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Coming in May...

May 2 - Our new budgie course pre-release! (Rocko tier+)May 5 - Tasty Tuesday (Cressi tier+)May 7 - Oh, Flock! Cressi ep. 1 (Rocko tier+)May 8 - Ask us anything! (Morgan tier+)May 10 - A surprise for all my patrons; a chance for you to win one of my courses! (all tiers)May 14 - Winners announced (all tiers)May 15 - Announcement (all tiers)May 17 - Oh, Flock! Cressi ep. 2 (Rocko tier+)May 19 - BirdTricks Tuesday: Foundational Failures (Bondi tier+)May 21 - Q&A from ask us anything! (Rocko tier+)May 22 - Family Friday (Lily tier+)May 24 - Oh, flo...

Oh, Flock! Final episode with Jinx

My final session! And he does it!!!

BirdTricks Tuesday | Foundational Failures Series

Our BirdTricks Tuesday 2020 series is focusing on 18 Foundational Failures that lead to major problems! They may seem obvious, but they're things we see ALL. THE. TIME. and finally felt the need to address in this series!Be sure to leave a comment and let us know how you relate to this topic, or what topic you hope we cover in the next episode!

NEW Course Reminder!!

Just a reminder that this course will be released to my Rocko patrons and above on May 2nd. It will be available as a course AND as a "Budgie Bundle" in late May for the general public to purchase from BirdTricks.com. Patrons are getting the budgie course only (the bundle includes other training products bundled with this course).Available from our website May 25th:$49 - The budgie course on its own$79 - The budgie bundle (including Family Friendly Parrot Formula 1)

Oh, Flock! Watch us FAIL today...

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Q&A Answers!

You guys kept all the details in this month! Here are the answers to your questions. Some of you chose to ask me questions privately this month and that's okay if that is your preference. I won't include those in my videos as I reply to those people via text response back in my Patreon DM's.

New freebie!

Hey guys, I'm always looking for new, free resources to provide the avian community with and here is the latest... a foraging how-to guide with tips and tricks on how to implement foraging with your bird (and it doesn't HAVE to be time consuming!)Download it for free here.And don't forget to leave a review! xo

Size doesn't matter to this guy...

Blueberry doesn't care if these toys are sizes for medium and large birds, he can play with 'em too!

Going Live Today!!

Hey guys, we are going live on both Instagram (@birdtricksofficial) and Facebook (@birdtricks) at 10am PST this morning with @roniesbirds (Ronie's For the Love of Birds Parrot Rescue) of whom we recently did our fundraiser for!We are planning to announce the two winners who will receive a year's worth of our pellets AND just how much you all helped us raise for the birds at Ronie's (one of which we will be taking on as a project bird as soon as traveling is permitted again!)I hope you can tune in and join us for the good news.

They're here!!!!

I'm soooo excited... the newest pins are finally in! ChiChi, Comet and Rocko! Which birds do you want to see designed next?!Order them here.

Oh, Flock! Session 6 with Jinx...

Check out Jinx's progress!

Had to share...

This is what waking up with blueberry looks like this morning... 💙

Our new Budgie Course!! Feat. Blueberry

This course is going to be available May 2 for my Rocko tier and above! We cannot wait to get it edited and complete for you!This teaser is pre-release content that will be available on YouTube on May 18th.

Oh, Flock! Session 5 with Jinx.

How do you like seeing EVERY training session's development? Are you a fan of this raw style?

Oh, Flock! With Jinxi... (session 4)

How Jinx's training is progressing... anyone training this along with me??

Oh, Flock! Jinxi pants...

In this series with Jinx I am using these sessions to re-direct his aggression-response to me entering/exiting the room he lives in to an excited response. It's working and we are building our relationship in a fun way that doesn't trigger hormones!

Capri's 4th Birthday

While on board the Norwegian Spirit for Capri's 4th birthday, they put together the sweetest video for her... this was because during a performance about 1.5 months into our 3 month long contract, I fell off a 7' illusion and shattered my wrist. I was sent away and Capri and I flew home so I could have surgery. I felt so bad because it ruined her birthday celebrations we had all planned out before the accident... but friends always find ways to make it special for her!And since her 7th birthday was yesterday, I thought this was fitting!

