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Here are some sites and organizations we hope that you'll find helpful.  Please share your favorite websites with us!  If you have a link that you think should be included here, please contact Kelly at AvMCKelly@yahoo.com

 Good Bird, Inc. 

Barbara Heidenreich has been working with birds for many years.  She currently has two delightful parrot books available; both deal with solving behavior problems using positive reinforcement. 

Also has a quarterly magazine available and DVDs about training your parrot.  She travels the world offering education and training seminars to veterinarians, companion parrot owners and zoos. 

Living and Learning with Parrots

This class is taught by Susan G. Friedman, Ph.D.  Susan is a highly trained and experienced behaviorist, and has been working with both humans and birds for many years.

This online class is essential for any bird owner, and may change how you look at and interact with your birds (for the better!). 

We can't recommend this class highly enough. 

The class is often full for several months out, so scouring the web to find when and where Dr. Friedman might be giving her seminar in person is a good idea.

Beyond Birdie Basics - a great class offered through The Gabriel Foundation. 

Offered online and at their new Aviary in a live seminar. 
Contact them at (303) 629-5900 ext 227, or email office@thegabrielfoundation.org    

Animal Training Welcome to ClickerSolutions, a Web site and mailing list dedicated to helping pet owners improve the relationship with their pets by teaching training and management techniques which are understandable and reinforcing to both human and animal.  Kelly refers to this site often, the articles are excellent!

Clicker Training - Karen Pryor's website.  Check out the great educational articles, as well as excellent training tools available.  If you are looking for things to buy, this is the best place to start.  Has Bird Training kit for under $30.00  that is fantastic ( and comes with short dvd)!

Parrot Behavior Analysis Solutions - Is your bird screaming, biting?  Driving family members crazy?  If you do well with online chat groups, then PBAS is an excellent resource for behavior information (moderated in part by Dr. Susan G. Friedman, Ph.D.)  Highly recommended site to visit!!  This is a free chat group that will help you learn how to solve behavior issues (present and future) with your bird.  You get to write about what your bird is doing, and in the process learn how to change things.  Also has a LOT of must-read articles on behavior.

BehaviorWorks.org - Dr. Susan G. Friedman's articles.  Check out Living and Learning with Parrots.

For more information on a variety of topics, visit here

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The Oregon Humane Society

OHS has been around for over 100 years helping Oregon's animals, as well animals around the whole country. They have a fantastic shelter located at 1067 NE Columbia Boulevard in Portland, Oregon.

They often have birds available for adoption.  Click here to see birds available for adoption through the Oregon Humane Society

 OHS also has a fantastic volunteer program! 

Natural Encounters, Inc.

Steve Martin has been working with birds of all species for well over 20 years. 

The website contains tons of information, as well as some really great articles on a wide variety of bird related subjects (notably, training).

 
Association of Avian Veterinarians 

Harrison's Bird Foods Learning Center

The Gabriel Foundation - offers a wide range of resources

Holistic Bird Newsletter - no longer published, but has access to previous articles that are very informative and helpful!

Parrot Talk - a website with articles from different sources.  Helpful information (in most cases) to get started with, but feel free to contact us if you have any questions

Feeding Feathers Chat Group -  If you have nutrition questions, this is a fantastic group to visit and contribute to.  They have recipes that you want for your birds, trust me!

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The Parrot Enrichment Activity Book!
No bird lover should be without it!

Busy Beaks  - online store with HUGE variety of toys at great prices.  Lots of educational materials as well.  Also carries cool parrotphenalia

 
Starbirds Enrichment Toys - great range of enrichment toys designed by Bonnie Jay (whose photography you may have seen in Bird Talk Magazine).  They carry a great cargo net that lasts, even with cockatoos.  It's a favorite for bird rooms across the country.  They also carry the Brainiac Block and the Seek-a-Treat toy, in various sizes to suit any species of parrot.

The Avian Medical Center offers many types of toys and enrichment products at the clinic for fantastic prices, often locally produced.  Our technicians often make unique and bird-perfect creations that get GREAT reviews!

We carry 'toys with a higher purpose' that are designed to engage your bird, stimulating them physically and mentally.  Further, we make sure the toys we offer are ones that your bird will actually want to play with.  The best sort of toys are ones that your bird can destroy, right?  If they just hang in the cage, while Polly avoids them, then the toys aren't serving their purpose!  We encourage you to pick up a new toy or treat for your bird the next time you visit us!  Toys and activity are essential for the continued good health of your bird.  We have included some links here so that you may order toys online from a good source.