Tactile enrichment? I’ll show you how to do tactile enrichment … To Mika, all bits of paper are bird toys.
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Tactile enrichment? I’ll show you how to do tactile enrichment … To Mika, all bits of paper are bird toys.
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It’s time for another in our interview series and this time we’re talking to Kris Porter, author of the Parrot Enrichment Activity Books, which are available for free as PDFs from her website. She came to Phoenix Landing last year to give a parrot enrichment seminar, which gave us all tons of ideas for integrating…
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I attended another great Phoenix Landing seminar this weekend. Saturday’s class featured Kris Porter, all the way in from Alaska, to talk about parrot enrichment, specifically focusing on captive foraging. Kris Porter is the author of a great web site about parrot enrichment and two free e-books, the Parrot Enrichment Activity Books (which can be…
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Thinking of Adopting a Pet During Quarantine? Pets can be wonderful companions during great times and even more so during bad times. I know first hand that animals are a great comfort. Heck, even the CDC and the NIH acknowledge that there’s something about pets that can just make us feel better. That’s why it’s…
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To kick off 2020, I’m excited to share a conversation with Michelle Underhill, the Executive Director of Phoenix Landing Foundation. Full disclosure: Michelle and I have known each other for many years through her active involvement in Phoenix Landing, and she’s one of my all around favorite people. Please read on to learn more about…
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Rachel Ritchason is the Santa Barbara Zoo’s Curator of Birds and Records. She began her career in 1998 at the San Francisco Zoo, where she was a bird keeper. Rachel joined the Santa Barbara Zoo in 2007, where she went on to become the registrar in 2010 and bird curator in 2012. She holds a B.S…
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Lara Joseph is a professional animal behavior consultant and trainer. She is also the owner of The Animal Behavior Center, an international educational center focusing on teaching people how to work with animals using the principles of positive reinforcement and applied behavior analysis. We’re excited that Lara took time out of her very busy schedule…
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If you’re considering getting a parrot, are new to parrot ownership, or have some questions about improving your life with your bird, please start with our most popular blog posts: 5 Best Parrots for Families with Children How to Get a Parrot to Go Back Inside His Cage Establishing Dominance Over Your Parrot? Your Parrot…
Read More...Do parrots in the wild have names? If so, how do they learn them (and how can we know this)? Check out this great video explaining how a scientist named Karl Berg is studying green-rumped parrotlets and how they learn their “signature contact calls” (aka. “names”). Hello, I’m Bob. Hey, Tom, do you want to…
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Earlier this month, Deb White the founder of Super Bird Creations (a line of high-quality bird toys available for wholesale to retailers) as well as a number of other sites dedicated to enriching the lives of parrots, came to Phoenix Landing for a special lecture on the important role that “play” serves in the lives…
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I’ve been watching the Netflix show “House of Cards” (great show, btw) and there’s an episode where the main character Frank Underwood visits a billionaire who happens to own a parrot. The parrot, you eventually see, is a sun conure. Which of course I point out to Stewie, who is sitting behind me. The screen…
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