 |
|
Greetings!
 | | Lalo, Military Macaw, mama's boy |
Bird expo season is upon us! Working feverishly on inventory gives me little time for the part I love best - designing new toys! However, I do enjoy making the toys as well and I work best under pressure!
Our first expo, April 28, is the Midwest Bird Expo in St. Charles, Illinois at the Kane County Exhibition Hall. This will be our third show there and we really do enjoy it! It will be great to see the people we've gotten to know over the past 3 years, so please stop by and say Hi and check out the new toys.
Next month we will be going to another of our favorite expos, the Las Vegas Avicultural Society's expo May 20 at the Henderson Convention Center. We are really looking forward to seeing everyone there! If you don't live there, why not schedule a trip to Vegas to coincide with the Bird Expo? What a great idea!
Remember to check our website or Facebook page often for new designs; and always remember to practice safe toys!
Sincerely,
Lisa McManus
Birdie Britches Bird Toys
|
|
Ask Gandalf
Q&A With a Wise Old Bird
 Have you missed me? It has been a whole month since I last impressed you with my wise ideas and answered my fan mail.Dear Gandalf,
Everyday I wait impatiently for my seed and lo and behold here it comes but someone has put all this fruit and vegetable stuff on top of it. So I have to spend minutes and seconds diving through to get to the good stuff. So I have two questions: 1. Why in the world does my slave foul up good seed like that?
2. What can I do to let her know that I hate the fruit and vegetables?
Signed, THE SEED EATER
Dear Seed Eater,
I agree with you totally. What a waste of time and energy to cut all those dumb veggies and fruit. I think those humans think that we need extra vitamins so that's why they do it.
The only way I have found that works to get that message across is to take your beak and scoop away all that junky stuff and go for the seed. Now if you do it right you can dump most of it in your cage and maybe if you're really good you can get some on the floor. YAY!
Dear Gandalf,
I am a young Hahn's Macaw and a male. I have always liked my human but for the last couple of weeks I have the strangest feeling that I want to bite her. She hasn't changed waiting on me, feeding me, and giving me lots of attention, but I just feel differently now. Please tell me what's happening and what should I do.
Signed, Confused
Dear Confused,
First of all you are entering into a phase of your life called mating season. Hopefully you have a Hahn's macaw girlfriend to chase around the room. If you don't then by all means BITE YOUR HUMAN. It'll make you feel better, especially if she screams.
Ok, I'm all out of questions and all out of ideas too. Wow, that worked out perfect. See ya next month and send some better questions next month to wiseoldbird@yahoo.com.
Remember, if ya got a beak, use it!
Gandalf
The opinions expressed in this column are not necessarily those of this company, not necessarily those of the editor, and probably not necessary.
|
For Your Library 
Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
by Thor Hanson
Book Description Publication Date: May 31, 2011 | ISBN-10: 0465020135 | ISBN-13: 978-0465020133
Feathers are an evolutionary marvel: aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. They date back more than 100 million years. Yet their story has never been fully told.
In Feathers, biologist Thor Hanson details a sweeping natural history, as feathers have been used to fly, protect, attract, and adorn through time and place.Applying the research of paleontologists, ornithologists, biologists, engineers, and even art historians, Hanson asks: What are feathers? How did they evolve? What do they mean to us?
Engineers call feathers the most efficient insulating material ever discovered, and they are at the root of biology's most enduring debate. They silence the flight of owls and keep penguins dry below the ice. They have decorated queens, jesters, and priests. And they have inked documents from the Constitution to the novels of Jane Austen.
Feathers is a captivating and beautiful exploration of this most enchanting object.
|
| Until next month..............
Your time is precious and we appreciate you sharing it with us! We hope you enjoyed the newsletter. Please contact us any time you have a question or suggestion.
Birdie Britches Bird Toys
|
|
|
|
