My BREAKTHROUGH Moment With Training a Handicapped Macaw

I never expected to achieve this breakthrough moment on day seven.  If you've missed out on Morgan's previous seven days, then this may not seem as big of a breakthrough as it actually is. So catch yourself up! I didn't expect it so soon at all but I was excited and hopeful for when it would present itself. I literally left off on my last vide...
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Your FIRST Day With Your New Parrot

Throw out everything you ever heard about leaving your bird alone in its cage to "adjust" for the first few days. Throw it out, out, out!  Here's why: Anytime I see people "leave their bird alone in the cage to adjust for a few days" prior to interacting with it positively, the bird becomes so comfortable in its new space that YOU are the only ...
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Endangered Species Act Changes Things For Us

Dave performing aboard the Norwegian Dawn with Camelot Macaw Tusa Last year when we disembarked the Norwegian Dawn just before Thanksgiving, our blue throated macaw Jinx was entered into the endangered species act, and therefore the USFWS seized our traveling permit for him. We were devastated and knew there would be not enough time on our brie...
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Are You Confusing Your Parrot During Training?

Back on tour I less than half-heartedly worked on teaching my galah Bandit to "give kisses". Read and see video of where it was at here.   Photo by Jamieleigh Location: On tour Shown: Galah "Bandit"  Well, since being home and in between creating the BirdTricks Cookbook, I decided I'd give it a go at REALLY teaching this trick. So I spent a day...
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Parrot Eye Pinning and What it Means

Photo by Dave Location: Centralia, WA Eye pinning parrot: Blue and gold macaw "Tiko" In this photo Tiko the macaw is pinning his eyes (also referred to as "eye flashing"), this means he is excited about something, which is when all parrots pin their eyes. Eye pinning also indicates when it's most likely a bird will learn something; like a new...
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The Scared Parrot Body Language Signs

Photo by Dave Location: Centralia, WA Birds: African Grey Parrots "Bean" and "Cressi" While hanging out in Washington state we decided to introduce our African Grey Cressi to my brother in law's rescue African Grey named Bean. I don't know Bean well at all, I've never worked with him and my visits have all been short and sweet so I've spent a...
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