COMPANION PARROT QUARTERLY ISSUE #69
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover Art by Sally Blanchard
(Mailed March 2006)

GETTING SETTLED
                                By Sally Blanchard

STUFF YOUR PARROT WANTS YOU TO KNOW
                Rules for Letting Your Parrot on Your Shoulder
                                By Sally Blanchard

EDITORIAL: WHY I THINK WHAT I DO ABOUT PARROTS
                Creativity, Rigidity, Parrot Intelligence, Operant Conditioning, Behaviorism
                                By Sally Blanchard

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LINEOLATED PARAKEET
                A Gentle and Small but Overlooked Parrot
                                By Jessie Zgurski

AVIAN FLU: A COMPANION BIRD CAREGIVER’S PERSPECTIVE
                Avoid the Alarmism and Paranoia in Regards to Your Parrots
                                By Terry Beaudoin

NOT-SO-MERRY
                Working with An Overbonded Nanday
                                By Gail Hildebrand           

THE IMPORTANCE OF EXERCISE FOR OUR PARROTS!
                Companion Parrots Need More Aerobic Exercise
                                By Shari Beaudoin

FLIGHT SCHOOL FOR PHOEBE
                An Adult Cockatiel Learns to Fly
                                By Elva Mathiesen

THE IMPORTANCE OF VITAMIN C FOR PARROTS
                This Vitamin is Very Essential to the Health of Parrots
                                By Karen J.Hanson

THE FUN PAGE               
                If Parrots Had People For Pets
                Recipe: Sweet Potato Puffs  Carolyn Swicegood
                “What the Heck is That?

FULL COLOR CENTERFOLD

FRIENDS OF THE Psittacula   

Psittacula Crossword Puzzle

LOOKING BACK: THE LAMENT OF An excellent bird breeder
                What Has Happened to All of My Baby Birds?

A PARROT NAMED FELLA
                A Scare Involving  A Timneh Grey
                                By Gregory J. Evans          

Breeder/Bird Shop Advertising
QUESTIONS TO ASK A BREEDER OR BIRD SHOP

RECYCLES:
                Seven Years with Jordi                      
                                By Sybil Erden

PROJECT BIRD WATCH
                Trading Medical Clinics for Rainforest                          
                                By Bonnie Zimmerman

FREE FLIGHT AT COCKATOO DOWNS
                Fly Away Wind                                                                                                                                                    By Chris Shank                   

WELCOME TO THE BIRD HOUSE                          
                Annoyed by Constant Talking
                                 By Laura Ainsworth

Sally’s Snippets: Travels, observations and Q&A
                A New Home for Rascal, Upset Grey
                                By Sally Blanchard

Parrot Product Reviews
                                By Sally Blanchard & Melissa Meadows

Letters to the Editor       

MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND A MOUNTAIN STREAM

INTRODUCING MELISSA MEADOWS AND PHOENIX

THE BACK PAGE: The Laughing Parrot Gallery

 

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