38 Bird Training Stories Part 2: Force Free Veterinary Training, Practical Application of CAT, and More!

70 Ruling the Roost: Managing your needy parrot and your family's happiness: Having a parrot with extremely complicated screaming, attacking, pair-bonded behavior that won’t let you out of their sight without an intrusive cascade of undesirable behaviors can be a problem for the entire household. It also means layers of... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

32 min listen

69 Gail Buhl from the Minnesota Raptor Center and Partners for Wildlife: This interview with Gail Buhl from the Minnesota Raptor Center and Partners for Wildlife is a thoughtful journey filled with raptor behavior tidbits, the evolution of operant conditioning in bird behavior management, raptor rehabilitation, imprinting... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

56 min listen

68 Why I don’t use ad lib weights or base weights: falconry and free flight birds: We are going to talk about an old school term in weight management of free flying and ambassador birds, and that is ad lib weight. Another term might be trap weight or base weight. Reason why this is old school is that for some people implies your... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

56 min listen

67 What we learned about birds in 2023: What did we learn about birds in 2023? What was the big bird news of the year? (or, Simone and Hillary talk about owls) Hillary sits down with fellow falconer, bird lover, and owl enthusiast Simone Lupson-Cook to talk about our favorite facts about... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

71 min listen

66 Dr. Lucy Kemp on Lead Poisoning in Ground Hornbills: Lead poisoning is a really big deal for wildlife, and Southern Ground Hornbills appear to be particularly sensitive to lead levels in the blood. In August, Avian Behavior International visited the Mabula Ground Hornbill Project in South Africa to... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

36 min listen

65 Developing a student based wildlife training program: We sat down with Paige Sutherland, Director of Wildlife Programs at Shavers Creek Environmental Center in Pennsylvania for a powerful discussion on wildlife training programs. This far ranging conversation stretched from challenges of family life in... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

51 min listen

64 Why Your Bird is Attacking You: News flash, if your bird is attacking you, it probably doesn't mean that they hate you. What it does mean is that we have a lot in our relationship to unpack, from environmental conditions to expectations. When parrots in our homes come at us, either... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

48 min listen

63 Owl Vocalizations and Behavior Karla Bloem of the International Owl Center: Karla Bloem, Executive Director of the International Owl Center in Houston, Minnesota, and Hillary have a fascinating conversation about owl vocalizations and Karla's journey with Great Horned Owl behavior. They discuss owl behavior observation... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

59 min listen

62 Part 2 Are we friends with our birds and other deep questions: for registration and details Welcome to the Avian Behavior Podcast, where we bring innovative approaches to progressive animal training and behavior, wildlife conservation, bird nutrition, and all things avian. We appreciate all of the supporters who... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

29 min listen

61 Answering Questions About Relationships with Birds of Prey: Hillary answers questions from a workshop regarding do's and don'ts on building relationships with birds of prey, what to do about a kestrel that attacks the bait bag, weight managing owls, and more. For more information on our upcoming Advanced... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

26 min listen

60 World Renown Aviculturist Dick Schroeder on Ground Hornbills: We sit down with good friend and well known aviculturist Dick Schroeder to talk about what we can learn about working with the Southern ground hornbill in a variety of different ways. Dick is a celebrated member of the avicultural community, he has... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

37 min listen

Raising a Well-Socialized Owl: Our two favorite subjects, owls and raising ambassadors. Owls are considered flagship species, which means that while they may not necessarily be directly endangered, they are species chosen to raise support for biodiversity conservation in a given... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

42 min listen

58 Are LIMA and the humane hierarchy still serving your bird training?: We are going to be talking about how LIMA (least intrusive, minimally aversive) and the humane hierarchy structure stopped serving me in my animal behavior progress, what got me there, and how I help my clients instead. We take a HUGE look at how it's... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

69 min listen

Building Trust with a Nervous Non-Releasable Raven: In this session of our Behavior Makeover Series, we work with a rehabilitated non-releasable raven that is showing a lot of avoidance behavior around his trainer. We create a behavior shaping plan using non-coercive negative reinforcement instead of... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

33 min listen

Dr. Scott Echols DVM DABVP Part 3: Exercise, Osteoporosis, and Foraging: In this final part of our series with Dr. Scott Echols, board certified avian veterinarian, we cover A LOT of ground in terms of avian health and welfare. If you want the straight science about how to get your bird exercising, even in terms of... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

