COMPANION PARROT QUARTERLY
Fall 2002: ISSUE #58

Cover Art: Sally Blanchard
Mailed November 11, 2002

 

STUFF YOUR PARROT WANTS YOU TO KNOW
What you need to know about Feathers
Sally Blanchard

THOUGHTS ABOUT ALL SORTS OF STUFFIssue 58
Ethics, Rescues, Education, Hoarding, "Know-it-alls," etc.
Sally Blanchard

GLORIOUS GREATBILLS AND OTHER TANYGNATHUS
Information on an Unusual Parrot Species
Diana Holloway

THE CHRISTMAS BIRD
A Cautionary Cockatiel Tail
Jennie Adams

SURVIVING COCKATOO AGGRESSION
Changes in Life with an Umbrella Cockatoo
Jill Bell

CHOICES OF THE HEART
Being Chosen by an Orange-wing Amazon
Anne Culbreathe Watkins

OVERLOOKED
The Most Popular Parrot in the World
Danielle Gonthier

MORE JUVENILE PARROT INTERACTIONS
Observations in the Nursery at the P Patch
Nancy Speed

A NEW BIRD FOR OUR FANTASTIC FLOCK
Our Search for a New Flock Member
Bill and Debbie O'Rourke

HE WONâT PLAY WITH THAT
Understanding How and Why Parrots Play with Certain Toys
Jennifer M. W. Cavarra

THE FUN PAGES

  • If Parrots Had People for Pets—Sally Blanchard
  • Recipe: Sweet Potato Pancakes
  • Popeye the Parrot Man
  • A Not So Dignified Grey Paulette Jacob

FRIENDS OF THE POICEPHALUS Part II
Experiences and Opinions about Senegals and their Cousins
Mona Delgado, Sara Frazier, Jim, Christina Martinez, Teresa Richter, Toni Simonis, Carol Spencer, Lisa Szumita, Teresa Warr, Cathy Weeks

THE COCKATOO FORMERLY KNOWN AS FRED
From There to Here and Back
Penny M. Panoulias

CAIQUE HAIKU
Shari Beaudoin, Catherine Balkin, Sally Blanchard, Darlene Friedman, Tom Marshall, Gayle Reece and Nancy Speed

AVOIDING BIRDY BURNOUT
Stay Dependable but Vary the Routine
Gayle Reece

PEACHES & COOKIE
Lessons Learned from a Lovebird and a Meyers
Sharon Fowler

THE SUMMER CLASS OF 2002
Socializing and Teaching Parrots in a Safe Classroom Environment
Shari Beaudoin

COCKATOOS: WHERE DID WE GO WRONG?
How We Have Ignored Lessons from the Wild
Barbara Bailey

REFLECTIONS ON AVIAN INTELLIGENCE PART III
The Smaller Psittacines

AFRICAN ALLEY: Behavior as a Reflection of the Wild

BIRD CALLS: Air Travel With Birds
Joel Blumberg, DVM

Welcome to the Birdhouse
Laura Ainsworth

CPQ Q & A: Bathroom Training, Feather Picking
CPQ Behavioral Consultant Advertising
Adventures with Spikey Le Bec & Friends
Memorable Parrots My First Hyacinth Experience

PRODUCT REVIEWS
Gayle Reece & Sally Blanchard

Ads for Quality Breeders & Pet Shops

CPQ Advertising Listing

BOOK REVIEWS:
Eclectus Parrots, Pionus Parrots

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
PBIC Member Only Classifieds
THE BACK PAGE Beak Bites and more ...