Hatch Date: 1980

Ali Macaw, not to be confused with actress, Ali Mcgraw, is a 40+ year old Blue and Gold Macaw.  Like her likely namesake, Ali is beautiful and full of personality. She spent her whole life with one owner, who hand-fed her as a fledgling, but he sadly and suddenly passed away a couple of years ago.  Since then, her owner's wife has struggled to care for her, due to health issues of her own.  Ali spent the last few years in her cage and is just now readjusting to a new life and freedom in her foster home.  She is still very skittish, anxious, and refusing to step up, but she has let her foster dad pick her up and give her head scritches. 

Ali is extremely quiet for a large bird, doesn't have a history of screaming, and has a low, quiet way of vocalizing. If she hears her foster parents talk quietly in the dark room where she's sleeping, she quietly complains at them-- as she very well should! : >D

Ali isn't use to her healthy pelleted diet yet, but her foster parents are working it into her daily diet and offering her new veggies, fruits, scrambled eggs, and other healthy supplements to begin to change her mind.  

We will continue to update as we get to know more about Ali. 

Ali is quiet in her foster home so far, but she is a very large bird, capable of very loud screams, so she will only be adopted to a single-family, free-standing home.

Ali didn't get many toys in her previous home, but she does love them!  She destroys her wood block toys on a regular basis so, if you are interested in adopting Ali, make sure your budget can accommodate her love for destroying toys.

Ali is large and her size can be intimidating, therefore, she will only be adopted to applicants with considerable large bird experience, who are willing to put in the work to earn her trust and build a relationship with her over time. 

Ali will not be adopted out to a home with young children, as she could potentially injure them.
Her forever home MUST have large bird experience.

Ali is being fostered in Howell, NJ
She will require three in-person visits before adoption
We do not ship our birds.