These are the five books I think should be on every parrot owner’s bookshelf. Click on the titles to read a lengthier review of the books. (and to add your own review if you agree or disagree!)
Parrots of the World by Joseph M. Forshaw
Everyone should have a book to pull off the shelf when they [...]
February 11, 2010 – 5:57 am
If you haven’t seen my article in the March issue of Bird Talk about giving back through fostering parrots, be sure to pick it up!
Here’s an excerpt explaining why parrots may not be given up for the reasons you think…
There are of course, many horrible stories of abuse and neglect. Sometimes parrots are hoarded and [...]
January 28, 2010 – 5:45 am
Every year Bowtie comes out with a BirdsUSA annual. There’s always good stuff in it! Including the occasional contribution by yours truly. This year I had an article in about what you should think about training a new bird and a few things your really ought to avoid training a new bird.
From the opening of [...]
January 24, 2010 – 5:00 am
From www.phoenixlanding.org: The Phoenix Landing Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit all-volunteer organization. It was established to promote and protect the welfare of parrots, especially those with an extensive lifespan.
I had the pleasure of speaking at Phoenix Landing in Virginia last month. It was a whirlwind tour with a jaunt out to talk to the group, [...]
January 21, 2010 – 5:29 am
Check out this month’s issue of Bird Talk if you haven’t picked it up yet. It features an article on getting a “do over” when your relationship with your parrot has gone awry.
It is the one thing all parrot owners dread happening. The sweet baby parrot that used to spend hours cuddling in your [...]
December 8, 2009 – 4:54 pm
It took me ages to finally read “Alex and Me.” Last month I finally bought it, read it and lost it in five days.
Honestly, all of this book touring business I’ve got going is dangerous…WAY too much time in bookstores. I’m suddenly constantly surrounded by books I’ve either forgotten I wanted to read or didn’t know [...]
October 14, 2009 – 1:07 pm
I’m feeling a little bad that Ty only has a cameo in my memoir Lift. I know he deserves his own tale, a funny and heartwarming story about how to laugh at yourself and live large.
This wasn’t his book, it was Anakin’s, but maybe another time. I was thinking this morning about all of the things [...]
September 30, 2009 – 8:44 am
Kakapo gets mighty friendly with the camera guy.
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September 14, 2009 – 7:40 pm
Hey you parrot peeps in the St Paul/Minneapolis area, I’m heading out your way this week!
Come visit me at The Bookcase in Wayzata on Friday September 18th at 7PM. I’ll be signing and reading my new memoir LIFT.
I’ll be doing parrot training workshop at the Parrot Adoption Education Program on in the morning Saturday September [...]
August 21, 2009 – 4:20 am
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Around here…three IS the magic number!
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