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Canaries – Nature’s IPods – Why They Sing

Mitch Rezman
November 14, 2016
Feeding Pet Birds / Habitats for caged birds / Species Specific / Veterinarian Related
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Before iPods there were boomboxes. Before boomboxes, there were stereo radios. Precursors to phonographs were Victrolas.

But the way to get tunes in your home long before there was electricity was the natural sound of bird songs.

For years people would place a Canary or other singing finches in a small cage on either side of the room and whoever did that first can take credit for inventing stereo sound.

Canaries are small songbirds coming from the Finch family and were initially found in places like the Azores and believe it or not the Canary Islands.

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Air Purifiers for Birds and Parrots – What Should I Look For?

Barry asks, Do you have any recommendations for air filters that are safe for my bird?

Hi Barry

Just make sure that it is sized appropriately for the room, house or apartment so it actually does what it’s supposed to do – remove dust and allergen particulate from the air we breathe at home. (more…)

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Clicker Training Videos for Birds – From Tricks to Flight

Mitch Rezman
November 9, 2016
Bird Behavior / Bird Rescue / Bird Supplies Info / Biting Birds / Training Birds
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It is opaque to me as to why caged bird keepers refuse to embrace clicker training. We spend hundreds (thousands) of dollars on birds, equipment, toys, accessories, and food (thank…

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Short Circuit From Love to Attack Behavior With My Rainbow Lory Recently

Mitch Rezman
November 9, 2016
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Biting Birds
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Connie S wrote:

I looked at the anatomy of a bird’s brain that you had in a recent email.

I would like to know more about the portion that says: Short Circuit from love to attack behavior!

That is happening with my rainbow lory recently.

He is 18 years old and has suddenly started attacking my hand when I reach to have him climb on my finger.

Otherwise, he hangs out with me with no problem – when I’m sitting in a chair or lying on the bed. (more…)

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Lorikeets 62 Species of Nectar Slurping Seed Eating Carnivores

Sandra wrote: Hi, I just want to say that I absolutely love the Sunday Birdie Brunch and was wondering If I could request a topic on lorikeet diet, scaley breasted lorikeet in flight My cutie loves her daily fruit veg and lory mix. Do you recommend a certain mix for lories? blue lorikeet I have Joy and Wombaroo at the moment, and the textures and ingredients are so different!

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Scientists Fundraise for Conures

Mitch Rezman
November 7, 2016
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Rescue / Species Specific / The Traveling Bird / Wild Bird & Wildlife
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Did you know the sun conure may be facing extinction in the wild, and you can help? There is a real need for more surveys to establish their status in nature. The 2014 estimates published on the IUCN database are between 1,000 and 1,499 mature birds. Some of the last known sun conures live in Guyana, a country with a small human population and a lot of forest and savannah grasslands.

The IUCN page mentions that the trade in wild conures is “ongoing” because “due to the ease with which birds can be attracted to bait (e.g. corn) and the large distances they will travel, it is easy to trap all the individuals in an area.” Quoted from Jamie Gilardi.

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Is Winter Stressing Your Bird Out?

Mitch Rezman
November 1, 2016
Bird & Parrot Care / Feather Plucking / Feeding Exotic Birds / Surviving Disaster / Website Shopping
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Birds have a highly developed sense of light. In humans, we perceive light through our eyes.

Our feathered friends have an additional way of interpreting light conditions, a special gland that surrounds the eye. Read more on this

As days get shorter and the temperature falls, we want you to be aware of some issues the changing weather may have on your birds.

In the wild, animals rely on the cycling of the sun, and the seasons to adjust their biological clocks and metabolism. It is the sun, and changes in the quality of light and length of the day which set the stage for breeding, migration, molting, and daily behavior patterns.

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Sexing Lovebirds – On the Cheap

About a quarter of all parrots are sexually dimorphic meaning you can tell the sex by the color or markings of the bird or parrot. Green Eclectus parrots are boys, red ones are girls (as a side note as recently as ten or fifteen years ago zoos were placing 2 red Eclectus together hoping for mating.)

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