I recently had a birdie-imbalance. I was becoming aware of it, mostly through editing my videos and seeing how much Jinx, my blue throat macaw, was not enjoying or really benefiting from the interactions like Morgan, the camelot macaw, was. She was very motivated by his presence, but he was pretty much affected oppositely by hers. It was time f...

Can you actually TRAIN a bird to let you pet him on the head? Yep. You can. Is it really so hard to believe when people train goldfish to swim through hoops and dolphins to do double back flips (on cue)?  It's important to look at this training in a certain way: You are simply communicating to your bird through the language of training, what yo...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Coney Island, NY Shown: Aviaries locked with 3 combination locks & chain  We do a number of things to protect our parrots. Recently, I was asked on our youtube account if we worry about having our parrots outside as they could attract thieves. And we've all heard the horror stories of pet parrots being stolen...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Savannah, GA Shown: One aviary packed up In order to travel with our aviaries we had to have something made to pack them into, as the crates they came into were not ideal for multiple trips. So we had a local welder on our show make this framing in which the aviaries tie strap into. I've included photos so you c...

Photo by Dave Location: West Palm Beach, FL Flying free: Wild parrots of Florida During my week long stay in West Palm Beach, Florida I got the honor of seeing these beautiful wild parrots in the area. As I was used to the local wild birds of the area, one night as the sun was going down I heard something different. Dave actually noticed it b...

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 ...