COMPANION PARROT QUARTERLY Issue #65
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover by Lynn Traylor 

 

DON’T MAKE YOUR PARROT DO ANYTHING HE DOESN’T WANT TO...
Good Advice or a Misunderstood Recipe for Disaster?
By Sally Blanchard            

SEX AND THE PSITTACINE
Are We Keeping Our Parrots Sexually Overstimulated?
By Shari Beaudoin, Parrot island                                  

MAKING WAVES: Making A Difference
My Life in Aviculture and My Weekend at the AFA
By Sally Blanchard                            

THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY
Understanding How Parrots Play
By Gayle Reece                   

ECUADOR ECO-ADVENTURE
Searching for that Elusive Parrot Photo
By John Geary                    

A LESSON IN PATIENCE AND NON-ATTACHMENT
A Change in the Relationship with a Rose-breasted Cockatoo
By Debbie Stone                 

THE AUTOCRAT OF THE SUPPER TABLE
Teaching a Timneh Grey Mealtime Manners
By Elva Mathieson             

3 WORTHWHILE ORGANIZATIONS: Making a Difference
Project Bird Watch, Parrot’s International, and Bird Endowment
By Barbara Bailey, Sally Blanchard

PARROTS 101: Routine Maintenance
Making Life With Parrots a Bit Easier
By Gayle Reece   

THE FUN PAGE
If Parrots Had People For Pets
Recipe: Beta-Carotene Muffins by Robin Deutsch
Spikey LeBec’s Step Up Exercise Video

FULL COLOR CENTERFOLD: The Avian Art of Sally Blanchard

PARROT STUFF: Pete the Talking Parrot by Marx
By Sally Blanchard

FRIENDS OF THE AFRICAN GREY PARROT
Laura Alleman, Sally Blanchard, Patricia Carr, Mona Delgado, Ruth Fahrmeier, John Geary, Diane Jennings, Deborah Kirshen, Susan Loebl, Peggy McLeod, Kim Miller, Glenn Morgan, Gayle Proctor, Barbara Quarantello, Gayle Reece, Nance Reed, Anne Reeve, Nancee Roberts, Molly K. Smith, Jennifer White and Jon Henry, Justine Whyte, Ruth Windsor, and Bonnie Zimmerman

THE GREYS OF PHOENIX LANDING
Four Rescue Greys and their New Situations                
By Rita Sambruna

“LEFTOVER”FRIENDS OF THE GREEN-WING MACAW
By Rita Groszman and Rossanna Waggle     

Breeder/Bird Shop Advertising

RECYCLES
Real E-mail from a Concerned Supporter about the AFA
By Sybil Erden

WELCOME TO THE BIRDHOUSE
Winning Dorian’s Trust                     
By Laura Ainsworth                                                           

FREE FLIGHT AT COCKATOO DOWNS
By Chris Shank   

TARA: More Than a Parrot Rescue                       
By Barbara Bailey                                                                             

Sally’s Snippets: Travels
By Sally Blanchard                                                                            

The Possibility Of A New National Parrot Organization?                              

Parrot Product Reviews
By Sally Blanchard & Gayle Reece                                                

BOOK AND DVD REVIEWS
By Sally Blanchard                                                                            

AMAZON SOCIETY TRIP TO PANAMA                                                            

Letters to the Editor                                                                                  

The Back Page: Beak Bites, Warning, Bosco’s Enrichment

 

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