. >> she got her first parrott in 1997. >> i didn't want to see it lie there waiting it to be run over by a car so i picked it up and took it to a vet. >> word spread quickly michelle was willing to help out injured or abandoned birds. >> one by one and ten which ten and then hundreds started coming. >> her countless rescues led to pandemonium averys, a nonprofit organization. now volunteers help take care of the animals and maintain the averys. >> this is called the lost avery because every time i go there i tell my husband this is the last avery. we retired it at number nine and we now have 64 averys. >> though pandemonium averys still care for the sick and initial animals they took in. they no longer greet rescue birds. >> we release birds to the wild. we are a conservation organization. >> it's one of the largest bird sanctuaries in the united states. the facility is home to more than 360 birds and 70 endangered species. >> what we have here is the pigeon. we have more than any other avery in the entire world. >> right now they are actively engaged in breeding several of their enda