Burge Bird Rescue

12/12/2025

Shared from Operation WildLife in Kansas:

PSA Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is hitting our area HARD right now. We are fielding 15+ calls per day of birds exhibiting symptoms (mostly waterfowl - ducks, geese etc)

Symptoms include:
-Neurological impairment: Birds may lack coordination, appear confused or disoriented, have tremors, seizures, or have a twisted neck
-Difficulty breathing: open mouth, wheezing
-Nasal discharge, coughing, or sneezing: Birds may have blood-tinged discharge
-Sudden death: Without any prior signs of illness
Swelling: Of the eyelids, head
-Other symptoms: Birds may stumble or fall down, have diarrhea, have a hunched appearance, or have ruffled feathers
and die within a few hours or a day of intake.

Things to know:
-Birds with HPAI have additional injuries such as a broken leg or broken wing, sustained from falling from the sky from exhaustion during flight
-HPAI is not treatable and is a fatal disease for the bird
-Birds with this disease need to be humanely euthanized and properly disposed of to limit spread of disease
-HPAI is highly contagious to other birds, felines, and potentially to humans and other species

In SOME cities, animal control is assisting by dispatching the bird in the field and removing it for cremation.

Below is link to the CDC website updated 11/24/25 for further information on current HPAI statistics, how it spreads, who is susceptible and more

H5 bird flu is causing outbreaks in wild birds and poultry, other animals and sporadic human cases.

12/02/2025

ORDER YOUR RESCUE BIRD T-SHIRT!

Printed on front (first photo) and back (second), these shirts will tell the world that you care about birds in need. Get one for yourself or for the bird lover in your life. Email [email protected] or call us at 816-356-4700 to order the sizes and colors you want. $29 each, with free pickup in our Grandview office, or flat $10 shipping for up to 4 shirts mailed anywhere in the US. Email us about shipping outside of the US.

If you don't need a t-shirt, we welcome donations of any amount to our fundraiser at https://www.facebook.com/donate/841237232026079/

11/10/2025

WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF NEWSPAPER!!

We have suddenly become very low on paper here at Burge Bird Rescue and Burge Bird Services. If anyone in the KC area is able to donate some newspaper to us, you would be really helping us out!! Please call us at 816-356-4700 to make sure we are here when dropping off. Thanks in advance!!

09/25/2025

BIRD CAGE & SUPPLY SALE! SATURDAY 9/27 1PM TO 4PM

Our rescue has too many donated cages, playstands, perches, dishes, and toys, and some of them need to go! Already priced at 50 to 75% below retail, we will consider offers just to clear out some floor space. All proceeds benefit the birds in our rescue and sanctuary. We also have new toys and a variety of bird foods that are reasonably priced, so plan to stock up when you are here. See the rescue birds and schedule an appointment for a one-on-one visit with your favorite (no adoptions will take place during the sale).

Location: Burge Bird Services (put that in your GPS rather than the address, which is 13833 S US Hwy 71, Grandview MO this is on the south edge of Kansas City)

Volunteers needed to help on Friday from 1pm to 4pm and Saturday noon to 4pm with sorting, cleaning, and pricing small items. Please let us know if you are able to come help one or both days.

09/18/2025

Volunteers needed! Saturday, 9/20, 1:30pm to 4:00pm at Burge Bird Rescue in Grandview MO (south Kansas City). We have too many donated cages, and we need help getting them all organized so we can have a sale. Whether you are able to sort thru bins of perches to find the right size, help carry cages outside to be recycled, run a pressure washer, or clean small items at a sink, we could sure use your help. You can sign up at https://www.facebook.com/events/585294737910869 if you think you can make it. All volunteers will get 50% off the price of any used cages or accessories, and a 10% discount on food or new toys.

08/30/2025

Is this a great idea I just had? This is actually related to caring for birds if you read to the end.

To all stores that allow you to order online and use their outside pick-up service:

It is frustrating when I try to order an item, such as bananas, but it says they are out of stock. When I pick up the rest of my order the next day, I have to go inside just to get those bananas, only to find there are multiple cases available. This happens in roughly 20% of my orders. Perhaps when I arrive to get my order, your system could have already notified the employee who is pulling the order that I tried to order an item that was now in stock. The pick-up area employees could then bring out the bananas with the rest of my order, ask if I want to pay for them right there, and then they use a mobile payment device. I think this is a great idea your company should consider, because I don't know of any store that does it.

