Photo by David Location: Orlando, FL Shown: Blue throated macaw "Jinx", African Grey "Cressi", Military macaw "Cash", Galah "Bondi"  This post is for Elliott, as he asked me about how to train his bird indoors (flight recall) without having to worry about windows. Many owners are scared to let their birds keep their long wings for flight, bec...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Our condo in Saipan, MP I've been trying not to reference Fiji too many times throughout my other posts that aren't specifically on toucans... but I came up with this blog post topic with her help. I was cleaning out our bird trailer after we got it back from repairs and because we hadn't planned on it needing su...

Photo by Dave Location: Springfield, MA Road trippin': 7 birds; 3 macaws, 3 cockatoos & an African Grey Our fancy-shmancy bird trailer had bent axels that needed to be repaired so we had to ditch it in one city for two weeks and survive without it. Boy can I tell you right now... it sucked.   Traveling with parrots is no big deal when you...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Shown: Galah "Bondi" I've bought my share of birds from breeders, and I've also helped friends, coworkers and clients purchase their birds from breeders too. It can be a hard decision finding the right breeder and the right bird for you, so here are 5 things that I personally look for in a breeder bef...

Christmas 2020 Photo by Racheal Baker   All pets have the potential to stink up an otherwise nice smelling home, and smell is a pretty big deal to me. I love scented candles and cherish the times I go places without my pets so that I can use them. But they're not good to have or use around your parrots and so I decided to give you all some non-...

Photo by Dave Location: Orlando, FL Pictured: Travel Cages in Travel Trailer  I guess this entry isn't as much a "how to" as it is a "how we do it"! In our travel trailer that is completely devoted to magic props and birds, we just put in a nice floor over the wood so it would clean up much easier and be much more sanitary then things that c...