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Counting my Love Birds

November 22, 2009May 17, 2021 Jean

Yesterday I frantically searched my aviary for “missing” love birds. I climbed up the tree to look into corners, and fell. I counted my love

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“Birdy Bread”

November 14, 2009May 17, 2021 Jean

It has been a beautiful fall and I feel like cooking. Not for people but for my birds. I buy Jiffy cornbread mix and follow

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Instant Help for a Lost Parrot

November 9, 2009May 17, 2021 Jean

Jean, One of the very cool new features I have added to “Get Your Bird Back” is immediate help. I realize some folks may have

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Ask the Expert

November 1, 2009May 17, 2021 Jean

Barbara Heidenreich is a very dear friend and an expert animal trainer. I have attended several of her classes on parrot training, read her books

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It Happened to me

November 1, 2009May 17, 2021 Jean

Believe it or not, I once had my own parrot (Tarah, my blue fronted amazon) fly out a door. I NEVER thought it would happen

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Rats

October 19, 2009May 17, 2021 Jean

Rehabbing wild birds or taking in unwanted exotics, is expensive, and not tax deductible for us, according to the IRS. So we had to economize

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Release wild birds

October 19, 2009May 17, 2021 Jean

The best part of being a rehabber of wild birds, was getting them healthy and able to care for themselves, and release them. I was

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Baby Screech Owl

October 18, 2009May 17, 2021 Jean

This is one of my favorite pictures, take many years ago. We seemed to get more screech owls than any other. They are tiny owls

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Working Geese

October 15, 2009May 17, 2021 Jean

We were staying in a very nice “home stay” that had rice fields behind it. We had a habit of taking our morning coffee outside

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Bali Bird Market

October 15, 2009May 17, 2021 Jean

Jim and I were on a walking tour of the island of Bali in Indonesia, which is north of Australia. I heard there was a

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