Photo by Amanda Stevens Location: Waynesboro, VA Playing: Galah "Bandit"  Preferably, I like setting my aviaries up on grass. When that isn't available, dirt is fine and when that isn't available that usually means it's on gravel or cement, or inside a building and their ground is sawdust. But I love it when they can be set up on untreated gr...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Coney Island, NY Cuddled up: Blue and gold macaw "Coco"  These three things are especially important if you have a new baby bird, they go a LONG way, trust me! And these are things I try to do daily with my own birds.  The first is training AND playing... they are different. With training there is an expectati...

Photo by Dave Location: Orlando, FL Bird pile: Camelot Macaws "Comet" & "Tusa", Blue Throat Macaws "Zoey" & "Jinx" So recently my flock got to meet Zoey, the newest freeflight student! It was a playful mess of fun with her around! She wasn't at all intimidated by the "older" birds (I still think of them as babies) and joined right in ...

  Lately my Camelot macaws have been all about wrestling each other on the ground while on their backs! They have tried to get me to join in, as well as Jinx (blue throated macaw) but neither of us are willing to join in... we don't want to accidentally get hurt with all the fun! However it's too funny to watch them play so I thought you'd enj...

I believe firmly (and from personal experience with MANY birds) that every bird is different and there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to keeping them. Which also makes it fun!   My military macaw plays HARD. And that is why he plays with Dave, and not me! Here is a video of Cash actually playing…   Cash also loves playing hard with h...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Playmate: Swainson Toucan "Fiji"   Fiji is my four year old Swainson Toucan. I've raised her since she was six months old and she is so different from my parrots. Everything from her mannerisms to what she likes to eat in her diet, to her entire diet completely, actually! Mos...