Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Shown: Blue throated macaw "Jinx", Camelot macaws "Comet" & "Tusa"   I received this question after the entry of mine No Excuses: Ideas for exercising your bird.   Hey, I read your article on exercising bird by flying them. But my question is how do you get a bird to exercise by flying (even just in...

When a bird bobs his head, many people assume it's because the bird is begging for food and is really hungry. But I'm about to show you video as proof this isn't the case. In fact, birds of all different age ranges bob their heads for many different reasons. I even received this comment after posting this entry, which I found very interesting ...

Photo by Amanda Stevens Location: Waynesboro, VA Cuddling: Blue and gold macaw "Coco" I'm all over the place mostly, but I'm going to be dedicating most of my updates and posts back to this blog for a while. I feel better writing here. And if I do say so, Patty and Chet and our random guest bloggers do a swell job over at the other training b...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Waco, Texas Upside down: Blue throated macaw "Jinx" This is my macaw Jinx in his traveling cage for when we drive from one place to another. For more images of how my birds currently travel from place to place, check out more of my photos on flickr. Whenever we are traveling from one place to another, and it's q...

Photo by Heinz Kluetmeier Location: Sarasota, Florida Pictured: Swainson Toucan "Fiji" I hate that I've not updated as much over here. However, I've been busy over at the birdtricks.com blog where it's practically updated daily! At least when I can think of enough content, hehe. However, I wanted to let you all know here about some very exci...

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...