Sometimes it’s hard to tell in this business. I think some of the heroes are the people who train and educate about training. Susan Friedman is a hero. Barbara Heidenreich is a hero. Robin Shewokis is a hero for spreading the message about enrichment and foraging. Susan Friedman is a hero for educating the field [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Robin Shewokis’
Christmas Hopes and Wishes
Posted in essays and articles, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, Dr. Irene Pepperberg, Dr. Susan Friedman, Houston Parrot Festival, Irena Schulz, Julie Ellison, MARS, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Rebecca K. O'Connor, Robin Shewokis on December 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My friend Sandra’s Niece with Parker I have many wishes, yet very few of them are for me. I like to think of wishes as hopes and dreams for the future. Many of these wishes I have are for my friends who have animals, or work for and with animals. I have worked with quite [...]
Connection
Posted in essays and articles, People in Aviculture, tagged Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, enrichment, Kim Klosterman, Liz Wilson, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Robin Shewokis, Sally Blanchard, taking care of parrots on December 17, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Parker, eating bean mix. What else can we do? We try to keep our birds happy, well-fed, trained and healthy. Most of us work at it. We learn everything we can and try our best to provide a suitable environment for them. But after that what else is there? Well, I don’t know but I’m [...]
Cruising is For the Birds!
Posted in essays and articles, Patricia Sund, Uncategorized, tagged behavior training, birds, blogging about parrots, enrichment, parrot training, Positive reinforcement training, rehabilitation, Robin Shewokis, taking care of parrots on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Got Parrots? Do a Cruise! This looks like it’s going to be a blast! And it’s a fund raising event for the World Parrot Trust! Sailing from Ft. Lauderdale on October 24, 2009 for 8 days Returning to Ft Lauderdale on November 1, 2009 For even more information please check out [...]
Pepper Turned a Corner
Posted in Bird Talk Magazine, essays and articles, Memo to Parker and Pepper, Patricia Sund, Uncategorized, tagged African Grey, Bird Blogs, Bird Talk Magazine, Bird Talk Writer, blogging about parrots, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Positive reinforcement training, rehabilitation, rehoming parrots, Robin Shewokis on May 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
That’s Pepper on the right. She’s a perfectly charming African Grey. She’s eighteen years old and she came to live with Parker and me about 3 years ago. She was found by my friend Shari housed in an 18×18 inch galvanized wire cage; probably her original cage from when she was purchased as a young [...]






