Oh, I did not mean my comment to be a criticism in any way. It's only that we all like to hear about good rescues [so many of them are not really good at all, you know] and it will be easier for us if you had your own thread with the name of the rescue as title.
And WOW - I am GREATLY impressed by their adoption requirements! Not many people would be willing to go through six months of 'apprenticeship' and, although I think it's exactly what a newbie needs to realize how difficult it is to keep a parrot happy and healthy, I think that the greatest majority of people who adopt already have experience with parrots and possibly already own one or more of them and who would not be willing or even able to do this [it already takes so many hours of each day to care for them properly there wouldn't be enough time left for all that volunteering...] so I can see how most of the birds end up not having their own home. I have to tell you that I don't know if I actually agree with this super strict requirements, though. The thing with parrots is that they don't really do well in rescues or sanctuaries UNLESS they are ex-breeders because pet parrots need and yearn for their own home and humans so living in a rescue is actually quite miserable for them even if it is a huge step up in the care they were used to getting in their previous home. I used to believe that rescues and sanctuaries were the solution to the overpopulation problem [I ran my own rescue for 6 years] but I no longer believe that.