Photo by David Location: Coney Island, NY Baby bird: Blue and gold macaw "Coco"
For my friend Gary, I am bird sitting a baby blue and gold macaw named Coco for a couple months. Coco is super sweet, as all baby birds are, and watching her for my friend is making me really realize where people can go wrong with their own baby birds.
For whatever...
Recently we worked in Jinx, our blue throated macaw, into another segment of the show. Originally when this piece first went into the show, the flight Jinx performed was a straight line from Dave to me. Now, however, we have been able to train Jinx to fly forward and turn to land on me, making it more impressive for the audience and much more ...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Coney Island, NY Pictured: Galah "Ace"
If I asked those of you who think you know our birds well, most would say this photo is of Bandit. But it's not! And I am so excited to tell all of you, or rather update all of you, on Ace and his eyes!
He has been outside here in Coney for about a week straight and takes p...
Photo by Dave Womach Location: Waynesboro, VA Shown: Blue throated macaw "Jinx"
Avoid parrot selling scams online by familiarizing yourself with popular parrot photos that will be used in these scams. If the photos of the birds aren't theirs, chances are they don't have the bird to begin with.
Our photo flickr account is used ALL the time f...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Coney Island, NY Shown: Scrambled eggs with coconut & flax seed
If you enjoy making food for your bird, there are some healthy toppings you can add to your bird's meals to make them more tasty and even more healthy as well.
At a lot of grocery stores you can buy bags of plain coconut, flax seed and unsalte...
Photo by Dave Location: Moab, Utah Pictured: Galah "Bondi"
Today I went to move my small birds from their travel cages to their aviary. It isn't a long distance, maybe 60 feet... from the gravel to the grass. I opened the aviary door and left it that way, as it was empty, and I planned on getting two birds in at once to lessen the amount of t...