- The pigeon can recognize all 26 letters of the English language.
- They can be taught relatively complex actions and response sequences, and can learn to make responses in different sequences.
- In scientific tests pigeons have been found to be able to differentiate between photographs and even between two different human beings in a photograph.
- A study conducted at Keio University in Japan demonstrated that pigeons could learn to distinguish between a Van Gogh and a Chagall paintings, based on multiple feature cues, such as color and pattern.
- Pigeons can remember large numbers of individual images for a long time, for example hundreds of images for periods of several years.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Pigeon Intelligence
Did you know that pigeons are intelligent? Yes they are and please do not call them rats with wings!
Do You Trust Your Avian Vet?
My first experience at the Avian vet with my second Cockatiel, Beenie was just awful.
I do not recommend buying a bird anymore because there are so many unwanted birds that need homes. Adopting is a better option. But I bought Beenie about 7 years ago at a Baby Parrot store and he came with a free vet check up.
When I took him to the Avian vet I was nervous to begin with. I did not know this vet. When we were called into the exam room by the vet assistant she asked me to put Beenie on the scale. But he did not want to come out of the cage. So I asked the assistant to help. It was less than a week that I had bought my little baby, and I did not know that much about birds back then as I do now. When the assistant went in the cage to get Beenie with her hand, she got Beenie's wing caught on the cage door. She didn't realize this, and I told her that his little wing was caught in the cage. When she put him on the scale I saw blood dripping from his wing! It was a blood feather. I was just devastated by all of this at the time because I did not know what a blood feather was. And when the Avian vet came into the room she needed to wrap Beenie up in a white towel and put pressure on his blood feather. She was a very nice and caring lady, but not the assistant. The assistant even said Beenie was a bad bird because he was afraid to come out of the cage.
Poor little Beenie was squirming and screeching to get away for the Avian vet. He got all stretched out and skinny looking. I thought my new baby was going to die! I never saw a bird like that before! This was all so terrible to me because I had just lost a little parakeet, I had for 8 years and was a good friend of my other cockatiel, Baby. I bought Beenie as a new companion for Baby and Me. We missed my little parakeet so much.
Well anyway, Beenie got a clean bill of health, but was scared for life by hands and the color white!
Beenie would not step up on my hands for many years. He was terrified of hands! He would step up on my flannel covered wrist, but not if my wrist was bare. He did not like any kind of skin on hands or wrists, even arms. I would get nipped if I got my bare arm too close to him. But it was not Beenie's fault that was so terrified of hands and arms. The vet assistant had bare arms that day she got his wing caught in the cage.
So please go and read this blog Do You Trust Your Vet? with some great advice from Chet and Dave Womach. And a must read of Lucas's story of his bad experience with a vet that is listed there, also.
I do not recommend buying a bird anymore because there are so many unwanted birds that need homes. Adopting is a better option. But I bought Beenie about 7 years ago at a Baby Parrot store and he came with a free vet check up.
When I took him to the Avian vet I was nervous to begin with. I did not know this vet. When we were called into the exam room by the vet assistant she asked me to put Beenie on the scale. But he did not want to come out of the cage. So I asked the assistant to help. It was less than a week that I had bought my little baby, and I did not know that much about birds back then as I do now. When the assistant went in the cage to get Beenie with her hand, she got Beenie's wing caught on the cage door. She didn't realize this, and I told her that his little wing was caught in the cage. When she put him on the scale I saw blood dripping from his wing! It was a blood feather. I was just devastated by all of this at the time because I did not know what a blood feather was. And when the Avian vet came into the room she needed to wrap Beenie up in a white towel and put pressure on his blood feather. She was a very nice and caring lady, but not the assistant. The assistant even said Beenie was a bad bird because he was afraid to come out of the cage.
Poor little Beenie was squirming and screeching to get away for the Avian vet. He got all stretched out and skinny looking. I thought my new baby was going to die! I never saw a bird like that before! This was all so terrible to me because I had just lost a little parakeet, I had for 8 years and was a good friend of my other cockatiel, Baby. I bought Beenie as a new companion for Baby and Me. We missed my little parakeet so much.
