April 6, 2015
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on Palomacy at The Conscious Eating Conference
I had an amazing day on Saturday, April 4th, 2015. Pat, a rescued King pigeon (bred for meat- squab), and I attended the fourth annual Conscious Eating Conference put on by United Poultry Concerns & Animal Place. We learned so … Continue reading
March 17, 2015
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on The Beauty in the Birds
On a chill night, I put three pigeons in my car and headed east from San Francisco to an Oakland photo studio. Palomacy volunteer Jill did the same except traveling west from her home in Sunol. We met at Nuena … Continue reading
March 17, 2015
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on Palomacy Gets the Craig Newmark Bump
Web pioneer, activist & philanthropist Craig Newmark has not only donated generously in support of Palomacy, but on March 5th, he gave us the gift of his time and media reach. I was invited to bring some birds to visit … Continue reading
February 26, 2015
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on Dress for (Pigeon) Success!
Becoming Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoptions has been an awesome experience. We hatched in 2007 nestled under the loving wings of Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue and we will always cherish our first years as MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue (and … Continue reading
January 17, 2015
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on Palomacy at the Bay Area Pet Expo San Jose, CA
A big part of the work we do is outreach. People don’t know that birds are in shelters needing homes, people don’t know that domestic pigeons and doves can’t live wild and need homes, people don’t know what amazing pets … Continue reading
December 8, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on MickaCoo (Hatches Palomacy) at Mickaboo Holiday Party 2014
MickaCoo joined with Mickaboo to celebrate at this year’s Holiday Party! We had a wonderful time thanks to Mickaboo’s great event, incredible support from our very hard working volunteers, priceless donated treasures and the amazing company of so many wonderful … Continue reading
October 31, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on Reaching Out
In order to find great homes for domestic pigeons, we have to get the word out about them. When we started helping pigeons get adopted, there was no awareness that these birds were even in the shelters, let alone how … Continue reading
October 19, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on MickaCoo at Wildlife Education Day 2014
I had the pleasure of spending my Saturday with MickaCoo volunteers Lisa and Faye at the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society’s Wildlife Education Day in Cupertino. Together, with the help of ambassador pigeons Amelio, Dylan and Pat and Ringneck dove … Continue reading
October 15, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on MickaCoo (is Not Alone) at the Bay Area Pet Fair & Adoptathon!
MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue had a wonderful weekend at the Bay Area Pet Fair & Adoptathon sponsored by Pet Food Express! We spent two days introducing lots of animal lovers to the joys of pigeons as pets. We had … Continue reading
August 16, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on MickaCoo @ Sonoma County VegFest 2014
We all, MickaCoo volunteers, pigeons & Lily the dove, had an awesome time at the Sonoma County VegFest 2014 on Saturday! We made lots of wonderful new friends & caught up with some old ones. Thank you for taking the … Continue reading