I sit here and type this as Rico, my umbrella cockatoo is chipping away on some wood I put on top of the cupboards in the kitchen. Yea, it is that ... Read More
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Time For You & Independence For Them…
It's easy to do...it's easy to get wrapped up in the daily lives of taking care of our bird(s). Change waters, fresh food, fresh veggies, new toys, ... Read More
Putting Behaviors on Cue…Knowingly or Unknowingly
Putting Behaviors on Cue...Knowingly or Unknowingly. ... Read More
Putting Behaviors on Cue…Knowingly or Unknowingly
A cue is a sound or signal that elicits a behavior. Many times we give cues or signals to our birds when we want them to do something. For example, we ... Read More
Taking the ‘Command’ out of the Positive Reinforcement Vocabulary
To the best of my ability I try to implement positive reinforcement techniques, approaches, and training to my every day interactions with the birds ... Read More
Just some daily reflections on behavior
So many things coming to mind that I want to sit and write about. I'm just returning from a trip out of town that I seriously considered canceling. ... Read More
A Foraging Idea
Living with five parrots, training one owl several times a day, and focusing on behavior, training, and enrichment with several other species of ... Read More
Shaping Moon to the glove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veb8o2p-IFY&feature=g-upl Pairing environmental events with positive outcomes with a program Barred Owl. ... Read More
It’s A New Day, It’s A New Way
So here I sit, wide awake at 3:48, the morning after Thanksgiving. It's Black Friday and people are out busting down the doors of stores in search of ... Read More
Ahh, very soon.
Oh dearest blog. How I miss thee. Let me count the ways. I've been swamped. That's a good thing. Being swamped with traveling pulls me from my ... Read More
A Bit About Reinforcement
Reinforcers are anything that follows a behavior that causes that behavior to maintain or increase. For example, a bird steps up or flies to you when ... Read More
What is appropriate enrichment?
That's easy. The animal will tell us. If my birds aren't interacting with their toys, they are then call 'obstacles'. I spoke about this topic in ... Read More