Avian Expert Articles

Discover the latest advances in avian medicine as Dr. Stephanie Lamb shares highlights from the 47th annual AAV conference and explores how new research and veterinary approaches help keep our feathered companions healthy and thriving.

Well-known novelist Margaret Atwood’s lifelong love of birds helps bring a new sanctuary for migratory bird research and conservation to Ontario’s Pelee Island.

Discover how conservationists in Indonesia are fighting wildfires and protecting the vital forest habitats that parrots and other wildlife depend on.

Join us Friday, October 23rd, when Lisa Bono, CPBC, gives us a recap of the World Parrot Expo in Auburn, Washington, with highlights from featured speakers and topics that offer bird stewards new perspectives on parrot care and welfare.

Parrots often hide signs of pain due to their natural instincts, making it crucial for owners to recognize subtle changes in behavior, posture, and routine to ensure their feathered companions stay healthy and pain-free.

Offering our bird’s foraging opportunities with pellets, Nutri-Berries, and healthy snacks is a great way to satisfy their work-for-food instincts. Other great foraging opportunities await with fresh, edible, non-toxic plants. In the wild, part of a bird’s search for food means tearing through a plant to get to the more desirable parts. It’s no surprise that parrots like to chew! Discover tips for creating an edible “foraging jungle” for your pet bird.

At a glance, parrotlets and lovebirds look a lot alike. What do these short-tailed, compact birds from entirely different continents have in common, and what makes them different?

To put it bluntly, keeping companion parrots is similar to trying to pound a square peg into a round hole. The fact that they do as well as they do is testimony more to their adaptability than it is to our husbandry efforts.