Parrot Outreach Society brings adoptable Catalina macaw Mica and mate to TV

Mica, identified on-air as a Catalina macaw, was brought into a Gulf Coast News Now morning show on February 19, 2026 by handlers Hillary Niver, Jennifer Anderson and Jennifer Blank to spotlight parrot rescue and adoption needs. The segment stated that Mica “needs someone to adopt both her and her mate,” making the pair the focus of the outreach appearance.

Broadcast footage and reposted clips duplicate the same on-air wording; a YouTube clip reproduces the line that the three handlers “brought a Catalina Macaw, Mica, who needs someone to adopt both her and her mate.” The segment was also republished on an aggregator page under the headline “Parrot Outreach Society brings Mica the Catalina Macaw into the studio” with a byline listing Martin Dreyfuss, indicating the story circulated beyond the original morning-show clip.

Parrot Outreach Society’s public roster lists many birds by name and species, including a Catalina macaw entry shown as [Rocky] The Catalina Macaw among Blue and Gold macaws, African greys, Amazons and cockatoos. The rescue’s website text includes adoption policy lines preserved on the page: “Call For Price WE ONLY ADOPT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA” and “WANT TO FILL OUT AN ADOPTION APPLICATION ON ONE OF OUR BIRDS? CLICK HERE.” The roster scrape also contains the explicit operational note: “KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOU HAVE NOT INTERACTED OR MET THE BIRD YOU ARE APPLYING FOR WE WILL NOT HOLD IT FOR YOU UNTIL YOUR FIRST FULL VISIT.”

Sources on the broadcast and the Parrot Outreach site present a naming discrepancy: Gulf Coast News Now and the YouTube repost identify the Catalina macaw on the morning show as Mica, while the Parrot Outreach Society roster includes a Catalina named Rocky. The materials provided do not state that Mica and Rocky are the same bird, and Parrot Outreach’s roster does not list Mica in the supplied scrape; that identity question remains open.

Key practical details for potential adopters are explicit on the rescue page: the organization restricts adoptions to the state of Florida and requires an in-person first full visit before holding a bird for an applicant. The broadcast emphasized that Mica must be adopted with her mate, but the mate’s name and health history were not provided in the segments or the scraped roster text.

Mica’s studio appearance aimed to boost visibility for parrot adoption and rescue needs, but several verification items remain: confirm whether Mica appears on Parrot Outreach’s current adoption list and whether she is the same bird listed as Rocky, obtain the mate’s name and medical status, and clarify the roles of Hillary Niver, Jennifer Anderson and Jennifer Blank within Parrot Outreach Society. For now, the concrete takeaway is that a Catalina macaw presented on February 19, 2026 is available only as a bonded pair and that Parrot Outreach Society’s public policy states “WE ONLY ADOPT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.”