
All eggies are not created equal – especially Easter eggs!
Catch up with Morty, Squirt and the gang in the April ’24 edition of Beneath the Cage Grate to read all about this year’s Easter escapades!

Where all the bird news comes to roost!

All eggies are not created equal – especially Easter eggs!
Catch up with Morty, Squirt and the gang in the April ’24 edition of Beneath the Cage Grate to read all about this year’s Easter escapades!

Is the Easter Bunny a bunny or a bird? Ahh yes, the age-old question, at least according to Squirt and the gang!
Catch up with Morty in his March ’24 Beneath the Cage Grate column to find out whether Squirt solves this mystery!

How do you ‘entertain’ your feathered companions? Do you sing to them? Make up silly songs? If you do, you’re not alone.
In her March ’24 Feathered Frenzy column, Sherri shares some of the playful and sometimes silly songs she has created for Bubbles and Zack!

Do you ever wonder why your companion birdie does some of the things it does? Bird behavior is complex and diverse across species, and for parronts, sometimes our feathered friends do things that are quite perplexing. .
Sherri’s February ’24 Feathered Frenzy column provides a lot of great insights and advice on how we parronts can better understand the behaviors of our feathered companions.

He may be small, but Morty’s little buddy Squirt gets into some big mischief!
Catch up with Morty in his February ’24 Beneath the Cage Grate column and read about Squirt’s latest saga of chaos and mayhem – birdie style!

To usher in the new year, let’s start with a fun word search highlighting Birdie Heroes! Test your birdie hero knowledge in our inaugural 2024 Feather Fun word search!
Happy New Year Everybirdie, all the best to our feathered and human followers in 2024!
Happy New Year Everybirdie! Wishing all our feathered and human followers a very happy, healthy and adventurous 2024!

The New Year is about new beginnings, but sometimes inspiration can be found in reviving things that brought you joy. How about considering things you can bring back in 2024, for both you and your parrot, to enhance your joy in new, creative ways.
Sherri’s new year’s Feathered Frenzy column asks us parronts to think about what we could ‘reinvent’ or resurrect in 2024 with our fids that will bring both them and us joy.
Happy New Year Everybirdie! All the best to all our feathered and human followers in 2024!

Wondering what happened with Squirt and the ensuing Christmas chaos of last month?
Catch up with Morty and find out in his January ’24 Beneath the Cage Grate column!
Happy New Year Everybirdie! Wishing everybirdie all the very best for 2024!

Do your parrots get excited over the holidays? Zack certainly does! Somehow he knows it’s Christmastime even before all the decorating and festivities begin.
In Sherri’s December ’23 Feathered Frenzy column, catch up with Zack and Bubbles to find out how they approach the holiday season.
As Sherri says, the best gift for us is to see our companion birdies healthy, happy, and enjoying life.

Twas days before Christmas, when all through the village, all people were resting from their work, except little Squirt, so frantic was he, Alexa told him, No Christmas there’d be, because he had no Christmas tree.
Uh oh, poor Squirt, he had to act quick to avert a Christmas catastrophe… But how? Read Morty’s December ’23 Beneath the Cage Grate column to find out what transpired!
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