Our foster care providers are the heart and soul of Palomacy. We don’t have a shelter facility or sanctuary. All of our birds depend on foster care. We can only say Yes to rescuing a bird when we have a foster home for them. Currently we have 40 volunteer foster sites (stretching from Santa Cruz to Petaluma) that range in capacity from one bird cared for indoors to 20+ outside. Pigeons and doves are fun and easy to live with and we always need more foster carers for birds either indoors with the family or outside in predator & rodent-proof aviaries. No experience required though a willingness to follow our guidelines is. Palomacy pays for avian vet care (your transport assistance is much appreciated) and fosters pay for food and basic care supplies. The first step to fostering and learning more and asking questions, is to complete our application. It does not obligate you and is the place where we start the conversation. (Learn about what pigeons and doves need)

Frequency: Most foster carers spend 30 to 60 minutes every day caring for basic needs, plus some extra time for socializing

Skills needed: Patience, compassion, willingness to be taught by the birds.

Enclosure needed: We often have cages or crates we can loan for indoors and/or we’ll try to assist you if you’re building an aviary. We can teach you all you need to know but you’ll need to lead the enclosure-getting effort. (Cage and aviary info)

Location: Throughout Greater San Francisco Bay Area (Sacramento to San Jose)

Complete our foster/adopt application and we’ll connect to discuss the possibilities.