What We Believe In

We are committed.

Compassionate Care
We believe every life is sacred, and the tiniest budgie deserves the same love and care as a macaw.
Five "F" Needs
Birds living in captivity need and deserve: Fresh food, Flight, Foraging opportunities, Flock, and Freedom to be themselves.
Food is Medicine
Food can support health or destroy it. We believe in focusing on fresh, natural and living foods instead of over-processed and convenient.
Serving Others
We have some lessons to learn from birds - primarily that we are all stronger as a flock, when we work together for the good of the birds we love.

Our Testimonials

Marden's Ark

The loving care given at Marden's Ark is amazing! I am honored to support this terrific rescue!Donna Weidartvia Facebook,
I simply can't say enough good about Marden' s Ark! Dee is simply an amazing woman, and cares so much about not only the birds under her care, but also the birds belonging to other people.Chris Chaffinvia Facebook,
What an amazing place with loving caring people doing a fantastic job!! My beloved Skye is with them, and he loves them!!Debbie Boylevia Facebook,

About Marden's Ark

Changing the world for companion birds, one heart, one mind, one bird at a time.

Marden's Ark was incorporated in the state of North Carolina on April 4, 2014 and we received our Letter of Designation as a 501(c)(3) non-profit on July 25, 2014. Since that day, we have taken in birds needing shelter and care, worked to educate people on the complex needs and realities of living with companion birds, assisted families with difficulties in keeping their birds, helped solve relationship issues between human families and their birds, and advocated for continual improvement in standards of care for companion birds.

What We're Talking About

Evidence-based Best Practices for Love, Care and Feeding of Companion Birds

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In Season?

Healthy Food
What do we mean when we say we feed “in season”? It means we focus on what it ripe now, locally. All spring and summer long, we feed what’s currently ripening as
By : DeAnna Hicks, RN | Sep 1, 2018
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Buyer Beware – for the sake of your birds

Bird Safety
(Author’s note: This blog entry was originally published on March 20, 2017 on our standalone WordPress blog at avianrefuge.wordpress.com – link here – however since launching our new website, we have integrated
By : DeAnna Hicks, RN | Jul 25, 2018
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Help! My bird won’t eat fresh foods!

Healthy Food
We hear this quite often from those who have tried feeding fresh food only to have it completely ignored. Our first answer is: “Don’t give up!” Persistence is important, but probably even
By : DeAnna Hicks, RN | Jun 20, 2018
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What’s in store?

Healthy Food
Coming up – We will have posts on sprouting, posts on dehydrating, posts on baking healthy for birds, posts on quick shortcuts that still enable you to feed a healthy diet of
By : DeAnna Hicks, RN | Jun 17, 2018
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Feeding the Flock, Chapter Two – The HOW

Healthy Food
Our goal sounds simple: to provide proper nutrition for captive parrots. We’ve already covered why we don’t view manufactured pellets as an option. But how else can we provide “complete nutrition”? Before
By : DeAnna Hicks, RN | Apr 16, 2018
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Feeding the Flock, Chapter One – the WHY

Healthy Food
The bar has long hung very low in feeding companion animals. The “animal feed industry” has commonly been the profitable place to dump waste from human food processing. Ingredients like “wheat middlings”
By : DeAnna Hicks, RN | Apr 14, 2018
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Welcome to Marden’s Ark

News and Updates
We are in the process of building and growing our new website. Please bear with us.
By : Brian | Mar 5, 2018

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