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Waiting for Robot Chicken…

…STAR WARS!   DVD will be here on Friday. Happy weekend!! (Pathetic. I know. When is falconry season starting?)
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Can't Escape the Pigeon Controversy

 
I was a bit taken aback by a recent article in The Flyer from IAATE adamantly supporting legislation to make the already illegal killing of birds of prey a felony. I understand that the legislation would target those who engage in the “deliberate and wanton killing” of raptors and that this sort of behavior is grievous and [...]

Parrot blogging via…

Parrot blogging via jott. Now Ty will do a math problem for you. Ty, seven minus three? Ty, what’s seven minus three? Four. Good bird. listen
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So it took him three times to answer…but he wasn’t real pleased about having a cell phone shoved in his face. I think he did fabulously all things [...]

Testing jott, too cool…

Testing jott, too cool posting blogs from my cellphone. listen
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Fun with Key Words

Besides tons of the obvious key words like my name and falconry blog here’s some interesting ways people stumbled on to my blog:

Paw print confetti
Lazy roller pigeons
Verbal repertoire
Shatner
Toe wiggling men (eh?)
Pigeon Repellent (Hmmn)
Screw the pooch (I love this phrase!)
Do falcons attack small dogs?  (And that’s one way to screw the pooch)
Just rich enough to [...]

Falcons More Like Parrots than Hawks!

What?! Whose cockamamy idea is that? Although now that I think about it… it does make sense. A LOT of sense. The Field Museum in Chicago has released a landmark genetic study that demonstrates the surprising genetic relationships of birds.
“The analysis also showed falcons are more closely related to parrots than to other hunters such [...]

Happy Bloggiversary!!

I just realized that Sunday was the five year anniversary of Operation Desert Dove. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I got here– to my current state of living, trying to convince myself I didn’t arrive in a haphazard fashion. I had a mission statement after all.
Shouldn’t everyone have a mission statement? A one-liner to [...]

Alligator Lizards

I was eight the summer I captured a California alligator lizard. Luxuriating in sun struck open spaces; I thought the lizards with their designer scales were meant for children’s admiration, the sort that could only happen between one’s fingers. It turned out however, that they were faster than my grasp and their tails, a perfect [...]

What to Teach Your Grey to Say

How about his full name and address. Apparently this got Mr. Yosuke Nakamura Japanese parrot extraordinaire back home safe and sound. Amazing little grey geniuses.  
And to think all Ty, my grey can do on cue is the security alarm….
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Goldfish Training

Aw the wonders of positive reinforcement. If you can teach your fish to limbo, imagine the things you could train your falcon or better yet, your dog! [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/uWDGWzpI2vU" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]