Photo by Dave Location: Sedona, AZ Freeflying: Blue throat macaw "Jinx"
When we moved from Saipan to our house here in Florida all we cared about was space for our birds. Our house has a bird room that is 200 square feet and tile floor, and room for 3 6-foot diameter aviaries outside in our backyard. We back up to 100 wooded acres of nothing-ne...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Movie date with: Congo African Grey "Cressi"
Somehow the other day the subject of having a movie night with your parrot came up between Patty and I and we looked at each other with the expression of, Hey, why NOT have a movie night with your parrot? Everyone should try it!
So here I am writing about it...
Photo by Dave Location: Musha Cay, Bahamas Shown: Blue and gold macaw "Chayko"
It seems that most bird owners have a harder time with starting training at all in the first place, but sometimes people once they dive into the wonderful world of training, get a little too excited and can push a training session too far. Just recently I had someo...
Photo by Dave Location: Orlando, FL Training: Hyacinth Macaw "Hymie"
When I took on a 4 year old hyacinth macaw named Hymie, I had a good idea of what I was getting into. This bird was not shoulder-trained so he went up there anytime he pleased and refused to come down until HE wanted to. The cure? Stationing. I taught him to “station” which me...
Custom Artwork of my family by Luiza RL
Life with our birds after a 2 year long tour has been very different. It’s nice not to need to have expectations, I will admit that. We were never really into much of a routine on the tour. The number of shows each week changed, the times changed, and the miles we drove and places we stopped and arrived t...
I don’t think the story of how Dave and I met is published anywhere, not in as much detail as I’m about to offer anyway, even though we went through the story many times for radio interviews and other PR appearances. So here it goes... Dave and I grew up in cities that were 1.5 hours from each other in the Pacific Northwest. We were actually ...
