We are one of the largest
Bird Sanctuaries in the country with over 1000 birds and almost 100
different species.
About 40% are permanently disabled and will be here
for the rest of their lives.
NY Bird Rescue for Golden Eagles, American Bald Eagles, Peregrine Falcons,
Owls, Hawks, NYC Chickens and Pigeons,
,
Welcome
to Berkshire Bird Paradise Sanctuary! and Botanical gardensSince
1975
We just set up educational programs for schools
to visit our sanctuary Call Peter for details (518)
279-3801
Mission
Statement
The Berkshire Bird Paradise Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary for disabled
and injured birds. We strive to give them a safe haven to live thrive
and rehabilitate as best they can. We are dedicated to educating people
to recognize the beauty of Nature's world which surrounds our busy
lives. We are all part of the web of life and all life is precious.
I thought Peter's work was important enough to donate
my time and services to design, host, maintain, and market this web
site since 1998.
Thank
you,
Rolf Hansen.com webmaster
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December 8, 2014
We are now closed for the season,
We will be closed for 2015 to the general public. We will open again in the spring of 2016.
We will still allow supporters and members private tours., Call Peter.
There will be a grand opening party showing off our two new buildings,
Puffy Pigeon Memorial and our new Parrot House.
We are going to be making a much needed renovation of our sanctuary.
more on this shortly, Rolf
We could use unwanted large ( 20 gallon and up) aquariums or reptile tanks,
We are
now oil free and are heating our bird and plant areas with wood
we cut from our surrounding acreage and buying from local wood companies.
We try to buy local and only hire local contractors.
We are in bad need of an old tractor running or not. (a bucket loader would be nice)
Since getting rid of oil heating, we are struggling with moving wood around, a tractor would help very much.
Peter is thinking about having a Ward Stone day around Memorial Day. Ward might give a talk and have a question and answer session.
We like to hear from you about this. Ward Stone is back on WAMC with his talk show. He is a very popular with animal lovers.
We would like to hear from you about this.
He is very popular with animal and nature lovers.
July 5, 2014
Wildlife as Therapy for Visitors
Wildlife sanctuaries are created to protect birds and other animals that have suffered injuries and cannot fend for themselves. The drive behind such organizations is love and respect for the wildlife around us and to provide a caring, nurturing environment anstruction is on schd therapy for its inhabitants. The flipside of this is that wildlife sanctuaries can provide the same service for visitors who are suffering from disorders, because wildlife therapy, just like pet therapy, is being recognized as a valuable tool in tackling mental health issues.
What is Wildlife Therapy?
Wildlife therapy occurs when humans watch animal behavior and experience an emotional response, a connection with this behavior. Dog therapy is widely recognized throughout the U.S, with hospital patients benefiting from canine visits and having the opportunity to touch and interact with dogs. Dolphin therapy can help children who are emotionally fragile and there are case studies from around the world where this has been successful, although it remains controversial because of the captivity involved. Watching a dolphin can have a positive effect on people and this has been used to treat those with autism, ADHD and manic depression amongst other disorders, although sanctuaries remain the best environment for humans to benefit from wildlife up
Iberkshire.com published a nice story about our new Pigeon Memorial that will be open summer of 2014.
Construction is moving right along and it's starting to take shape.
Peter Dubacher, founder of the Berkshire Bird Paradise in Grafton, N.Y., holds Puffy, the pigeon who inspired a new memorial aviary set to open this summer at the facility.
GRAFTON, N.Y. — Friday, June 13, was not just a superstitious day for Peter Dubacher.
Dubacher, founder of the Berkshire Bird Paradise bird sanctuary just over the mountain from Williamstown, marked June 13 as the first National Pigeon Day.
"This day is significant in that we are sending a message to let others know there is a group of people who care and are passionate about pigeons and are ready and willing to fight for and support them," he wrote on his website. "It (is) a day to promote the positive portrayal of pigeons in society, educate people about the role pigeons have played in history and show them just how sweet and charming these birds are. We love them, and others will too once bad publicity based in lies and hate is eliminated."
And therein lies the motive behind Dubacher's latest endeavor in his rural property, which already houses more than 1,000 birds and almost 100 different species: the Puffy Memorial Aviary, "a series of phased innovations intended to educate people young and old about the unsung rock dove (pigeon)" which he aims to have completed by mid-August.
Spring is finally here, even if the nights are still dipping below freezing.
Peter Bubacher feeding his American Bald Eagle Helga for the past 20 years. She is healthy and happily well protected and cared for.
You can see the cloudy cataracts in her eyes. Peter will keep her to the end.
She is still a beautiful bird
You can see that Helga has cataracts that cloud here vision and has made here blind, but living a happy life with other birds around her to keep her company.
Please watch this beautiful video of Peter and the history of the Berkshire Bird Sanctuary.
