Barbara Heidenreich and I met back in the early 2000's when she was first starting out. I won't ever forget meeting her at a conference and I was immediately drawn to how easy she made positive reinforcement based training for the parrot owner to consume...
Parrot screaming is incredibly complex! This challenging behavior calls for a comprehensive approach. In this podcast, we tackle just one aspect of parrot screaming: when you parrot screams when you set it down or leave the room. Keeping your parrot busy, especially if he doesn't have...
This episode discusses real life situations in which the very environmental variables I discuss had actual impacts on our birds' levels of motivation, like when Halley the Saker Falcon flew in colder weather. Even a bird designed for the steppes of Eastern Asia and Mongolia...
To say motivation is a broad topic is an understatement. But it can be confusing. We call unmotivated parrots insecure, unconfident, phobic, territorial...
Larue the crested caracara has taught us a lot of things, we wanted to zoom in the focus on three things here that are not only common issues as trainers, but are relatable no matter if you are working with a caracara, a hornbill, or...
Cockatoos can be really challenging and take a special home to keep them happy. When done right, they can be resilient and independent. Doesn't that sound odd? Independent? It's true, and cockatoo aviculturist Katy McElroy has spent decades working with them, observing them, breeding them, and...
If you have ever wondered about the right way to feed your parrot, how nutrition and exercise impacts an animal’s health-span, and how important foraging activities are for all kinds of birds, this is the conversation for you. Dr. Scott Echols has done extensive research...