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Laura Doering is the editor of Bird Talk magazine. Cockatiel Gracie, nanday conure Ollie, and a rabbit named Mr. Buns - along with sons Finlay and Shea - conspire daily to rule the roost she shares with her husband in Southern California. Join in on Laura's fun and experiences of bird ownership, and share in her adventures as the editor of BIRD TALK in Wayward Feathers. Laura posts weekly.
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Bird Boys
After getting the boys dressed and fed, I drop them off at their preschools on my way to work. I look forward to meeting up with them when I return home because I love hearing their enthusiastic tales of what they learned that day. View Blog>>
Friday, October 17, 2008
Showering Parrots
Ollie’s been joining me in our narrow shower stall ever since the back bathroom shower turned out to have some plumbing issues. This is a very narrow stall; and I hesitated at first in bringing him in there for the morning shower thinking that he’d find the quarters too cramped. View Blog>>
Friday, October 10, 2008
That's Comical
I don’t typically read the comics, but I came across not one, but two bird-themed cartoons in today’s paper. I love the pizza delivery one because it really hits home just how taxing raising a chick can be. I suppose the equivalent of “momma bird getting the night off” View Blog>>
Friday, October 3, 2008
Parrots & Pirates
I’m not sure what exactly I was expecting when I took my family to a “Talk like a Pirate Day” festival, but it sure was eeeye opening. There were a lot of pirates. 75 percent of them were Jack Sparrow (the character Johnny Depp made famous in “Pirates of the Caribbean”). View Blog>>
Friday, September 12, 2008
Odd One Out
I was at the library the other day with my boys (at 2 and 4, they’re now into books on bugs, dinosaurs, and, yes, birds!). They’re running around the library’s plaza afterward, chasing the pigeons around. Normally I would say something along the lines of, “Boys leave the birds alone, please.” View Blog>>
Friday, August 29, 2008
Bird Watching In Aisle 5
I went to the grocery store yesterday to pick up milk. On my way out, I did a double-take before exiting the store. Were those parrots on the floral/balloon bundle display rack? Indeed! Yes, perched on the plant rack were a male and female Eclectus, next to a pair of African grey parrots, which were next to a lovebird pair. View Blog>>
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Met Them In St. Louis
Last week, I headed off to the American Federation of Aviculture conference in St. Louis. I was quite happy to find respite from California after the earthquake, and I swear I felt an aftershock as I waited to board my plane at Orange County Airport! St. Louis was hot and rainy; it was like being swallowed up by a humidifier. Ironically, I froze most of the time. View Blog>>
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Going Bananas
Sometimes I wish my birds were more like dogs. I grew up with dogs (our three were relegated to the backyard, but I was constantly sneaking them into the house). The dogs, plain and simple, were quicker to feed. The tastier the item, the faster it went down. View Blog>>
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Color Me Red
Some say birds don’t like the color red; that they’ll lash out at their owner with red nail polish or wearing a red shirt. With my flock, I have found opposite reactions to the color red. View Blog>>
Thursday, July 10, 2008
I’m Calling His Bluff
I swear, sometimes my cockatiel Gracie likes to play mind games with nanday conure Ollie and me. This morning I brought the flock into the bathroom with me, which is bar none their favorite part of our morning routine. View Blog>>
Thursday, July 3, 2008
‘Tiel Talk
My flock is pretty considerate most mornings. They wait until they hear my feet hit the hardwood floor after rolling out of bed before all the squawking starts. Of course, they only give me until 7:30 AM to get up on my own. After that, the polite chirps soon to shrieks, basically saying, “Get up already!” View Blog>>
Thursday, June 26, 2008
As A Crow Flies For Fries
The other day I was bringing home some takeout for the family. While getting out of the car, a french fry fell out and landed on the driveway. My hands were too full to pick it up (for the trash, not consumption!), so there it stayed. As I fumbled to get my house keys ready, I noticed a crow hop down from a nearby branch and onto the driveway, basically eyeing this fallen fry. View Blog>>
Friday, June 6, 2008
A Tough Sell…
It’s way too easy to relegate stuff to the garage when we don’t know what else to do with it. That’s a short-term solution but eventually even the stuff in the garage over stays it welcome. So a couple weekends ago, my husband and I held a last-minute garage sell. Among long-forgotten treasures was a never-used bird cage still in the box. View Blog>>
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Ollie’s Love Of Laundry
I wish I had my conure Ollie’s enthusiasm for doing laundry. It’s not so much that I hate loading the washing machine, it’s that I hate removing clothes from the dryer. View Blog>>
Thursday May 15, 2008
Ollie Doesn’t Believe In Oversleeping
No need for an alarm clock in my house. If I sleep past 7AM, like this morning, my nanday Ollie reminds me that he’s waiting, waiting, waiting for me to take him into the shower. Yes, there’s no sleeping through a series of hi-pitched conure screeches. View Blog>>
Friday, May 9, 2008
Watch Out Hollywood – Here’s Gracie!
I’ve always thought my ‘tiel, Gracie, is a bit flighty. After all, he has a tendency to launch himself in the air when he’s out on top of his cage and something startles him. View Blog>>
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Houston Parrot Festival
BIRD TALK’s national sales manager, Louis Brandt, and I are still going through pictures from the Houston Parrot Festival (January 25 to 27, 2008), and here’s one of us “representing” with our new BIRD TALK shirts. View Blog>>