Chic Chick Décor: Designing with Your Bird in Mind
The buzz on the bird scene is designing and decorating your home with attention to your bird’s natural instincts and requirements. The way birds are being kept is becoming increasingly outmoded in light of the research and information on bird psychology and physiology that has deluged the bird community in the last few years.

What? I Can’t Hear You Over My Parrot
Bird Vocalizations And How To Deal With Them
The saying goes that there are only two undeniable facts of life: death and taxes. Parrot lovers will attest to a third: parrots make noise, and it’s not always pleasant. Even the few species of parrots most known for their reticence can make an owner wish she had bought a fishbowl instead . . .

Strange Perch-Fellows
Birdie Bonding Beyond Species
Most bird owners wanting two or more birds dream of a feathered Utopia where all of their bird friends get along. Though most of our companion birds have wonderful qualities, many are also known to be territorial, possessive, jealous, and potentially aggressive, especially toward other birds.

Primping and Preening
The How-To of Grooming and Bathing Your Bird
Grooming a companion bird might seem like an absurd notion. Only poodles and longhaired cats need grooming, right? Not so. An owner that wants to keep her bird clean, safe, healthy, and companionable makes an effort to groom it.

A Good Night’s Tweep: The Importance of Rest for Companion Birds
Sleep for your bird is just as important as proper nutrition and housing . . .

Snack Attack! Fun Snacks for You and Your Bird
Birds eat . . . well, like birds, so snacks are a touchy subject. Everything they consume matters nutritionally for them, because, face it, they’re not consuming a lot in relation to most other animals . . .

Like Human, Like Grey
Grey People Speak Out about Their Charming Companions
Most people living with greys will say the same about their relationship with their bird. But how the grey can become such a close friend to such a vastly different species—a true friend, not a pet—is a mystery.

Eclectus for the Eclectics
Ekkie Friends Tell What It’s Like to be Owned by This Rare Beauty
It takes a special sort of person to live with a parrot, and the person living with an Eclectus is no exception. From hours cooking bird-friendly meals in the kitchen to keeping this intelligent bird entertained, the work of an “Ekkie slave” is never done.

Budgie Nutrition
For a bird, with such a small frame, every meal is significant, and should be as balanced and as healthy as possible.

A is for Amazon
The bird named after its homeland, a region of dark rivers and dense jungles, the Amazon parrot has become one of the most popular species in the pet bird trade.

How Sweet the Sound: Today's Canaries Rule the Roost
The canary as a companion has deep roots in the American psyche, perhaps due to its contribution as a noxious gas detector in the coal mines of the 1800’s and early 1900’s or its use as the model for the feisty yellow cartoon character, Tweety Bird . . .

All About Conures
New interests on the horizon for conure enthusiasts.

11 Things You Should Know About Your African Grey
The African grey Parrot has a history with humans dating back to biblical times, a fact that is no wonder to today’s grey owners—after all, these lucky people live with one of the most talented and beautiful birds alive, an animal able to charm royalty and researchers for centuries . . .

The Black-headed And The White-bellied Caique
Well known as the clown of companion birds, caiques are loved by bird fanciers for their outgoing nature and ability to make people laugh with their playful antics.

Bird Careers
Have you ever considered turning your love of birds into a full time career? Don't know where to start? I consulted experts from all over the country, and here's what they have to say about what they do for a living. Some of them may surprise you.

More Than A Pretty Bird
A Portrait of Three Avian Artists
Profiles of three well-known contemporary avian artists.