Well anyway, Beenie got a clean bill of health, but was scared for life by hands and the color white!
Beenie would not step up on my hands for many years. He was terrified of hands! He would step up on my flannel covered wrist, but not if my wrist was bare. He did not like any kind of skin on hands or wrists, even arms. I would get nipped if I got my bare arm too close to him. But it was not Beenie's fault that was so terrified of hands and arms. The vet assistant had bare arms that day she got his wing caught in the cage.
So please go and read this blog Do You Trust Your Vet? with some great advice from Chet and Dave Womach. And a must read of Lucas's story of his bad experience with a vet that is listed there, also.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Cute alert: Goose looks after blind dog
Owner Renata Kursa, 47, of Lublin, Poland, was heartbroken when Bak was left blind after an accident last year.
'But gradually Buttons got him up on his feet and starting walking him around. They're inseparable now - they even chase the postman together,' she said.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Read a Great Review About the New Movie Rio by Bird Trainer Chet Womach
Photo by rio.movie-trailer.com
I don’t go out to movies often. I usually wait for them to come out on Netflix, but I have been anticipating the release of RIO for months now, for all the obvious reasons. I had read that the director and animators had studied wild, captive and companion birds in depth to make the stars of this film as true to life as possible without alienating the non-bird people (like we really care). I already have 4 of the 8 available Happy Meal toys from McDonald’s.
I bought my ticket outside the theater and the girl in the box office looked around me to see how many kids I was escorting. I grinned and said: “Just one, please.” I walked into the lobby ...
Click Here to read the full review.
Fixing Your Parrots Problems
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Parrot Care Is So Important
I want to talk about how important parrot care is for birds and how devoted I am to helping parrots that are unwanted and abused. I don't have the money to help them, so I want to tell everyone about how much are dear parrot friends need help.
I want to tell you about Parrotcare.org or the Association of Parrot C.A.R.E. Conservation, Adoption, Rescue and Education. Serenity Park Parrot Sanctuary whom I dearly love, is part of Parrot Care.org. Serenity Park cares for homeless and abused parrots and peope who are veterans of war. Their program is so wonderful!
Parrot Care's Mission is Conservation of parrots in their wild, natural habitats and the preservation of those habitats. Adoptions of parrots needing re homing or into permanent sanctuary. Rescue of parrots who can no longer live in their current situation. Education of the public, animal lovers, and parrot caregivers on the appropriate care of parrots and the need to adopt rather than breed.
So if you want to help parrots and people, but definately parrots please check out ParrotCare.org
I want to tell you about Parrotcare.org or the Association of Parrot C.A.R.E. Conservation, Adoption, Rescue and Education. Serenity Park Parrot Sanctuary whom I dearly love, is part of Parrot Care.org. Serenity Park cares for homeless and abused parrots and peope who are veterans of war. Their program is so wonderful!
Parrot Care's Mission is Conservation of parrots in their wild, natural habitats and the preservation of those habitats. Adoptions of parrots needing re homing or into permanent sanctuary. Rescue of parrots who can no longer live in their current situation. Education of the public, animal lovers, and parrot caregivers on the appropriate care of parrots and the need to adopt rather than breed.
So if you want to help parrots and people, but definately parrots please check out ParrotCare.org
Please Help Bring Home Angus From Abuse
- Target: President RSPCA, Dr. Hugh Wirth & RSPCA VIC Chief Executive Officer, Maria Mercurio.
- Sponsored by: The Parrot Rescue Centre
During one 100 km/h ride, Mr. Lawther at times turned on the windshield wipers - at other times made rapid stops. These seemed to be attempts to knock the bird off the car, but Mr. Lawther states he wanted the bird "to feel the wind in his feathers". On one news story, after being told that people consider his actions cruel, his quote was "It doesn't matter to me".
After the RSPCA became involved, Mr. Lawther absconded with the bird and neither have since been found. It has come to light that Angus is very likely a bird that was separated from its real owner in December 2010.
An example of the YouTube video footage available can be found at: http://youtu.be/MgeIcfRtS2w
Please Click Link below to sign the petition to help Angus!!!
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