27 Feb 57 Building Trust with a Nervous Non Releasable Raven
In this session of our Behavior Makeover Series, we work with a rehabilitated non-releasable raven that is showing a lot of avoidance behavior around his trainer....
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27 Jan 56 Dr. Scott Echols DVM DABVP Part 3: Exercise, Osteoporosis, and Foraging
In this final part of our series with Dr. Scott Echols, board certified avian veterinarian, we cover A LOT of ground in terms of avian health and welfare. If you want the straight science about how to get your bird exercising, even in terms of...
05 Jan 55 Challenges facing rehabilitated education birds of prey
Working with rehabilitated birds of prey as education ambassadors is rewarding work, but it can be fraught with challenges as well. From working with unruly (and opinionated!) audiences to dealing with heartbreaking avian losses and health issues, it can feel thankless at times.In this episode,...
26 Nov 54 The Problem Solving Paradigm: Learn the scientific mindset to solve your toughest bird behavior challenges
The Problem Solving Paradigm teaches you how to manage really complex and sometimes uncontrollable variables when trying to train your bird, so you actually can realize real change....
29 Oct 53 Dr. Scott Echols: Bridging New Frontiers in Avian Wellness with Technology
Once again, I sit down with board certified avian veterinarian Dr. Scott Echols to discuss some pretty intense concepts in veterinary and wellness technology. He covers how new technology is discovering diseases we never even knew existed and how we are able to diagnose and...
06 Oct Bonus: Interview with The Rossifari Podcast
Special bonus episode with Jon Rossi of the Rossifari Podcast that was released earlier this year when we sat down for a fun conversation. We talked flying birds, leadership, bird nerdin' and so much more....
28 Sep 51 Do you use food to train your parrot?
Using food as a contrived reinforcer to train our parrots is often fraught with emotions and tension. And not without good reason. But we can discuss the differences in contrived reinforcement and natural reinforcement and how both are important components in building strong relationships and...
01 Sep 50 Training Free Lofted Birds of Prey
Training free lofted birds of prey can be an incredibly enriching program for trainer and bird, but it can also lead to an unnecessarily protracted program that brings all parties a lot of stress....
08 Jul 49 Keeping the Science in Animal Care with Barbara Heidenreich
Why does science in animal care matter? Barbara Heidenreich and I sit down - this time in person - for a conversation about what it actually means to be scientific in animal care and behavior...
03 Jun 48 Are You a Falconer or a Pet Keeper
If you have ever been in a falconry forum, it doesn't take long to recognize the level of tension that can course through the interactions between different experience levels and the roots of this derogatory term. We discuss the conservation aspect of hunting in the...