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15 May Understanding Behavior Through Function-Based Training

Posted at 11:28h in Animal Training, Bird of Prey Training, Conservation, Food for Thought, Parrot Behavior, Parrot Care and Husbandry, Parrot Training, Uncategorized

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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

Posted at 09:54h in Animal Training, Bird of Prey Training, Conservation, Food for Thought, Uncategorized

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Are you tired of seeing animals struggle with outdated training methods?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 Today, I want to talk about the challenges we face when we encounter outdated information about caring for our birds and how we can progress beyond...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

Posted at 10:04h in Animal Training, Bird of Prey Training, News, Parrot Behavior, Parrot Care and Husbandry

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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

Posted at 08:51h in Podcast

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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

Posted at 09:49h in Animal Training, Uncategorized

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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...

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16 Mar 69 Gail Buhl from the Minnesota Raptor Center and Partners for Wildlife

Posted at 12:50h in Podcast

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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

Posted at 14:22h in Podcast

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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

Posted at 21:17h in Podcast

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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

Posted at 08:57h in Conservation

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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

Posted at 17:30h in Podcast

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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...

15 May Understanding Behavior Through Function-Based Training

13 May Cost-Benefit Analysis in Bird Care: A Path to Better Decisions

02 May AvOCET 2024 Highlights: Insights, Ideas, and Inspiration for Bird Trainers

29 Mar 70 Ruling the Roost: Managing your needy parrot and your family’s happiness

21 Mar Overcoming Aggression: Practical Solutions for Challenging Parrot Behavior

16 Mar 69 Gail Buhl from the Minnesota Raptor Center and Partners for Wildlife

17 Feb 68 Why I don’t use ad lib weights or base weights: falconry and free flight birds

04 Jan 67 What we learned about birds in 2023

29 Dec Whatever it Takes: Collaboration to Save a Species

19 Dec 66 Dr. Lucy Kemp on Lead Poisoning in Ground Hornbills

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