Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Kent, WA In the mirror: Galah "Bondi" Feather plucking and chewing, also over-preening has too many causes to name but many of them can be emotional causes from what the bird has been through in the past. These are much harder to work out so I’m going to go from the stand point of how to prevent your bird from ever...

Photo by Dave Location: Seattle, WA Pictured: Galah "Bandit" I was asked to take a bird to a radio interview for the first time, and I was a bit confused until they told me it was going to be a webcast. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, and Dave and I went back and forth on which bird to bring with us. Since everyone had been asking where B...

Photo by Dave Location: Centralia, WA Pictured: my niece and nephew with Camelot Macaw "Comet" I love spending time with family, and for me, my pets are my family, which I think is true for everyone who has a pet whether it's a dog, cat, bird or ferret, or something else. Everyone grows very attached to their pets and looks at them as a membe...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Eugene, OR Leaning in for a goodbye kiss: Galah "Bondi"  While touring with Ringling I got the privilege of working with an amazing veterinary technician by the name of Jessica. She was only with us for a few months, but my birds absolutely fell in love with her and she was amazing with them. I was so sad to see ...

Photo by Dave Womach Location: Hidaglo, TX Smothered with love: Galah "Bandit" I kind of love how unplanned my life can be sometimes. I like going by the seat of my pants, and I love offering that lifestyle to my parrots. It's probably the best thing I can offer them. Everyone knows about my baby boy Bandit, and what an all-star he is when i...

Photo by Dave Womach Location: Hidaglo, Texas Landing: Camelot Macaw "Comet" I guess I should be saying sorry for my lack of posts in general, but specifically my freeflight posts have been few and far between and that's because not a lot of places I've been traveling to have allowed for me to take my birds out to fly freely. Either because o...