Look what is on its way!

We received these photos from our manufacturer of the pins and are excited to eventually receive them and have them available! I wanted to share with you!Collect them all!

I spy with my little eye...

Something adorably blue.

Tasty Tuesday | Fun Foragers

This month's recipe is a foraging recipe, yay!

Diet Conversion Trick: SMALL Birds (SO CUTE!)

We have an entire section on diet conversion in our new budgie course SPECIFIC to budgies because they are often a lot more difficult to convert than medium to large parrots (at least in our experience!) Also, Blueberry came to us on a seed mix which he was weaned onto... it can be much harder to convert birds who were weaned only onto seed as well.This is one of the tricks I used!If your bird came to you on the crappy pet store seed, simply find an organic seed or make your own and make your first conversion that. This trick was done using an ...

Oh, Flock! Jinx session 2

Reminder of why I am working with Jinx:What do I have to work on with Jinx?! I forgot to explain it in the video but the PROBLEM I was running into (which I could not video by myself) was when I would go into get Jinx, he would become SO AGGRESSIVE thinking I was going to grab one of the OTHER birds instead of him... (jealous much?!) and when I would get him, it was likely I'd get a nip on the way back or from his aviary. So I began taking him out more frequently for SHORT training sessions, working on something new. This completely deraile...

Instagram Live Reminder! TODAY!

Don't forget to join Dave and I today for our Instagram live (available for ALL tiers!) by requesting @birdtrickslive on Instagram and DMing me your patreon name. See you in 8 minutes!

Oh, Flock! Jinx (Session 1)

What do I have to work on with Jinx?! I forgot to explain it in the video but the PROBLEM I was running into (which I could not video by myself) was when I would go into get Jinx, he would become SO AGGRESSIVE thinking I was going to grab one of the OTHER birds instead of him... (jealous much?!) and when I would get him, it was likely I'd get a nip on the way back or from his aviary. So I began taking him out more frequently for SHORT training sessions, working on something new. This completely derailed his aggression and he literally FORGO...

I was interviewed recently...

I was interviewed for a girl's college project and thought I would share the interview with you guys.

April Content Schedule

Instagram Live @birdtrickslive (all tiers)April 3 @ 9am PSTOh, Flock! episodes (Rocko tier+)April 2 - Jinx ep. 1April 5 - Jinx ep. 2April 11 - Jinx ep. 3April 13 - Jinx ep. 4April 15 - Jinx ep. 5April 20 - Jinx ep. 6April 26 - Jinx ep. 7April 29th - Jinx ep. 8Q&AApril 4 - Ask me anything! (Morgan tier)April 24th - Q&A video answers (Rocko+ tier)TT, BTT, FF episodesApril 7 - Tasty Tuesday Bean Surprise! (Cressi+ tier)April 10 - Family Friday (Lily+ tier)April 28 - BTT (Bondi+ tier)EventsMarch 22-April 6 - Dave in OZ (canceled - follow up with Lu...

Parrot Companion (What's Hangin'?)

This is another 360 view with hanging lorikeets everywhere and some bath taking too! There's all sorts of excitement going on in this aviary!

Q&A

Here are our answers to the questions asked this month (and answered in order, cause that's how we roll!)Question 1: Can you show us the different body language of a bird? In the videos you point out body language that are very subtle. I'd love to learn more about it.Question 2: When holding a bird foot how can I discourage hand nipping xQuestion 3: With hormone season upon us, I've noticed both of my birds' appetites greatly fluctuate and I end up adjusting their portions almost every other day due to appetites and weights. Som...

Oh, Flock! Look at Bondi!

In case you missed Comet's episodes on this, please go back and watch them here:Comet session 1Comet session 2Comet session 3This is what it is supposed to look like with Bondi, my rose breasted cockatoo! Can you feel the breast bone of your bird? Let me know in the comments!PS - I am wearing Storm merch! Find it and my other merch here!