Updates and Musings About Life with Parrots
Spring is hormonal season for parrots. It’s a time for molting, crankiness and just general acting out. And Stewie the sun conure had a horrid case of the brats for the last month or more. In the past few weeks I’ve barely been able to hear myself think thanks to all the incessant screaming. Stewie…
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This is Stewie. Inside my shirt. It’s his new favorite hangout. That is all.
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Nothing sillier than a wet parrot 🙂 Here’s Mika looking like a wet chicken after a shower: Here’s Stewie sporting a faux-hawk. Mika loves her showers, always getting good and soaked, while Stewie prefers a more gentle misting (or a bath in his water bowl).
Read More...Some birds (like Mika) step up pretty much whenever you present your finger in the step-up position. Stewie thinks that’s for suckers. Here are his rules for getting him to step up (from his perspective): 1) Bribes – A bribe is when I show him the treat (and let him watch me get the treat)…
Read More...Pepper the African Grey is a representative for Phoenix Landing, my favorite parrot adoption agency – and this weekend she rose to stardom singing for a national audience. This precocious parrot sang The Star Spangled Banner to open Puppy Bowl V. Check out Pepper showing off her pipes at the Puppy Bowl: And then join…
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2008 has been a good year for the flock … and for the blog, with lots of fun posts and even a shout out or two from folks in the avian training industry. And December 2008 was our best month yet in terms of blog visits. Hooray! We’re also thrilled to have made it as…
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Not only has the Drs. Foster and Smiths sweepstakes been extended, but for four days you can win $500! No purchase necessary (but don’t your critters deserve a nice present? 🙂 ) Just enter each day for another chance to win: click to enter! . Only four days left, and I’d love for a Best…
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Every year, the Blogger’s Choice Awards gives people the opportunity to support their favorite blogs in a variety of categories. If you like Best In Flock — tales of Mika’s and Stewie’s life, interviews with parrot trainers, tips about raising healthy parrots, and fun bird-related stories/videos — please go vote for this blog. It only…
Read More...Speaking of flying… the video below is of a French guy, who rehabilitates eagles, flying with one of his birds off a mountain top. He’s been teaching the eagle (who has a two-meter wing span!!) to fly and this is the bird’s first long flight at high altitude. The thin air tires the bird out…
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If you do research on whether you should allow your bird on your shoulder, you’ll find a lot of sites warning that this is a definite no-no. “Shouldering your birds leads them to think they are dominant to you.” “Allowing birds on your shoulder can cause you to lose an eye.” Etc. While absolute rules…
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I’m nursing a bruise on my knuckle. Stewie bit me “for no reason!” (Gratuitous use of quotation marks? No, keep reading.) He was sitting on my arm while I was working on the computer and he ran down my arm, bit down hard on my knuckle and wouldn’t let go. I yelped and flailed around…
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