Toco Toucan "Rocko" with Dave and infant Sydney Capri. I've been asked a ton recently how my birds are responding to the newest addition of our baby girl, Sydney Capri, who is currently a month and a half old. Our situation is quite different than most... first, whenever we are here at home in Florida it's ours and our birds "time off" from per...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Shown: Baby sun conure   Through the whole process of losing CJ and trying to deal with the guilt, grief and overall loss of her presence... the breeder, Katherine, has really been there for me fully. She was there to listen to me scream and cry in hysterics seconds after I found CJ lifeless and she ...

Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Movie date with: Congo African Grey "Cressi" Somehow the other day the subject of having a movie night with your parrot came up between Patty and I and we looked at each other with the expression of, Hey, why NOT have a movie night with your parrot? Everyone should try it!  So here I am writing about it...

Photo by Dave Location: Charlottesville, VA  I wanted to extend a big thank you to Laura Rennie, whom through our facebook decided to kindly send me this tank top with macaws and toucans on it, along with an adorable black romper with macaws on it. (How did she know I LOVE rompers?! A great creation to just put on an outfit without having to ...

Photo by Dave Location: Moab, UT Our flock: African Grey "Cressi", Galahs "Bondi" & "Bandit", Camelot macaw "Tusa", Blue throat macaw "Jinx" & Camelot macaw "Comet"  Have you ever noticed or compared your friends before and their traits in a public, social setting? I have some friends that shy away from human interaction unless it’s o...

Photo by Dave Location: Kent, WA Helping me write blogs (or not): Toco Toucan "Rocko" I can't even tell you how important I feel bird blogs on the web are. Not so much from taking every single word someone writes as gold (my own included, hell, these are just my experiences, not the Bible!) but to merely SHARE information, experiences, knowle...