Photo by Missi Bellande Location: Ft Myers, FL Preshow parrot: Congo African Grey "Cressi"  I really love the all access preshow we do for the circus; it's a great way to socialize our parrots. But there is something I've noticed when it comes to people... and specifically bird people that I wanted to tap on. Because most of the people I mee...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Erie, PA I'm kind of a neat freak. I'm bothered if the pillows aren't put tags down so you can't see them, and correctly even on each side of the bed. Or if the sheet isn't tucked in and you can see it beneath the comforter... oh man that gets me too. Why do I have birds then? They surely aren't neat freaks by na...

Photo by David Location: Coney Island, NY Baby bird: Blue and gold macaw "Coco" For my friend Gary, I am bird sitting a baby blue and gold macaw named Coco for a couple months. Coco is super sweet, as all baby birds are, and watching her for my friend is making me really realize where people can go wrong with their own baby birds.  For whatever...

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...

Photo by Dave Location: Cruise Ship Backstage Preening pal: Congo Grey "Cressi"  I love to spend quality time building my bond with my parrots, but sometimes they are just so high maintenance that it makes it on the line of miserable. I don't want to always be "baby sitting" my birds, I'd like to just have us both do our own thing and be happ...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Musha Cay, Bahamas During a shower: Blue and gold macaw "Jersey" Lately I've received a lot of emails and questions on the topic of bathing your bird and how to go about it without forcing, yet safely. I've found a lot of popular articles (like on ehow) that advice people to use a towel to dry their bird, and a ...