Recently while visiting Corpus Cristi, Texas for a week with the circus, I decided to do some pretty touristy stuff. Like, tour the USS Lexington where the photos in this post were taken.  While aboard doing the tour, I came across this whole room devoted to knots, the history of knots, the invention of knots and all the different types of kn...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Shown: Blue throat macaw "Jinx" in aviary with zip tied manila rope Recently I got asked how to secure down water bottles inside bird cages so that the birds wouldn't break them free and drop them to the ground. Now currently, I don't use water bottles full time, I normally just use them for when I'm ...

I am SUCH a huge fan of the monthly toy program, this video above is one of the toys we got last month on the toy program (the toys are different every month!) and my flock loved it! This one is a bird kabob and it's awesome. The texture is what the birds love and it's easy yet a little hard for them to pick apart into pieces. After my macaws t...

Photo by David Location: Holland America Line Wearing me out: Congo African Grey “Cressi” Do you feel like your parrot has more energy than you do? By the time you get to him or her, he or she is just wearing you out? That’s how I felt when my above picture was taken. I had just finished saying, “You are wearing me out, Cressi!” before I face p...