What Kind of People to Socialize Your Bird With

Photo by Dave Womach Location: Carbondale, IL Shown: Galahs "Bondi" & "Ace"  Whenever we fly our birds in the arenas, we let anyone watch who is around or wants to. There's some people around the circus that I call or text to let them know we're going to be flying our birds because I know how much they enjoy being there. Then there's alwa...
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Some New Socializing Tips For You and Your Bird

Photo by Penny Jo Location: Savannah, GA With me at preshow: Blue throated macaw "Jinx"  There's been a few new tricks I've learned when socializing my parrots with people at the preshow in the circus. Mostly with Jinx, but also with my cockatoo, Bondi as well. As all birds tend to react a bit differently around people. Ever since we added m...
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Parrot Body Language Visuals

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Savannah, GA Try reading this body language of: Congo African Grey Parrot "Cressi"  Look at the above photo of my parrot, Cressi. What do you see? What mood do you think she's in? Do you think she looks approachable? Really think about what you see here. It seems like it would be easy but this one may not be all yo...
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Success! My Macaw Talking on Video!

I'm very happy to finally report that I got Jinx talking on video! Him, along with my two Camelot Macaws Comet and Tusa, are saying "Hello!" very seriously in the above video. I'm pretty proud of this capture even though Jinx only said it once or twice.   Depending on whether or not Jinx stays in the preshow side of the show, will determine ho...
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