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
Author: Jean
Baby Screech Owl
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
Working Geese
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
Bali Bird Market
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
My Maggie is Gone
Several years ago I was visiting a breeder when something climbed up the outside of my pant leg. It was a blue headed pionus, named
Not all my pets have feathers
I love my birds but we also raise small friendly pygmy goats. This spring we had 16 new babies to add to our herd. We
Ring Neck Parakeet
The ring neck parakeet is a medium sized, beautiful bird that comes in many colors. I was given Chiquita to let her retire in my
American Fan Tail Pigeon
This bird showed up at my back porch door. I knew he was a pigeon but that was all. He was dirty, fluffy and determined
Time to go to work
Trace was retired to our home and little did I know just what great talkers Double Yellow Headed amazon really were. Trace had been passed
Victorian Collar
Recently it came up in a conversation, that someone needed to prevent their bird from tearing its skin, as part of plucking all it’s feathers