Photo by Dave Location: Centralia, WA Eye pinning parrot: Blue and gold macaw "Tiko" In this photo Tiko the macaw is pinning his eyes (also referred to as "eye flashing"), this means he is excited about something, which is when all parrots pin their eyes. Eye pinning also indicates when it's most likely a bird will learn something; like a new...

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: Cape Girardeau, MO Resting on: Blue throated macaw "Jinx" We all have bad days. I had a bad couple of days recently, and my birds really helped me through. Dave came backstage and found me and Jinx like this... and told me not to stop when I looked up at him. He said, "Put your head back down, I want to captu...

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...