The Bond Between Parrot and Person

Photo by Nathan Slabaugh Location: San Angelo, TX Pictured with me: Blue throated macaw "Jinx" Sometimes the affection my parrots show to me astounds me. I wonder, do they really know what they're saying to me? Can it be that an animal can feel love for a person? Especially a person as playful as I am? Do these birds even take me seriously? ...
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Success! My Macaw Talking on Video!

I'm very happy to finally report that I got Jinx talking on video! Him, along with my two Camelot Macaws Comet and Tusa, are saying "Hello!" very seriously in the above video. I'm pretty proud of this capture even though Jinx only said it once or twice.   Depending on whether or not Jinx stays in the preshow side of the show, will determine ho...
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Feeling blue? I yam.

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Ft Myers, FL Eating a yam: Blue throated macaw "Jinx"  Like everyone else in the world, I tend to be lazy sometimes. Especially when we have limited internet and I just feel in a rush to get my latest photos online. They go up with not so great titles, captions, sometimes no tags whatsoever and little description...
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Adopting Zoey: Our Second Blue Throat Macaw

Remember Zoey? Well, she belongs to my friend Jeanne who most of you should know quite well by now (freestyle flyer student) and recently Jeanne has been given sad news about the state of her health and is not able to care for Zoey any longer. She asked us as friends to adopt Zoey from her while she's still young and "moldable". It took some con...
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A Trick I Use to Socialize My Parrots

Photo by Amanda Stevens Location: Waynesboro, VA Shown: Blue throated macaw "Jinx", Camelot macaws "Comet" & "Tusa" and Galah "Bandit" I was thinking about this trick I use the other day, and how it could apply to you guys since you don't exactly live the life I lead. What I mean by that is, you're not in the circus... but I figured it ou...
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Getting Parrots to Talk in Front of You

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Duluth, Georgia Playing: Blue throated macaw "Jinx"  I have some super exciting news to share! Jinx finally started talking! And it's so adorable if I do say so myself. His first "word" was mimicking my laugh, so I didn't totally count that and I'm the only person he won't really do it in front of. He only does i...
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