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Going to Pieces

Richard Horvitz, Proprietor of the Golden Cockatoo I just got back from The Golden Cockatoo, a bird supply store north of me in Deerfield Beach, FL. I needed to get some supplies and I thought while I was at it,... Continue Reading →

How to Change the Status Quo

Discarded Crappy Round Cage at the Oasis Sanctuary  STATUS QUO: the existing state of affairs <seeks to preserve the status quo>  I got an interesting email a while back from a distrubutor of cages in the UK. It's an online... Continue Reading →

A Working Vacation

Photo Courtesy of the Chart Group I'm on vacation finally and it feels good. Of course when you have time off, you begin thinking of all of the things you can finally get done. Things you didn't have time to... Continue Reading →

“Tattoo You” With a Cockatoo?

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... Continue Reading →

I’m Going to Need a Larger Home

I don't often see things that I absolutely adore. This includes birds, sofas and potential dating material. However, when I got an email from Restoration Hardware containing photos of this little beauty, I fell in love. I'm sorry, but I can't... Continue Reading →

This Writer Needs to Write

See? I have the official "Writer's Shirt" and everything! Being a writer is not all skittles and beer. And not all of it involves sitting under an oak tree with a lovely Moleskine Journal and a fountain pen waxing poetic... Continue Reading →

Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming

I haven't been posting at all in the last couple of weeks due to some mitigating circumstances.  Let's see: annual training in Dallas so I get to keep my job, a work schedule from hell, laptop computer issues,  just all... Continue Reading →

An Avian Auschwitz

Warning: Photos are graphic and disturbing. If you have a sensitive stomach, read this in the bathroom. And by the way, I selected the most tasteful photos sent to me. First, you're horrified. You can't believe what you're seeing. It's... Continue Reading →

An Urgent Situation

I recieved a phone call from Jacque Johnson at Best Friends on Sunday. I would like you to carefully consider sending just five or ten dollars to this fledgling rescue to help out these birds. It's a horrible situation and... Continue Reading →

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