker and sicker had I not taken him that day! Say a prayer for Buddy, I only wish him the best he deserves a good life now.

Peanut the Parakeet
Peanut was very easy to find a home for he lives happy with another parakeet.
Since the rescue of these two birds I have taken in a beautiful G2 her name is Angel (go figure).  She has found her forever home with us, she is very scared right now but she is coming along fine.