I realized just the other day how I've used mirrors A LOT in my training of parrots. It sounds weird, but every time I use the mirror to train one of my birds... it seems to train something completely different. Okay, I've only had two examples of this but now that I've caught onto it I will be using it on ALL my birds eventually. So far, it's j...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Shown: Blue throated macaw "Jinx", Camelot macaws "Comet" & "Tusa"   I received this question after the entry of mine No Excuses: Ideas for exercising your bird.   Hey, I read your article on exercising bird by flying them. But my question is how do you get a bird to exercise by flying (even just in...

What I'm about to share with you is a very valuable tip and it makes your training sessions go so much better! I use it with my birds all the time. But sometimes we get SO excited about the newest trick we're training, we forget this tip and our training sessions end up sucking or not being as progressive as we'd hoped them to be. So here's th...

Photo by Dave Location: Springfield, MA Shown: Galah "Bondi"  It's impossible to train any animal when you're in a bad mood. Animals, especially parrots, are so sensitive and in tune with your emotions that they read you like an open book. It's obvious to them, and faking it only makes it worse. I know, I've started training sessions in a gre...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Coney Island, New York Shown: Baby Blue and Gold Macaw "Coco" After approximately 3 months of hand feeding, raising and training Coco, our friend's blue and gold macaw, we recently said goodbye to her and sent her home to him from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It was harder than I thought, which is why I always hate t...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Moab, Utah Flying: Blue fronted Amazon parrot "Storm" I received this email from my dear friend Jeanne, who has Storm. I just had to share it, as it had me rolling this morning! Today was a pretty painful day for me and so I didn't do a great deal of moving around. That is until I decided I had completely had en...