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To my complete shock, our entire facebook community came together and talked Dave into setting up a donation of sorts to help us get a Toco Toucan. Everyone was asking why we hadn't gotten another; and we told them the truth... $10,000 for a toucan? We couldn't justify paying such an amount for such a fragile pet, es...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Eugene, OR Shown: Bandit's healing toenail growing in
I'm so happy to report that Bandit's toe is completely healed. The toe nail is growing in, and is about half way grown (well, okay, maybe a bit less than that...) and has turned the proper color and everything. We're so thrilled, so happy and so relieved.
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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 Heather Scott Shown: Green wing macaw
I was chatting with my friend Heather Scott when she sent me some pictures of the parrots she's working with and their frozen fruit and veggie lollies as she called them. I was so excited about her invention that I asked her to share it with me so I could pass it along on my blog. She was more than...
Photo by Nathan Slabaugh Location: San Angelo, TX Modeling with: Camelot macaw "Tusa"
Dave and I have a secret training method we use between the two of us and our birds, ALL of our birds. Naturally, your bird is going to like one person a bit more than the other people in your house. Even our own parrots have a preference, but that doesn't mak...
Photo by Nathan Slabaugh Location: San Angelo, TX Pictured with me: Blue throated macaw "Jinx"
Sometimes the affection my parrots show to me astounds me. I wonder, do they really know what they're saying to me? Can it be that an animal can feel love for a person? Especially a person as playful as I am? Do these birds even take me seriously?
The...
