Life With Alex, a memoir, reviewed by Sandy Lender Don’t go into the Life With Alex film expecting a scientific documentary that details a bird’s work or expecting an emotional look at parrot-human relationships. Instead, look for these elements sprinkled among an educational yet tender story of a parrot and his many minions. The visual… [Read more…]
May 1, 2013
Occupy Your Cockatoo Need an inexpensive toy to keep a smart Cockatoo occupied for a while? Don’t pass up the tried-n-true telephone books. For some reason, companies still print those monstrous books and pay delivery people to drop them on our doorsteps. Some poor tree gave its all for that product so reuse and repurpose… [Read more…]
May 1, 2013
With Robin Shewokis In the wild, cockatiels spend time foraging on the ground. They eat a variety of grass seeds. To that end, Shewokis suggests setting up a “natural” grass carpet section with cockatiel food sprinkled upon it as a foraging/feeding station. The staff at In Your Flock bought the 1-foot-wide strip of grass carpet… [Read more…]
May 1, 2013
Title: Cockatiel Lessons Subtitle: how one little yellow bird changed everything Author: Marguerite Floyd Copyright: 2012 Review is of the Smashwords edition; Reviewed by IYF Editor Sandy Lender Cockatiel Lessons begins by advising the reader not to depend on the information in the book as medical or behavior advice for his or her own bird.… [Read more…]
May 1, 2013
The staff at In Your Flock magazine intends to update and add to this page as time goes on. If you know of a bird rescue or club that does exemplary work with Cockatiels, send us a note to let us know. The American Cockatiel Society (ACS) was founded in 1977 and its website offers… [Read more…]
May 1, 2013
How to help a parrot stop feather-plucking This article may take a long time to flesh out. We’re going to follow the feather-plucking habit of a male Eclectus parrot who has recently been rehomed. His name is Winston (Winnie) Lender, and he’s had a confusing past. We’ll start with that. According to his most recent… [Read more…]
April 23, 2013
The April issue of In Your Flock bird magazine focuses on diet & nutrition. The print edition of the April In Your Flock bird magazine mails this week. The digital edition will go online shortly after that with instructions for access going out to our digital-only and print+digital subscribers. To celebrate and get everyone ready… [Read more…]
April 6, 2013
February/March 2013 In Your Flock has Mailed I’m pleased to announce the big February/March combo issue of In Your Flock magazine mailed last week. If you follow our various social sites, you know that I made the executive decision to hold up production to swap out a page so I could include information about the… [Read more…]
May 1, 2013
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