This video was photographed by a professional outfit that volunteered their services.
Click bottom right square button to enlarge. >
Please watch the video and hit like button, that really helps us get more exposure.
it would be great if you put it on your facebook page.
by (Feather's of Hope author) Barbara Chepaitis & Steve Sawicki
and by An Upstate Independent Filmmaker's Productions
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January 2014
So far it has not been a kind winter with some of the coldest temperatures ever. We are keeping the birds warm with many cords of wood and a lot of sweat..
Snow Hawk
August
20, 2013
Our New Welcome Center and the Puffy Memorial Aviary.
We are excited about plans for our new welcome center
and the Puffy Memorial Aviary.
A series of phased innovations intended to educate people
young and old about the unsung rock dove (Pigeon)
Copyright Dave Sadowsky Architect
• Phased master plan
• Spherical form allows visitors to conceptually occupy the same
space as the birds.
• Retractable enclosure
• Passive solar thermal control with trombe wall
• Wind powered electricity
• On site stone to create habitat
• Locally cut lumber for use in form work
• Re-hab adjacent gambrel roof barn (Phase 2)
• Local cut lumber for park benches throughout
Mission Statement:
Caring for wounded birds is not a selfless act, it restores our sense
of purpose. The Berkshire Bird Paradise is as much a refuge for its
human visitors as it’s animal counterparts. Many of the inhabitants
living at the Berkshire Bird Paradise are brought by people who understand
the satisfaction and gratification of helping a creature in need. Rock
Doves in particular have always been welcomed at the Berkshire Bird
Paradise, they take their place alongside eagles and other rare birds
as part of the natural world of flight.
Puffy Memorial Aviary (click to download PDF) Pigeon-memorial >>
One Good Deed in a Wicked World
Saving Eagle Mitch
This is the second book about Mitch the eagle. Her first book is Feathers
of Hope, also available on Amazon and Barns and Nobles books online.
These books are about a wounded Afghan Eagle rescued by Navy Seals
and the trials and tribulations of bringing him to Berkshire Bird Paradise,
We loved this book.
When a Navy SEAL and former Army Ranger rescue a wounded eagle in war-torn
Afghanistan, a writer learns what it can take to do one good deed in
a seemingly wicked world.
In the spring of 2010, as the world’s economy faced a potential
meltdown and the United States tried to win one war and maneuver its
way out of another, one lone Steppe Eagle, shot down on a firing range
in Afghanistan, faced problems of his own. Fortunately, help was available
from former Army Ranger Scott Hickman and his buddy, Navy SEAL Greg
Wright, who took him in and gave him the healing he needed. They named
him Mitch.
It wasn’t long, though, before they realized they had to find
Mitch a safer home than the war zone they were in. Through the strange
synchronicities of time, place, and the Internet, they got in touch
with the one man just crazy enough to try to help—Pete Dubacher,
founder of the Berkshire Bird Paradise, in upstate New York. Dubacher,
in turn, enlisted the aid of Barbara Chepaitis, who was just celebrating
the release of her book Feathers of Hope, about Pete and his bird sanctuary.
Thinking it would be an easy task, she quickly agreed to help, but she
soon found out that although saving an eagle might seem like a no-brainer,
there were plenty of people ready to tell her it couldn’t be done.
Faced with a host of bureaucratic and regulatory obstacles, Chepaitis
soon found herself cold-calling the White House and the Department of
State, while simultaneously utilizing Internet media, the press, and
social networks to try to accomplish one good deed in a world that looked
more wicked every day. Along the way, she learned a great deal about
the nature of personal power, as well as the nature of institutions
that usually present themselves as faceless and indifferent to individual
needs.
Saving Eagle Mitch offers a unique view into what happens when matters
of the heart come into conflict with rules and regulations, and offers
hope for the possibility that one person can make a difference in a
troubled and confusing world. Inspirational and full of grit and fire,
the book explores not only what needs to be done, but why such seemingly
small acts of grace are necessary to create a larger good.
“When Barbara Chepaitis contacted my office and asked for assistance
to save an eagle in Afghanistan, it was certainly unusual. But after
listening to her recount the rescue of Mitch the Eagle by US Navy SEALs,
and how much it would mean to our brave service members to ensure his
safety, I knew I had to help. And I could think of no better permanent
home for Mitch than in the Berkshire Bird Paradise in upstate New York.
From the State Department, to USDA, to the Fish and Wildlife Service,
we enlisted multiple agencies to make this happen. And like the Navy
SEALs who protected Mitch, it was teamwork that forged our success.
We know our military is brave, but Mitch reminds us of their compassion,
too.” — Senator Charles E. Schumer
Barbara Chepaitis is the Fiction Director for the Western State College
of Colorado’s graduate program in creative writing. She is the
author of many books, including Feathers of Hope: Pete Dubacher, the
Berkshire Bird Paradise, and the Human Connection with Birds, also published
by SUNY Press. She lives in Altamont, New York.
