tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199122972011-04-21T11:47:56.207-07:00If you're a parrot lover, this BirdBlog is for you! Regular articles on parrot care, parrot behavior, psittacine diets, pet bird grooming, funny parrot stories, parrot artwork, and a few funny parrot photos will take wing on the BirdBlog.BirdBrainedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11117842432370657940noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19912297.post-1141767375403511212006-03-07T13:36:00.000-08:002006-03-07T13:36:15.563-08:00

Beacon Journal 03/07/2006 Birdbrain! - Porter's PeopleThe wife of Frank Ficker of Freiberg, Germany, filing for divorce, told the court that she learned of her husband's infidelity when her parrot, Hugo, imitating Frank's voice, continually cried out for some woman named ``Uta,'' reports Universal Press.... After Ziggy the African Grey busted another loving couple, you'd think people would

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Many cockatiel owners have written me asking me how to deal with cockatiels who lay eggs. It's more common in cockatiels than other species, and usually the happiest and most well-cared for cockatiels are the ones who lay. While it's a compliment to your caregiving skills, egg-laying should be discouraged.Some uninformed bird owners have suggested that giving them a mate will stop this from

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The most common complaint from parrot owners is that their parrots bite. With beaks that are made to crack open hard nuts, parrots can inflict severe damage to our soft flesh, so finding the cause and solving biting problems is top priority to many parrot owners. Biting is the number one reason that parrots end up in rescues, or worse, get abused or permanently banished to their cages.Biting is

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The fids scarfed down the last of the birdy bread this morning, so I had to make more this evening. Their ESP must have informed them of my intentions, and within seconds both fids were on my shoulder, supervising.Before long, they were skating down my arms to the tabletop to inspect the ingredients more closely.Chester decided the eggs needed to be brooded, and spent a few minutes neurotically

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bird·brain [ búrd bràyn ] (plural bird·brains) nounan offensive term for somebody who is regarded as silly or mildly unintelligent ( informal insult )However, "Birdbrain Doesn't Equal Stupid, Scientists Argue", so if being birdbrained means that I am intelligent, find creative solutions to difficult problems, am playful and industrious, then I take it as a compliment and am proud to be called

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