Do you know of any stores do this? Because when a macaw wants a banana, you better have a banana ready for them! (Not a banana in the picture, but it was a very healthy birdie muffin cone.) Feel free to contribute to our Fresh Food Fund donating on this post to help us care for the almost 150 birds currently in our care.

08/27/2025

UPDATE: LACEY HAS BEEN ADOPTED! We have plenty of other birds who need homes, and we expect to have a number of new cockatiels come in next week. Please check our website for available birds at www.BurgeBirdRescue.com and email the application on our site to the adoption staff. If we don't have the bird you are looking for, reach out to Beak N Wings, Inc. to see what birds they have available. If you are not in the Kansas City area, please look for rescues in your area by searching the name of your state and the words bird and rescue on Facebook or Google. You can also see birds for adoption on websites like Petfinder.com or Adopt a Pet.

Adoptable Bird Of The Day: Poor Lacey has become unhoused again! Lacey is a male cockatiel of unknown age. Lacey’s owner passed away a year ago and he came to live with us in the rescue. Then Lacey went to a new home which didn’t work out due to a personality conflict with the other bird in the home (marital counseling didn’t help). Lacey has a few cosmetic issues due to stress, which may improve in a new home, we are never sure if it will. Lacey’s adoption fee is $30

08/05/2025

Our rescue is overloaded with adoptable budgies! Armond (male) and Tanya (female) are budgie friends who were left at a workplace and a kind friend brought them to us! They are both healthy but we don’t really know their ages or where they came from because they won’t tell us! They a happy and playful and would love to be in a forever home together! Armond is blue with a yellow face and Tanya is a yellow baby. They would love to go to a new family together! The adoption fee is $10 each. Email [email protected] for more info

06/16/2025

Lottie is a very sweet female lutino cockatiel who really needs a new family that can dote on her! She’s a diabetic bird, it happens rarely, but she’s very easy to medicate. (the medication goes in her water) Lottie has been living with us since the end of January and just really needs some love and attention and more affection than we are able to give her! Lottie’s adoption fee is $30. Contact us by email at [email protected] if you are interested in her or any of our other adoptable birds.

06/10/2025

ADOPTABLE BIRD OF THE DAY: Angela is a beautiful blue budgie who has been here at Burge Bird Rescue for nearly a year now! She originally came to us in July of 2022 and was adopted a month later, then ended up back here again last July through no fault of her own. She enjoys hanging out with her friends here, but she is really anxious to find her forever home. People have failed her in the past, can someone please help her find a new home. She does have a minor health issue but that isn’t keeping her from enjoying her life. Contact us at [email protected] for more information on Angela or any of our other birds you can see at www.BurgeBirdRescue.com

06/02/2025

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! We have been made aware of a website where someone claims to be part of our adoption staff, and has posted that there is a Meet Up every Wednesday at our facility. This person is NOT affiliated with Burge Bird Services or Burge Bird Rescue. (See screenshots below)

We have learned that this same person has fraudulently taken over the website and emails of our friends at Beak N Wings, Inc.., and has been taking birds and donations that were meant to go to their legitimate organization that has been helping birds for many years. Please beware of anyone trying to take in your bird or asking for donations for either of our nonprofits, and do not allow someone to come to your house and get the bird from you. Only if you are at one of our facilities, or you speak to us by email at [email protected] or phone at 816-356-4700 (the verified phone number for Beak N Wings is 913-322-3398), can you know for sure that you are dealing with the actual group you were trying to contact.

Please report to us any dealings you have with someone you believe took in your bird in the Kansas City area that might be with a group known as Avian Conservation KC or Beak and Bond at https://www.avianconservationkc.com/

05/13/2025

AVIAN MEDICAL CASE OF THE DAY: Birds do some dumb things!

This chicken came into our avian veterinary clinic yesterday with a history of weight loss, decreased activity, and a very distended crop. The crop was very heavy, and the contents felt gritty. We learned that the owners had recently put in a ton of sand as bedding material, and for some reason, this silly girl decided sand was delicious!

We took her straight into surgery, made an incision in her crop just big enough for a teaspoon to fit through, and proceeded to scoop out 412 grams of sand, almost 15 ounces. No wonder she was so exhausted and wanted to lay down all the time! Last week we did the same surgery for a hen who ate so much grass in a couple of hours that it formed a big, tangled ball in her crop that would not go away despite all of the treatments the owner attempted.

Cases like this are very satisfying because we were able to make an immediate diagnosis, and within 30 minutes we cured both birds of life-threatening disorders.