Steve Malowski with the Keas You know, the more I think about this “Summit” jazz, the better I like it. I’m not looking at it as a particularly fun event because I have a feeling that people might be a little tense. There is a lot at stake here: Such as the future of the [...]
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And Another Thing: More on “The Summit”
Posted in essays and articles, Events, People in Aviculture, Writing, tagged Avicultural Summit, Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, essays and articles, factions of aviculture, Parrot Nation on September 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
“Tattoo You” With a Cockatoo?
Posted in essays and articles, People in Aviculture, Writing, tagged Bird Talk Magazine, Bird Talk Writer, bird tattoos, blogging about parrots, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, parrot tatttos, Patricia Sund on August 28, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Photo courtesy of Ginger Snap It’s my first day of vacation and I spent it happily working on an article for BIRD TALK and rather unhappily, but vigorously washing the floor. I came up with this cool idea for writing an article about Bird People who get tattoos of their birds. As I do not [...]
Happy Anniversary to “Parrot Nation”
Posted in essays and articles, Events, Patricia Sund, People in Aviculture, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund on June 25, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Three years ago today at 12:20 p.m. I hit the internet wilderness. I signed up at WordPress to write this blog.The first post was “Hello World” and it was an automatically generated post. When I hit that enter key, I really didn’t have anything specific in mind other than the fact that I’m a [...]
Discover the Oasis 2011
Posted in Events, People in Aviculture, Reviews, tagged behavior training, Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, Dr. Susan Friedman, Janet Holt Hilton, Lanette Raymond, Noelle Fontaine, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, parrot sanctuaries, Patricia Sund, Sybil Erden, The Oasis Sanctuary on May 9, 2011 | 10 Comments »
In writing, economy is an attribute that is sought after. It is something that works well and is appreciated. It’s also very difficult to achieve. Now, If I had a brain in my head, I’d just post this photo above as a way of explaining what the Oasis Sanctuary is all about and call it [...]
Gateway Drug
Posted in Bird Talk Magazine, essays and articles, People in Aviculture, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, Bird Talk Writer, blogging about parrots, learning about parrot care, Parrot Nation on April 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Gate Way Drug: A drug (as alcohol or marijuana) whose use is thought to lead to the use of and dependence on a harder drug (as cocaine or heroin) You might say Parker was my “gateway drug” to the world of aviculture. I began studying up on parrots when I got him and I never [...]
Avian Trainer Sid Price Answers Some “Leading Questions”
Posted in "Finish the Sentence" Interviews, People in Aviculture, tagged Avian Ambassadors, Bird Shows, blogging about parrots, Free Flight Bird Shows, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Raptors, Sid Price on April 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Sid Price has graciously granted my “Leading Questions” interview and did a bang-up job. His answers are remarkably short, concise and I suppose, like Sid, to the point. Sid Price has a company called “Avian Ambassadors.” “Avian Ambassadors is a project utilizing birds of prey in entertaining free flight displays and demonstrations. Sid Price founded [...]
Writing My Tail Off
Posted in People in Aviculture, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, Bird Talk Magazine, Bird Talk Writer, Jessica Pineda, Midwest Bird Expo, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs on March 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been writing a lot. Which is good, I suppose. From everything I’ve read, the more you write, the better you get. And it helps keeps me sharp, keeps me searching for the next big idea, the next adventure, the next project. Normally, when I’m on my computer, I’m at home sitting at the coffee [...]
A Letter From Jenni
Posted in essays and articles, People in Aviculture, Writing, tagged African Greys, Bird Talk Writer, blogging about parrots, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, rehoming parrots, writing about birds on March 26, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Allow me to explain this. As you might know, I, along with half the population of the United States am rather active on Facebook. And I don’t cheat at it either by posting Tweets from Twitter as my status. I have found it to be tremendously satisfying because FB has allowed me to get out [...]
Plans
Posted in essays and articles, People in Aviculture, Writing, tagged blogging about parrots, HARI, Midwest Bird Expo, Oasis Sanctuary, Parrot Nation, Rebecca K. O'Connor, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on March 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I’m still trying to figure out my schedule or the coming year. I know I have to go to Chicago in April for the Midwest Bird Expo. I’m giving a demo on how to make “Chop” with a little help. Well, actually I’m getting a ton of help from a group of wonderful people that [...]






