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: Ft Myers, FL Eating a yam: Blue throated macaw "Jinx"
Like everyone else in the world, I tend to be lazy sometimes. Especially when we have limited internet and I just feel in a rush to get my latest photos online. They go up with not so great titles, captions, sometimes no tags whatsoever and little description...
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 ...
Remember Zoey? Well, she belongs to my friend Jeanne who most of you should know quite well by now (freestyle flyer student) and recently Jeanne has been given sad news about the state of her health and is not able to care for Zoey any longer. She asked us as friends to adopt Zoey from her while she's still young and "moldable". It took some con...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Duluth, Georgia Playing: Blue throated macaw "Jinx"
I have some super exciting news to share! Jinx finally started talking! And it's so adorable if I do say so myself. His first "word" was mimicking my laugh, so I didn't totally count that and I'm the only person he won't really do it in front of. He only does i...
Recently we worked in Jinx, our blue throated macaw, into another segment of the show. Originally when this piece first went into the show, the flight Jinx performed was a straight line from Dave to me. Now, however, we have been able to train Jinx to fly forward and turn to land on me, making it more impressive for the audience and much more ...
