February 2012
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Santa Barbara Bird Farm - What's New →
“Rather than trimming flight feathers the second the youngsters started to flap, she allowed them to fledge and learn to fly as nature intended. By allowing them to learn to control their flight, her babies developed athletic skills that gave them better muscular control, and this control increased their self-confidence exponentially, which allowed them to develop a sense of wonder and curiosity...
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Expert Bird Care Instruction | Eductational DVDs... →
Foods for Different Avian Species
These forms cover basic food choices and methods of diet conversion for commonly kept pet bird species (parrots, Passeriformes and Columbiformes). This is a guide only does not provide definitive dietary recommendations for any birds. For more details on pet bird diets, see ‘Basic Avian Nutrition’ in the Expert Companion Bird Care Series: Volume I DVD.
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Conservationists try to keep rare parrots alive in captivity as their numbers dwindle in the wild.
(via Video — Parrot Gene Pool — National Geographic)
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