Military macaw

When my daughter was young, it was a seldom that she was allowed to eat candy, chips, cake or ice cream. These were rare treats that were reserved for holidays, birthdays or other special occasions. In fact, it wasn’t until she entered grade school that she even realized that this was not the norm in other households. When she was in school, and away from my direct supervision, she started to be influenced by the other children in her class.

I knew, of course, that I couldn’t shelter her forever, …

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People still seem to think discipline works with birds. IT DOESN’T! Yet I’ve been teaching a person how to touch train and when they don’t get a reaction they want or when the bird looks to bite them, they – without even THINKING – immediately react to hitting the bird on the head with the target stick… WHAT?!?!

Or shouting a firm, “NO! That’s not allowed!”

I can tell you right now if I told my husband that stuff, he’d do it anyway …

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Being a magician, it’s kind of a must to have a dove and such is with us. Dave creates many bird related products for magicians and doves are the most affordable for people across the board to use in their shows and they are very easy to return flight train as well. You’ll see them in many magic shows appearing from nowhere and being thrown towards the audience only to circle back to the magician and land on a designated prop or back on his hand.

We acquired a single dove whom we called Mr. Dove until our facebook fans …

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One thing I LOVE about toucans? They’re fearless! This is Rocko’s aviary. I’ve experimented with putting him in the others but this one seems to suit him best. Not to mention I have to thoroughly clean the aviaries before putting him in the others in case there is food or things he can’t have. That’s not to say I haven’t done it, but this is the best one for him and so I added TONS of new toys on a shopping spree to my …

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Ever wonder what it’s like to be one of the BirdTricks birds? Or maybe be one of the Womach’s? Well this post is all about a glimpse into a day in the Womach flock.

It all started with a BBQ outside, Dave cooking chicken for the two of us…

The birds were playing in the aviaries and everyone was enjoying their day.

I went over and grabbed …

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If you’re wondering why we chose 4 baby sun conures as our new flock members, read this article on why I don’t rescue birds.

We are so excited to welcome our newest flockers, 4 baby sun conures, tonight! That’s right, we get these little rascals tonight from our breeder here in Florida. They are coming from the same breeder we got our blue throated macaw, Jinx, from.

We’ve decided on 2 out of the 4 names for them. The eldest …

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