Flockers go green!
Good for the environment. Good for the budget! For the longest time I have been accumulating old chewed-up toys & tossing them in a corner of the bird room. My plan: to take them apart & reuse the pieces that were not badly chewed & not horribly pooed on. Also to reuse the leather strands, chains & metal links. Well this past Sunday I finally g

Minus one flocker
Have you ever seen a more gorgeous military macaw!   This past Saturday my husband & I took Cash back to live with his original owners. It was quite obvious to me that Cash was becoming very flustered living his week days in a cage in a room (hence the bites). Jamie & Dave (& Dave’s brother Chet) worked wi

Anatomy of a parrot bite
As I am familiar with parrot body language, I knew that it would not have been a good idea to go petting this macaw (this is Sebastian, one of the several b&g macaws at a parrot rescue I used to volunteer at).     Nor this one (Baby, a hormonal female severe macaw taken in by my friend).  

Along came Jamie!
Pleased to announce the newest flock member, Jamie Tiffin! Jamie is an adult male Indian ringneck parrot.  I adopted Jamie from the Florida West Coast Avian Society’s exotic bird rescue. While my friend Lynda was at my house doing my home check (to make certain my house is a bird-safe place for Jamie to live), she trained me t