Upcoming Classes

Our intermediate and advanced classes are scheduled when we have sufficient attendees. For details about these classes, and how to tell us you're interested in such a class, click here

Free Basic Bird Education Classes - General Information

Everyone interested in fostering or adopting a bird must attend our class on bird care prior to receiving a bird from us. This class is free of charge (although donations are appreciated) and is open to the general bird-loving public.

The class covers these topics:

• Proper avian care
• Proper avian diet
• Symptoms of illness and first aid
• General husbandry
• Taming and training

And much much more...

Criteria for adopting/fostering a bird from us can be found on our How to Adopt page.

We have basic bird care classes scheduled throughout the Bay Area in the North Bay, San Francisco/Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay, and Sacramento Area. For those who cannot attend a class in person, we occasionally schedule phone classes.

Register: To reserve your spot for a class, email class@mickaboo.org with the location of the class, and class date, in the subject line. If you want to adopt a cockatiel, please say so in the email.

North Bay

San Francisco/Peninsula

San Franciso

Note: PLEASE DO NOT park in the Pet Food Express parking lot, but instead, park around the corner in the title company lot next to Kinkos.  ONLY park in title company spots. DO NOT park in spots for Kinkos or you will be towed. The Pet Food Express lot needs to be reserved for their customers who want to shop there.

South Bay

The Sunnyvale class is regularly scheduled on the third Sunday of the month.; Individual classes are listed below. Seating is limited so, please bring a a folding chair, if you can.  PLEASE NOTE CHANGE THIS MONTH!!!

Please do not bring your own birds to either of the South Bay classes.

Please confirm that the class is still scheduled for your preferred time.
If no class is listed please contact class@mickaboo.org for availability.

East Bay

Berkeley

Classes in Berkeley are usually held the first Saturday of the month and will alternate with the Walnut Creek location teaching the Basic Bird Care class and advanced classes. The class is in the Meeting Room, in the back of the children's section of the library, which is to the 'back left' as you walk in the door.

There is both metered parking (some only one hour) and free 2-hour street parking. We will take two 15 minute breaks, during which time you can refill your meters or move your cars. The library is located a medium-to-long walk from the Ashby, Shattuck, and Rockridge BART stations and is also on several bus lines.

Walnut Creek

Classes are held in Walnut Creek the fourth Saturday of the month and sometimes alternate with the Berkeley location teaching the Basic Bird Care class and advanced classes. Please do not park in the Trader Joe's lot. There is parking on the street.

Hayward

Classes are usually held in Hayward every 2nd Sunday of the month.  If a date is not listed below, please check with us at class@mickaboo.org

Directions:
From 880, take Tennyson west, left on Hesperian, right at Arf, 2nd left into Pueblo Springs.  Clubhouse is at 2nd cross
street on the left.  NO ON-STREET PARKING ALLOWED -  PLEASE USE GUEST PARKING ONLY.   Thank you.

Sacramento Area

Santa Cruz Area

Basic Bird Care Phone Class

Criteria for attending a phone class:

• You must have submitted an application
• You must be live out of the area or be physically unable to attend a regularly scheduled class

Once you have been accepted for the class, you will receive toll-free call in information.

*Attendance of a non-Mickaboo hosted class does not fulfill the Mickaboo education requirement in our adoption application.