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Volume 3-2 Summer 2007
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Empower the Human/Ani mal Bond wi th Posi ti ve Rei nforcement
Avian Aging
One Week to Nail Trims
Teaching your Parrot to Play
Lots of Stuff for Your Birds to Do
Breaking the Old Rules
of Parrot Behavior
Antecedent Change,
My New Best Friend
Understanding and
Extinguishing Fear Triggers
Fledglings: Feathered Fun
for Young Aviculturists
Avian Aging
One Week to Nail Trims
Teaching your Parrot to Play
Lots of Stuff for Your Birds to Do
Breaking the Old Rules
of Parrot Behavior
Antecedent Change,
My New Best Friend
Understanding and
Extinguishing Fear Triggers
Fledglings: Feathered Fun
for Young Aviculturists
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FROM THE EDITORS PERCH
The Not so Silent Revolution
By Barbara Heidenreich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT FOR GOOD BIRD . . . . . . .10
FEATURE ARTICLES
Pavlovs Parrots: Understanding and Extinguishing Fear
Triggers
By S.G. Friedman, Ph.D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Breaking the Old Rules of Parrot Behavior
By Barbara Heidenreich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Teaching your Parrot to Play
By Rebecca K. OConnor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Lots of Stuff for Your Birds to Do
By Adrianne Mock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Fledglings: Feathered Fun for Young Aviculturists
By Shane Hancock and Nicholas Bishop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
REGULAR FEATURES
PROFILE OF AN ANIMAL LOVER
DEBBIE GOODRICH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
HOW DID THEY TRAIN THAT? EXPERTS SHARE THEIR
TRAINING STRATEGIES
Behind the Curtain: Preliminary Training for a Show
Routine
By M.V.Z. Ana Alejandra Arroyo Lambaer of Africam Safari, Puebla, Mexico . . . .36
WHAT IS YOUR BIRD SAYING? LEARN TO READ BIRD
BODY LANGUAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
LEARNING TO FLY
The University of Montana Flight Laboratory
By Barbara Heidenreich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
SCIENCE FOR THE BIRD BRAIN
Avian Aging
By Diane Starnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
PICKIN PARROTS
Scientific Studies and Feather Picking. Part Two
By Natasha Laity Snyder, CVT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
YOUR GOOD BIRD! READER SUCCESS STORIES
A Pot of Gold Named Rainbow
By Sue Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Antecedent Change, My New Best Friend
By Beverly Penny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
One Week to Nail Trims
By Pam Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Imperfect Birds make Perfect Pals
By Winny Weinbeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
From Out of the Blue
By Kris Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF PARROTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
CONFERENCE, EVENT REVIEWS AND PRESS
RELEASES
Event Review: Parrot Behavior and Learning: A Step Up
and Beyond
Reviewed By Pat Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Book Review: A Guide to Cockatiels and their Mutations
as Pet and Aviary Birds
Reviewed by Barbara Heidenreich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
UPCOMING EVENTS AND SEMINARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
QUOTH THE RAVENER, WE MEAN PARROT! . . . . . . . .22
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