While spending the summer of 2010 in Coney Island, New York, Cake Boss came out and filmed part of their episode on the show. They made a special cake for the circus, and included lots of the animals and performers in it... making edible figurines of all of us.   Photo by Jason Gibson Location: Coney Island, NY Designed by Cake Boss: Swainson...

Photo by Dave Location: Saipan, MP Shown: Swainson Toucan "Meaka"  Before I forget to add them, these articles are so important to read if you have a pet bird of any kind: The danger of fumes. Necropsy: What it is and why it should be done. The last time we had a necropsy done on a bird, it was on our parakeet Lexi. They never found ...

Photo by Mishelle Stafford Location: Bethlehem, PA In the show: Swainson Toucan "Fiji"  It's really weird to me to have photos of Fiji from her very last show with us. Just to look at them and know, it was her last one... but at the time not. It's just a strange thing.  I just wanted this entry to be about some of the things I've been going ...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Moab, Utah Pictured: Swainson Toucan "Fiji" Sometimes I feel like I'm not cut out for owning birds, toucans or parrots... it's like a catch 22 because they can bring so much joy into your life, but losing them is so hard and to bear it over and over again with multiple pets makes me feel like I'm not strong enoug...

Photo by Chad Batka, NY Times Location: Coney Island, NY Pictured: Swainson Toucan "Fiji" Recently the New York Times came out and followed us and our flock around for an entire day to see what a day in the life on an average Sunday would be for us. Along the way our birds were featured quite a bit so I thought I'd share some of the pictures!...

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...