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		<title>Interview: Pamela Clark, CVT</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pamela Clark, in addition to being a certified veterinary technician (CVT), is an author, speaker, and parrot behavior consultant with a special interest in feather destructive behavior, training, flight and nutrition. As a parrot behavior consultant, Pam focuses on coupling improvements in husbandry and nutrition with the most positive and most effective behavior modification strategies. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1385309&amp;post=1715&amp;subd=bestinflock&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Foraging Toys: Introducing the Puzzler</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by a request from Saemma and Coco, Kris Porter has released a modified design of her Fantastic Foraging Blocks. The new design, called The Puzzler, has an additional cut along each long side, which gives small beaks more nooks and crannies to explore and exploit. It also comes in smaller sizes. This small modification [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1385309&amp;post=1721&amp;subd=bestinflock&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is This Crow Sledding?!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure looks like he&#8217;s sledding to me! In any case, it&#8217;s clear that even wild animals like to do things that serve no other purpose than to have fun. Smart animals will come up with games for themselves even when it doesn&#8217;t serve any immediate needs like shelter, food or reproduction. Since most of us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1385309&amp;post=1711&amp;subd=bestinflock&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Shy and Scared Birds to Strangers</title>
		<link>http://bestinflock.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/introducing-shy-and-scared-birds-to-strangers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a fantastic positive reinforcement training video. I really like everything about this training and the instructions the narrator/trainer gives: Note how (aside from the initial couple of seconds in the opening that establish that the macaw is uncomfortable), the woman doesn&#8217;t push into the bird&#8217;s space. She holds her arm or hand steady and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1385309&amp;post=1699&amp;subd=bestinflock&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: &#8220;Fantastic Foraging Blocks&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bestinflock.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/review-fantastic-foraging-blocks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our last post, we just had some fun posting pictures of us opening a box of Kris Porter&#8217;s &#8220;Fantastic Foraging Blocks.&#8221; But what do the birds actually think of their new wooden toys? It turns out that they love &#8216;em! Mika likes the little wicker accents. She&#8217;s big into textures and accents. I appreciate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1385309&amp;post=1679&amp;subd=bestinflock&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kris Porter&#8217;s Fantastic Foraging Blocks Are Here!</title>
		<link>http://bestinflock.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/kris-porters-fantastic-foraging-blocks-are-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Kris Porter of ParrotEnrichment.com asked if we&#8217;d give some feedback on a new foraging toy she has developed. Of course we jumped at the chance! (Are you kidding? A foraging toy developed by the guru of parrot enrichment? Yes, please!) The box arrived Thursday night and we couldn&#8217;t wait to open it. Check [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1385309&amp;post=1672&amp;subd=bestinflock&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Clicker Training for Parrots &#8211; Workshop Slides</title>
		<link>http://bestinflock.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/clicker-training-for-birds-workshop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, here are the slides for the Clicker Training for Birds workshop presented at Phoenix Landing in September. This class focused on the principles of operant conditioning and, specifically, how it applies to our interactions with our birds &#8212; and how to use those principles in conjunction with a clicker to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1385309&amp;post=1640&amp;subd=bestinflock&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Warning: Pine Nuts Recalled for Salmonella</title>
		<link>http://bestinflock.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/warning-pine-nuts-recalled-for-salmonella/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wegmans grocery store chain, according to the AP (and the FDA), is recalling pine nuts sold in bulk due to a salmonella outbreak. The pine nuts were imported from Turkey by Sunrise Commodities of Englewood Cliffs, N.J. If you bought pine nuts from Wegmans, return them to the store for a full refund.  If [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1385309&amp;post=1652&amp;subd=bestinflock&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: Kris Porter, Author, Parrot Enrichment Activity Books</title>
		<link>http://bestinflock.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/kris-porter-parrot-enrichment-activities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time for another in our interview series and this time we&#8217;re talking to Kris Porter, author of the Parrot Enrichment Activity Books, which are available for free as PDFs from her website. She came to Phoenix Landing last year to give a parrot enrichment seminar, which gave us all tons of ideas for integrating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1385309&amp;post=1622&amp;subd=bestinflock&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Budgie Balancing Act</title>
		<link>http://bestinflock.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/budgie-balancing-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is more than a simple mating dance; this budgie is showing off some impressive balancing moves as he &#8220;woos&#8221; his tennis ball. Tagged: budgies<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1385309&amp;post=1586&amp;subd=bestinflock&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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