Using Australian Native Foliage and Branches in Your Aviaries


Short-billed Corella enjoying Eucalyptus nuts.

 

It was like Christmas for my birds at my place last week. It was what I fondly refer to as “Psychotic branch week”. It’s usually an annual event, although sometimes it happens twice a year. It’s not planned (I wish it was) and it isn’t consistently at the same time of year.

 

It’s not general knowledge but it is actually illegal to take branches and foliage from trees that are on public property ...

 

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Why Having Perches at Different Angles is a Good Idea For Pet Parrots


Wild Corellas settling for the evening

I just don’t do hills. I don’t like it when treadmills pretend you’re going up one, I don’t like them when I’m cycling, I avoid them when walking my dog and I’ve even been known to throw a tantrum when (thanks to a slight hill), my feet wound up about 3 cm higher than my head when sleeping in a tent. While 3 cm definitely lands me squarely in the category ...

 

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