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Parrot Secrets and Other Fallacies

March 15, 2009 – 12:39 pm

If you are looking for parrot secrets here, you should probably move along. It isn’t that I don’t have anything to offer. It’s just that there simply are no secrets, no magical ways to make your parrot do your bidding or be a better citizen. What I offer is a ton of practice, practice at the [...]

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Recession Blues and Parrot Solutions

February 11, 2009 – 9:16 pm

This economy is really getting to a lot of us. It’s tough to be living with so much uncertainty. The good news is that you can have fun and do it the cheap when you’re a parrot lover. Turn off the TV and let your parrot do his job…make you smile. 1. Have an enrichment [...]

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Why parrots eating chicken isn’t cannibalism

January 4, 2009 – 4:21 pm

Do you have stupid pet peeves? I have many and don’t admit to most, but today I’m going to share one with you that absolutely drives me nuts. Perhaps its because I’ve written five young-adult reference books and have had to learn a lot of taxonomy. (Try learning all the species of endangered owls and [...]

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2009 Birds USA

December 15, 2008 – 1:30 pm

This year’s Birds USA from the publishers of Bird Talk has some great articles in it. Barbara Heidenreich has an article on body posture. If you don’t read her Good Bird Magazine, you really should! And you should definitely buy her new video on body language. There are many things about parrots that are much [...]

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