Monthly Miracle Complete!

It’s been a heck of a long time since I’ve updated here on my blog, but hopefully you all enjoyed following my progress with Alexandrine Parakeet Rasta on the BirdTricks.com blog. If you missed it all, you can find it here. The posts are shown from most recent to least recent so go back all the way and start from the beginning if you want to see...
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She's at it Again - Alexandrine Parakeet Rasta's Journey

Photo by Dave Womach Location: Athol, ID Shown: Alexandrine Parakeet "Rasta" That's right I am at it again - gaining experience by working with other people's birds aside from my own. I really enjoy the learning process (even if it can be super frustrating at times). I'm currently working with alexandrine parakeet Rasta, and writing about my...
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Some Birds Need to Be STUFFED (Full of Food) to Work

Photo by Nathan Slabaugh Location: Athol, ID Pictured: Camelot macaw "Comet" During the making of ParrotFX, Comet has been the bird to stand out the most. He has really come into his own and been able to shine. In fact, he has more asked of him than any of the other macaws and has been excelling at every single part. Dave and I usually throw...
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Behind the Scenes of the ParrotFX Photoshoot

Photo by Nathan Slabaugh Location: Athol, ID Behind the scenes: Galahs "Bondi" & "Bandit" being shot by photographer Terrence Blanton Dave and I have done numerous photoshoots with our birds - every time we get a new contract, it's a new photoshoot for new promo materials and so forth. Comet, our camelot macaw, was the main attraction in ...
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Training Sun Conures with Affection

Womach Family Photo with the "Girls" Photo by Rachael Baker , Location: Moab, UT Affection training. Is it possible? Yes. Is it 100% reliable? Not in the least! But sure is nice. I use affection training a lot - and lately it has been happening on its own with my three sun conure girls; Lily, Phoebe and Detka. Since working on Nick Norton's ma...
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How to Train Multiple Birds at Once

Photo by Dave Womach Location: White Sands, New Mexico Pictured flying: Camelot macaw "Tusa" and Galah "Bandit" (Email info@birdtricks.com for our freeflight course) There’s a lot of questions that come up when it comes to training more than one bird. There are times when it works for the better to train birds at once (more than one) and there ...
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