54 min listen

Challenges Facing Rehabilitated Education Birds of Prey: Working with rehabilitated birds of prey as education ambassadors is rewarding work, but it can be fraught with challenges as well. From working with unruly (and opinionated!) audiences to dealing with heartbreaking avian losses and health issues, it... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

34 min listen

The Problem Solving Paradigm: Learn the scientific mindset to solve your toughest bird behavior challenges: The Problem Solving Paradigm teaches you how to manage really complex and sometimes uncontrollable variables when trying to train your bird, so you actually can realize real change. Because let's just be honest here - trying to train new skills... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

27 min listen

Dr. Scott Echols: Bridging New Frontiers in Avian Wellness with Technology: Board certified avian veterinarian Dr. Scott Echols discusses some pretty intense concepts in veterinary and wellness technology. He covers how new technology is discovering diseases we never even knew existed and how we are able to diagnose and treat... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

47 min listen

Bonus: Interview with The Rossifari Podcast: Bonus release from our earlier interview with Jon Rossi of the Rossifari Podcast. We talk free flight training and how it relates to our leadership philosophies, being a woman in leadership, bird nerdin' and so much more. You can check out our swapped... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

75 min listen

Do you use food to train your parrot?: Using food as a contrived reinforcer to train our parrots is often fraught with emotions and tension. And not without good reason. But we can discuss the differences in contrived reinforcement and natural reinforcement and how both are important... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

40 min listen

Training Free Lofted Birds of Prey: Training free lofted birds of prey can be an incredibly enriching program for trainer and bird, but it can also lead to an unnecessarily protracted program that brings all parties a lot of stress. Bird of prey trainers that are interested in this type... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

50 min listen

Keeping the Science in Animal Care with Barbara Heidenreich: Why does science in animal care matter? My bestie Barbara Heidenreich and I sit down - this time in person - for a conversation about what it actually means to be scientific in animal care and behavior. And why that's important. We talk about natural... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

74 min listen

Are you a falconer or a petkeeper?: ICYMI, petkeeper is a derogatory term in a niche community like falconry. This episode explores the roots of some falconry disagreements and why it's so important to find a supportive community that fosters curiosity and an ethical training paradigm... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

51 min listen

The Constructional Approach to Animal Welfare and Training with Maasa Nishimuta and Sean Will: Whoa baby, y'all, this is another incredible interview that gives you a whole 'nother paradigm to the think about in animal training. Let's blow the lid off of the way we think of operant conditioning and dive deep with Maasa Nishimuta and Sean Will... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

60 min listen

Dr. Scott Echols DVM DABVP and the Dietary Supplements for Birds: Our second interview with Dr. Scott Echols, Diplomat- ABVP - Avian Specialty, nutrition expert, and, geez, there so many epithets we can tag on here. In this episode, we talk about avian dietary supplements, Omega-3 fatty acids, the ol' pellets versus... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

71 min listen

What Matters When Training an Owl Ambassador: Owl ambassadors can be tough to train, but in our opinion, so worth it. They are powerful conservation ambassadors for myriad of topics. We topic about two key things that we look at when we set ourselves up to train an owl ambassador. Our gets... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

33 min listen

44 Rebroadcast How to stop your bird from screaming when you leave the room: Screaming is a big deal when you live with parrots, and boy do we know it. We just dropped the final lessons of our Screaming Masterclass in the Avian Behavior Lab. Eleven meaty lessons and worksheets filled with in depth how-to's and comprehensive... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

24 min listen

43 How Murphy's Law Can Improve Your Animal Training: What do trials for human's capacity for G force have to do with animal training? Turns out, the alleged beginnings of Murphy's law at Edwards Air Force Base in California by Colonel Stapp's team had its beginnings not in pessimism but practicality.... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

41 min listen

42 Special needs and Aggressive Parrots with Melanie Canatella: In our interview with self-proclaimed bird nerd and parrot lover, Melanie Canatella, Founder of Fluff and Feathers, we chat about working with birds with special needs and creating a more harmonious environment and relationship with... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

59 min listen

41. The What's and the Why's of Animal Training Mentorships: Animal training mentors, role models, and teachers can be incredibly impactful for our growth. This was a concept I actively sought when I knew I wanted to learn as much as I possibly could about animal behavior.We talk about: Is a mentor a... by The Avian Behavior Podcast

50 min listen

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