Photo by Dave Location: Centralia, WA Birds: African Grey Parrots "Bean" and "Cressi" While hanging out in Washington state we decided to introduce our African Grey Cressi to my brother in law's rescue African Grey named Bean. I don't know Bean well at all, I've never worked with him and my visits have all been short and sweet so I've spent a...

Photo by Nathan Slabaugh Location: San Angelo, Texas Pictured: Camelot Macaw "Comet" Just like kids grow up and become teenagers and expect more freedom, I'm finding that parrots tend to feel the same. In fact, I think everyone enjoys their freedom to do what they want day to day. I know I love listening to music with some headphones and just...

Photo by Dave Womach Location: Asheville, NC Modeling for: Nika Collection on Etsy Because I'm in show business, I change my look A LOT. I do it not only with performing on stage, but also off stage with my modeling. This includes wearing bright things, wearing bland things, and wearing shiny things! Costumes that can be scary or distracting,...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Savannah, GA Try reading this body language of: Congo African Grey Parrot "Cressi"  Look at the above photo of my parrot, Cressi. What do you see? What mood do you think she's in? Do you think she looks approachable? Really think about what you see here. It seems like it would be easy but this one may not be all yo...

To my surprise, I've gotten asked a lot "How do you tell when your parrot is about to go to the bathroom?" and I guess I never realized that I knew this, but I do and in a lot of my videos you see me move my bird before he/she goes. It's a valid question so along with the video above (feel free to leave comments on how YOU tell with your own b...

I know already that this topic will be one I write about and add onto for a longggggg time! It could make the longest blog post ever if I squeezed it all into one. I've learned so much about my bird's body language and I'm most confident around animals when I know how to read their body language signs clearly.   Photo by Jamieleigh Location: ...