Where all the bird news comes to roost!
No one can deny the thrill of hearing birds, be it our feathered companions or wild birds, singing their beautiful morning or evening songs. It lifts the spirit and provides a sense of hope and optimism.
Sherri’s Feathered Frenzy column on The Benefits of Bird Songs captures that magic and explores the science and human benefits of communicating with and listening to the birds we share our life with – indoors and in a natural setting.
Oh the joys of molting, poor birdies are miserable and that makes us parronts miserable for them.
Molting is hard on our feathered companions, and depending on their size, molting can last for several months.
Sherri’s July ’25 Feathered Frenzy column presents us with Bubbles’ and Zack’s molting misery, and she offers some great advice on supporting and comforting our birdie companions when they’re dealing with this itchy and often cranky time.
Parrots tend to bond strongly with one human. Sherri points to an article titled “The 60-40 Rule” that sums up this unique bond within a multiple-person home. In this relationship, you learn quickly which side of the equation you fall on!
Check out Sherri’s June ’25 Feathered Frenzy column and learn how, if you’re in such a household, you can establish your own unique relationship with your feathered companion.
Going on vacation is exciting and requires a lot of preparation, especially when you have a feathered companion. Are you taking them along with you? Boarding them? if so, where? Do you know of any birdie boarders in your area?
As Sherri set out on a vacation recently, a lot of time was devoted to getting things together to ensure Bubbles and Zack could go to their own vacation spot with all the accessories and necessities that would make their time away fun and safe.
Check out Sherri’s May ’25 Feathered Frenzy column to find out more on how to prepare for a vacation for both you and your feathered companions!
Quirks aren’t just a human thing, our birdie companions have theirs too, and birds are equally as likely to stick with their quirky likes, dislikes and ‘obsessions’ just as we parronts do!
Sherri’s April Feathered Frenzy column tells of her challenges, having to abandon some of the items and routines she became accustomed to before Zack and Bjubbles.
On a similar note, Keito DOES NOT like any other colours of shirts/blouses than dark greens, blues or just black. She will turn into BirdZilla if I wear anything but those limited colours… gone are my days of wearing Hawaiian shirts I guess 🙂
Easter egg hunts are always fun, but when you add in bots, a saucy Grey and an exuberant Squirt, you get an epic Easter Egg hunt… and one disappointed birdie…
Catch up with Morty’s Easter Egg edition of Beneath the Cage Grate and have a little egg hunt of your own!
As Sherri attests to in her March ’25 Feathered Frenzy column, we’ve all come a long way in understanding the physical, mental and nutritional needs of our feathered companions.
As Sherri describes, when many of us got our very first birds way back when, we did our best to house and feed them as best we knew how. But, the science and practice of owning parakeets and other parrots was limited years ago with few experts sharing their knowledge and few ways for then parronts to share challenges and questions.
We have come a long, and our birds, and us, are the better for the cumulative knowledge gained.
Catch up with Sherri and take a look back at the journey we’ve all taken as we’ve continued to learn more and more about the care of our feathered companions.
Spring cleaning… not quite. Morty is once again witness to, as he puts it, The Crazy Train of antics led by, of course, Alexa.
Squirt’s mom isn’t feeling well so Alexa enlists the help of the bots (Morty enlisted but resists…) to get theirs and Squirt’s house spiffy. It didn’t go as planned. Follow up with Morty in his March ’25 Beneath the Cage Grate column to learn of the chaos that ensued.
Sherri’s February ’25 Feathered Frenzy column takes a closer look at how human personalities and behaviors can influence – in many ways – our parrot’s behavior and expressions.
How do you act around your bird? How does your bird react?
Sherri’s latest column will definitely make you stop and think about how your own personality, actions and behaviors could be interpreted by your companion bird and how their response says something about their own personality and how they choose to interact with yours!
Oh dear, seems boredom and a desire to ‘walk on the wild side’ has led Morty to catch up with the (cursing) African Grey parrots of Lincolnshire Park.
As this is a family-friendly blog, we can’t repeat what those saucy beaks said.
Head over to our Beneath the Cage Grate page and Morty will tell you all about his ‘dangerous liaisons’ 🙂
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