Ducks as Exotic House Pets - Exotic Pets
Traditionally a baby duckling might have been given to a child as an Easter gift, but as the duck grew the cuteness factor wore off and it was "sent to the farm" after a short time or tragedies happened (like rolling over onto the duckling [... more]
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Vacation Care for Your Bird - Birds
What do you do if you want to go on vacation and can not take your bird? Do you have a trusted bird sitter that you can call in this situation? Or do you just decide not to take the vacation? I know there are some bird keepers who never take ... [... more]
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Red Faced Parrot Finch Jigsaw Puzzle - Birds
A beautiful pair of Red Faced Parrot Finches allowed Terri Gennaccaro of Terri's Glamorous Gouldians to take their picture and she then allowed me to use this picture for a jigsaw puzzle. As always, you may have to scroll over to get the whole ... [... more]
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Five Games to Play with your Bird - Birds
All parrots - large and small - love to play. It is best if they learn at an early age to play by themselves in their cage or on the playstand. It is also fun for both you and your parrot if you play with him or her sometimes. These games are ... [... more]
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Pigeons - Birds
For many of us, pigeons are the birds that hang around bridges and open courtyards in most cities in the world. For others, there are many different purebred pigeons that are raised and shown or raced around the world. Doves and pigeons will lay ... [... more]
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Comical Caiques - Birds
Guest writer Christine Eicher has done a profile on the Comical Caiques to add to our bird profiles. The Caique is a small, colorful and playful parrot native to Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador rainforests and savannahs. The Black Headed Caique ... [... more]
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Pionus Parrots - Birds
Pionus are not extremely well-known as pet parrots, but it is well worth taking a closer look at them. Compared with some other parrots, the Pionus is not brightly coloured, but when you really look at the birds, you can see the beauty in their ... [... more]
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Canaries - Birds
To someone who doesn't know much about canaries, a canary is a pretty yellow singing bird. The more you find out about canaries however, the more you realize that there is a lot more to them than just a pretty yellow singing bird. The original ... [... more]
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Parakeets - Birds
There are several different types of Parakeets. These birds have long tails and are generally some of the smaller birds in the parrot family. Included in the Parakeet family are Bourkes Parakeets, Budgies (Budgerigars) and Cockatiels. You can ... [... more]
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The Red Bellied Parrot (Poicephalus rufiventris) - Birds
The Red Bellied parrot belongs to the same genus as the Senegal, Meyers, and BrownHead, (to name a few). It is an endearing, smaller sized parrot originating in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Somalia, Africa. The belief is that most of the Red Bellieds ... [... more]
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Owl Finch - Birds
Owl Finch is one of the common names for the Peophila Taeniopygia Bochenovii. They are also commonly called a Bicheno Finch or a Double Barred Finch. Whatever you call them, they are a very pretty little bird that originates from Australia. These ... [... more]
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Eclectus Parrots - Birds
There is no denying that the eclectus parrots are beautiful birds. A male and female together are very striking in appearance. Of course, two males together and two females together are also very striking, but in a different way. In case you do ... [... more]
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