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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Hyacinth macaw

If I’m going to be honest, I have to admit that I used to have a real problem with the idea of a training diet. It seemed unthinkable that a bird, virtually a wild animal in terms of its lack of domestication, should be locked in a cage and then denied food, something it would be free to acquire in the wild. It is psychologically damaging for any sentient being to be kept at another’s mercy, how could this ever be considered a good thing?

Training bridges a gap, fills …

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My three macaws were bickering a lot in their aviary they sometimes share outside and they had just spent 10 days apart in their own private aviaries so I thought they could use some quality time with me, some flight time to get excess energy out and a larger space to socialize together.

My camelot macaw Tusa immediately put himself alone in the den and stayed there the entire time, letting everyone know he wanted his space. So there he stayed.

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We’re holding our third photo contest ever on our BirdTricks Facebook!

The theme this month is “In Flight”. We want to see your fully flighted bird in flight, the only catch? No outdoor flight photos unless you are a Freestyle Flyers Club Student Graduate! We don’t want this contest to be ‘who lost their bird first’ type of thing so please don’t take your UNTRAINED bird outside for a pretty flight photo.

The prize: ONE …

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female eclectus

I try to cover this topic at least twice a year because it’s so important. I never have to look hard to find an event to inspire one of these posts.

I needed some supplies the other day and went to the local bird store where they have a few parrots for sale, among them a female eclectus and a cherry headed conure. Both of the birds had been in the store for several months awaiting purchase. They were, by this time, well adjusted to strangers gathering by their cages …

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Photo by Unknown
Location: Live performance
Shown: Blue throat macaw “Jinx”

I wanted to let you Floridians know that we will be performing in Ormond Beach, Florida on January 28th at 7PM. One show only with special guest entertainer Glen Foster!

The show will be primarily magic and illusions with the incorporation of some of our parrots.

Come on out and enjoy the show and meet us, too! For event details, location and admission information …

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