I've talked about using jealousy in the past to get a quicker response from your bird, and train numerous things (from talking on cue to harness training!) We also show it being used positively in our flight training course as we train our three macaws at once!  So here I am, at it again, this time using camelot macaw Morgan and my blue throate...

Photo by Dave Location: Moab, UT With me: Blue throat macaw "Jinx" No one has an entirely perfect parrot. Every parrot makes noise, every parrot makes a mess and every parrot bites whether it means to or not. Sure, there’s that abnormally calm cockatoo that hardly every screams or that super sweet and cuddly macaw that comes around every so oft...

We just recently started carving pumpkins WITH our birds. A couple years back I carved pumpkins randomly and tried to make my own bird designs and Cressi bit into my beautiful creation and began carving her own design.

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Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Shown: Blue throat macaw "Jinx" in aviary with zip tied manila rope Recently I got asked how to secure down water bottles inside bird cages so that the birds wouldn't break them free and drop them to the ground. Now currently, I don't use water bottles full time, I normally just use them for when I'm ...

Remember Zoey? Well, she belongs to my friend Jeanne who most of you should know quite well by now (freestyle flyer student) and recently Jeanne has been given sad news about the state of her health and is not able to care for Zoey any longer. She asked us as friends to adopt Zoey from her while she's still young and "moldable". It took some con...

Photo by Dave Location: Orlando, FL Macaws: Blue throat "Jinx", Camelot macaws "Comet" & "Tusa" When I moved from Saipan to Florida, I had no idea I needed a permit to own birds there. I never needed one on the west coast, but when I heard that a friend almost had his taken away and now hated Florida, I understood why of course and decide...