26 Jun 71 Differences in Ambassador Owl Species
Owls make remarkable ambassadors to highlight conservation work, but they can also make for challenging training subjects and divisive ideas in the training community....
Author: Hillary Hankey
20 Jun What size of cage does my new parrot need?
Selecting the right cage and play gym set up for your parrot is important for proper behavior and training ...
29 Mar 70 Ruling the Roost: Managing your needy parrot and your family’s happiness
Having a parrot with extremely complicated screaming, attacking, pair-bonded behavior that won't let you out of their sight without an intrusive cascade of undesirable behaviors can be a problem for the entire household. It also means layers of stress when you are torn between appeasing...
16 Mar 69 Gail Buhl from the Minnesota Raptor Center and Partners for Wildlife
This interview with Gail Buhl from the Minnesota Raptor Center and Partners for Wildlife is a thoughtful journey filled with raptor behavior tidbits, the evolution of operant conditioning in bird behavior management, raptor rehabilitation, imprinting and so much more. ...
17 Feb 68 Why I don’t use ad lib weights or base weights: falconry and free flight birds
We are going to talk about an old school term in weight management of free flying and ambassador birds, and that is ad lib weight. Another term might be trap weight or base weight. Reason why this is old school is that for some people...
04 Jan 67 What we learned about birds in 2023
What did we learn about birds in 2023? What was the big bird news of the year? Hillary sits down with fellow falconer, bird lover, and owl enthusiast Simone Lupson-Cook to talk about our favorite facts that we learned about birds this year....
29 Dec Whatever it Takes: Collaboration to Save a Species
In this day and age, finding examples of cross-disciplinary collaboration to reach a mutual goal is not as easy as you would think. As much as we love to share our passions, a quick scan of social media comments will reveal that often we are...
19 Dec 66 Dr. Lucy Kemp on Lead Poisoning in Ground Hornbills
Lead poisoning is a really big deal for wildlife, and Southern Ground Hornbills appear to be particularly sensitive to lead levels in the blood. In August, Avian Behavior International visited the Mabula Ground Hornbill Project in South Africa to identify some key behavior objectives to...
30 Nov 2023 Holiday Gift Guide For The Bird Lover On Your List
If you are looking for something for the bird OR bird lover in your life and you are scratching your head about how to show them that you know what’s up, we have a list for you! We put together a thoughtfully curated list of our...
01 Nov 65 Developing a student based wildlife training program
We sat down with Paige Sutherland, Director of Wildlife Programs at Shavers Creek Environmental Center in Pennsylvania for a powerful discussion on wildlife training programs....