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Tips to Keep Your Field Bag in Great Shape
Keep your field bag in great shape with proper cleaning, organization and damage prevention.
So You Want a Pet Parrot? Consider These 5 Pitfalls First!
So you want a pet parrot but have you thought it through. Yes parrots look like wonderful pets and Polly looks really cool sitting on pirate Long John Silver's shoulder or Johnny Depp's for that matter. The thing is parrots are not pets you should get involved with on impulse. There are so
Raising a Healthy Pet Bird - 5 Ways to Keep Your Pet Bird Healthy
Even the healthiest pet birds can fall ill from disease and infection. Avoiding health issues is a crucial part of proper bird management, because they can be transmitted quickly from one bird to another, and sometimes from birds to humans. Here are 5 suggestions that will help keep your bird happy
How to Groom a Bird
Just like dogs and cats, birds also require grooming to maintain optimum health and happiness.The basic essentials to bird grooming are wing clipping, nail clipping, beak filing, preening and bathing.
How to Decorate an Aviary
Birds thrive in earthy, vegetated spaces, which makes a natural-looking aviary a suitable habitat for them. An aviary, which is a large enclosure for birds, can be made to simulate a wildlife environment. While an aviary cannot perfectly replicate the wild, you can put safe, natural decorations in i
Where Should a Hummingbird Feeder Be Hung?
The average hummingbird can consume up to several times its weight in food each day, according to National Geographic. A thoughtfully placed feeder will attract hummingbirds and provide supplemental nourishment for the tiny birds with a big appetite.
Oklahoma Bird Identification
Oklahoma's location in the south central portion of the United States gives it a diverse variety of ecological regions. It harbors small mountain ranges, expansive prairies and scattered forests. This ecological diversity supports a variety of bird species. A bird's habitat and appearance play roles
Yellow Bird Identification
There are more than 10,000 different bird species and subspecies around the world, and their distinct physical and behavioral characteristics play a role in their identification. One way to identify different bird species is to narrow down the species based on prominent coloring and markings on the
Learn More About the Tiny Pacific Parrotlet
A profile of Parrotlets, their origin, classification, and traits, as well as information on keeping Parrotlets as pets.
Effects of Wind Turbines on Horses
Wind turbines are touted as being a successful way to use wind as a renewable energy source. Turbines have little environmental impact, but some people worry about their impact on landscape and wildlife. Wind turbines' impact on horses is not often discussed, and whether there is actually...
Information on Bird Cage For Sale
There are so many options on bird cage for sale right now. There are small cages that measure in several inches and there are large ones that take over the whole room.
How to Feed Baby Birds in the Nest
It's a heartbreaking sight--baby birds alone in their nest. Before you decide that the birds are orphaned or abandoned and need your help, watch the nest to see if the parents return. If the baby birds have some feathers, they may be fledglings waiting for their parents to return with food. If the p
How to Train a Parrot - Simple Ideas to Help You in the Process
If you are faced with this dilemma of how to train a parrot, you must first make sure that you allot time for the process. If you have chosen this specie of bird as your pet, it is only inevitable that you would want to teach them various tricks that you may have heard from other owners of the same
How to Incubate & Raise Bantam Chickens & Eggs
Bantam chickens are smaller than regular chickens and tend to be friendlier and easier to handle. They also come in an assortment of colors and patterns. Bantam chickens require less space and feed and make less of a mess. Bantams are quick and adept at eating bugs in your yard. Because the eggs are
Wind Generators Kill Thousands of Birds Each Year
Bird running into wind turbine blades and killing themselves appears to a much bigger problem than many people want the public to know. In fact a single cluster of wind generators in a year or two could kill more birds than the Santa Barbara, CA mini-oil spill, which caused a huge media stir prompti
3 Signs of a Sick Bird
It can be pretty frustrating to deal with a pet being sick. The thing, your pet is of the winged variety. Birds are rather fragile creatures, and they would need a whole lot of attention paid to them in order to make sure that they're well taken care of.
How to Find Out What Your Bird's Sex Is
Determining the gender of your pet is usually as simple as taking a peek between their legs. If your pet is a bird, however, it isn't quite that easy. Unless pet owners purchase a presexed bird, it will be up to them to discover the gender of their bird. And while some birds give clear signs as to t
How to Weave a Nest
A woven nest is created by interlacing different flexible materials, such as twigs, yarn, leaves and scraps of fabric. Weaving a nest is a simple and fun eco-craft project to complete with children. The nests can be used as ornamental decorations and centerpieces during Easter time, when they can be