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April 8, 2013
This is the follow up video of Mango the Green Aracari
Toucanete. This is his new friend Papaya an 8 month old Toucanete She
is doing fine and is very calm and content. these birds come from Central
and South America. These birds are funny and have strange ideas about
shoe laces, Mango is just wild about them
Liz's Lizards
Elizabeth Dubacher and her reptile friends, some have been
rescued. Chameleons, Beared Dragon, and a Monitor Lizard that will get
to grow 3 feet long, they are just a part of the creature list she cares
for.
African Grey Parrots
This is a short video with Peter and his daughter Elizabeth
with two 6 week old African Grey Parrots.
Peter received two African Grey Parrots from an elderly
couple that could no longer care for them.They had a surprise one day
when they found these two babies in their cages.
We will be putting up three more
videos in few days of baby Emus, Hedgehogs and a pair of Tucanettes.
Mango Arrives at the Berkshire Bird Paradise.
A green Aracari Toucannete is very striking. This was photographed
under the enclosure so the colors are not as bright as they should be.
This bird is very friendly, spunky and loves people. Watch this short
video of Mango.
Funny Bird Video
Please watch the video and hit like button, that really helps us get more exposure.
it would be great if you put it on your facebook page.
Banding Our Eaglet in preperation to releasing it into the Upstate
New York wilderness.
Our American Bald Eagle chick
is getting her bling.
Please watch the video and hit like button, that really helps us get more exposure.
it would be great if you put it on your facebook page.
We have a new American Bald
Eaglet! It is about 6 weeks old, here's a few photos.
It is doing fine and seems
quite healthy, We feed it the best all natural food we can find.
We'll keep you updated.
Peter with the new 2011 bald Eaglet
Six week old 2011 American Bald Eaglet
Injured
American Bald Eagle living active productive lives. Very productive!
This is the father of the baby Bald Eagles.
Mother eagle not too happy with me photographing her nest.
Peter Nye congratulating Pete Dubacher on the success of raising
two baby American Bald Eagles "Nye said" they look real
healthy and strong. Please help us by adding
a link to this page or post something on your blogs. Thank you
so much.
Three baby American bald Eagles born in May 2007
Peter Dubacher and Ward Stone in 2005 with two
young American Bald Eagles Born at the sanctuary
They were released at a facility in Vermont. Read
the Berkshire Eagle article
We
are located in Grafton, NY
Mailing
Address
Berkshire Bird Paradise
43 Red Pond Road
Petersburgh, New York 12138
(518) 279-3801
Peter Dubacher,
Director,: Email
us
Peter does not have a computer, a volunteer will answer your email.If
it's urgent, Please call Peter direct.
Come Visit!
This is a very unique and wonderful place
for the whole family.
Please
visit our Friends This
site donated and maintained by Surfwiz.com
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Save the Date Wedding Magnets.
Photo by Rolf Hansen
This looks like a giant Emus, they are not that big
I took the photo with the camera on the ground.
New,
We just received some Victorian Crown Pigeons, They are almost as
big as turkeys
Photo by:Saul Aronson
Admission:
Adults: $8, Children: $5
We do have a group rate of $5 per person
We don't have funding just our admission fee to
help feed and care for our birds
> educational programs for
schools <
Hours:
We will open Memorial Day weekend
until the end of October We
are open from 9:am to 5:pm seven days a week from
mid May to the end of October, depending on the weather.
Directions: Take
Rt2 east or west, until you get to Grafton, NY
Just 3 miles east of Grafton State Park, turn on Babcock Lake Road
by the elementary school. take Babcock Lake road a mile of so, then
turn right on to Red Pond Road follow the signs and you're there.
Please
help!
We have taken in so many injured and unwanted birds
100% of the funding goes to food heating and care of our birds.
There are no paid employees, just volunteers.
We get so many requests for
help everyday, but very little support.
We would appreciate Any suggestions?
Please
bookmark this page and
tell a friend about this site!
(It's a great way to help support us)
Even better put a link on your site or My Space to
birdparadise.org
We
are located in Grafton, NY
Mailing
Address
Berkshire Bird Paradise
43 Red Pond Road
Petersburgh, New York 12138
(518) 279-3801
Peter Dubacher,
Director, :email volunteer birdparadiseny@aol.com
Peter does not have a computer, a volunteer will answer your email.
If
it's urgent, Please call Peter direct.
Come Visit!
This is a very unique and wonderful place
for the whole family.
Please
visit our Friends This
site donated and maintained by Surfwiz.com
Fun, Photography
and unique gifts.
Save the Date Wedding Magnets.
