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Parrot Misinformation On The Internet Facebook. I love it and I hate it. On the one hand, it is SO annoying watching people publicly humiliating themselves by posting drunken photos or making personal comments that they will live to regret…forever and ever. On the other hand, for someone like me, it is a wonderful way to see into the world of other bird owners to get a sense of what is REALLY going on out there. This year we started doing an educational post of the week on our page. A good number of those posts are based on what I see in my Facebook feed. I go through my feed nearly every day. It is very uplifting to see how much effort and love people are putting into their birds and everybody wants to share. But just as a warning, please be careful what you post. Many reposted articles are found on the internet, which is overrun with information which is dated, or just plain wrong.  An article written in the 1990s might look and read the same as one w...

African Grey Cage and Environment African Grey Parrots are very sociable and require a lot of attention and interaction. Thus it is important to make sure that their cage and environment is more than adequate for their housing needs. The cage is a safe retreat or haven for your African Grey Parrot. This is where the bird feels safe and secure, no different than what you feel when you walk into the door of your home. There is food to eat, water to drink and best of all toys to play with! A suitable cage for an African Grey Parrot is at least 2 feet deep by 3 feet wide by 4 feet high (61 x 91 x 122 cm) and has a playpen top with a tray. African Grey Parrots are very active and need a lot of "out" time. It's important to make sure that there are toys both inside the cage and outside in the playpen area to keep your African Grey busy. It is best to get a cage that has horizontal side bars to help these nimble climbers get their exercise as they climb up and...

Blue-fronted Amazon      Blue Front Amazon is a very outgoing bird, a great performer and loves to talk!    The Blue-fronted Amazon Parrots Amazona aestiva are very sociable extroverts, they love to showoff. These pretty birds have long been popular as pets and are one of the most commonly kept Amazon species. They are mentioned in literature written well over 100 years ago. It is an attractive bird with vivid coloring as an adult, yet each adult will have its own feathering pattern. It is known to have one of the longest life spans, 40 plus years, with the potential of reaching nearly a century in captivity.   This is an intelligent parrot that can be trained to perform tricks and to talk. Comical and entertaining, the Blue-Front Parrot is a bird that you will frequently see in live animal acts. They love to learn and they even can sing. They definitely love music. They can speak and some Blue-fronted Amazons speak just as well as t...

10 Most Colourful Birds in the World Colours have played important roles in our lives and we all show different reactions to different colours. Our choice of clothes, interior decoration of homes and even purchase of items of daily use are effected by colours. No wonder, we all love to see coloured birds also. Our preference of birds is inspired by colours and shapes of feathers, beaks and other body parts. In addition, their social behaviour has encouraged us to have them as pets and they have found place in poetry and popular music.This Hub showcases 10 birds which are most colourful. Some videos highlight their other activities as well.        #1. Scarlet Macaw Native to tropical South America, Scarlet Macaw is a large sized parrot with very prominent red, yellow and blue colours. It has a whitish skin patch around it eyes and bill and has a very long tail. The legs and feet are black and the beak is dark black at the bottom though the upper p...