Photo by Nathan Slabaugh Location: San Angelo, Texas Pictured: Camelot Macaw "Comet"
Just like kids grow up and become teenagers and expect more freedom, I'm finding that parrots tend to feel the same. In fact, I think everyone enjoys their freedom to do what they want day to day. I know I love listening to music with some headphones and just...
Photo by Dave Womach Location: Hidaglo, TX Smothered with love: Galah "Bandit"
I kind of love how unplanned my life can be sometimes. I like going by the seat of my pants, and I love offering that lifestyle to my parrots. It's probably the best thing I can offer them.
Everyone knows about my baby boy Bandit, and what an all-star he is when it c...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Cape Girardeau, Missouri Shown: My cat Ninja, my birds in travel cages and the rest of the circus waiting out tornado warnings
I've seen articles where people talk about being prepared for natural disasters and home evacuations. I've never really taken them seriously, I've always thought, "That won't happen to m...
Our military macaw has always struggled with flying well. Mostly because he would spook and panic if he missed his first attempt at a landing, and end up crashing. We tried training him in a flight aviary where he could learn on his own time, we tried batting cages, we tried having him watch birds that were good at it and learning from them (o...
Photo by Dave Womach Location: Carbondale, IL Pictured: Galah "Bandit" & Military Macaw "Crash"
I'm one of those people that says, "Everything happens for a reason." we may not understand that reason til later, which is usually always the case. I've found that there's signs in life that subtly tell you what path you should be going down. ...
Photo by Dave Womach Location: Carbondale, IL Shown: Galahs "Bondi" & "Ace"
Whenever we fly our birds in the arenas, we let anyone watch who is around or wants to. There's some people around the circus that I call or text to let them know we're going to be flying our birds because I know how much they enjoy being there. Then there's always...
