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....
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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 ...
15 May Understanding Behavior Through Function-Based Training
At our recent AvOCET conference, attendees were treated to an enlightening presentation by Sean Will and Maasa Nishimuta, founders of the Constructional Approach to Animal Training. Their talk focused on incorporating function-based training and degrees of freedom into modern animal training practices. What is function-based training...
13 May Cost-Benefit Analysis in Bird Care: A Path to Better Decisions
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in Animal Training, Bird of Prey Training, Conservation, Food for Thought, Uncategorized
Are you tired of seeing animals struggle with outdated training methods? Are ear tags causing more harm than good? Today, I want to talk about the challenges we face when we encounter outdated information about caring for our birds and how we can progress beyond...
02 May AvOCET 2024 Highlights: Insights, Ideas, and Inspiration for Bird Trainers
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in Animal Training, Bird of Prey Training, News, Parrot Behavior, Parrot Care and Husbandry
This year’s Avian Online Conference for Education and Training (AvOCET) was the jolt of behavior science inspiration and collaborative juice I know I really needed. From AvOCET newcomers such as Emily Davenport of the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Alliance, Annette Pedersen of the Copenhagen Zoo, Joe Whitehead...
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...
21 Mar Overcoming Aggression: Practical Solutions for Challenging Parrot Behavior
Today we are going to share some invaluable insights we've uncovered as case studies from our consultations, diving into the intricate world of complex parrot behavior scenarios. These discussions have been enlightening, offering practical strategies and highlighting the importance of addressing biases while understanding the...
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....