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Author Archives: Hillary
Use your words: Conditioning Sam to a new environment
Moluccan cockatoo Sam has a lot to teach about preventing and replacing problem behaviors! Continue reading
Posted in Flight, Problem Behaviors, Training
Tagged Environmental Arrangement, freeflight, Sam, screaming, training session
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Anatomy of a happy afternoon
A warm winter afternoon brings about a rare lazy, goof-around freeflight session. Continue reading
Cockatoo training…. with a little help
In my busy household, I squeeze in training sessions whenever I can. Sometimes, it means working with my birds in less than ideal situations with many distractions. Not something that makes for effective teaching. This is a clip of me … Continue reading
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Tagged Beans, Juice, Lory, Positive reinforcement, training session
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What TO do
When looking at behavior challenges, looking at what we want the bird to do to be successful will help train our brain to look for behaviors we want to see continue and increase, and thus, reinforce. Continue reading
Part II: R+ needs a strong supporting cast
My formal introduction to positive reinforcement was not exactly early on in my bird-owning career, but the concept was so effectively delivered that in one fell swoop, my quest for knowledge took a sharp turn in a new direction, leaving … Continue reading
Back from the IAATE conference!
IAATE 2011 Conference hosted by the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Continue reading
Part I: On positive reinforcement
First in a series about positive reinforcement: Why don’t we use it more? Continue reading
Meet the feathers
Introducing the four feathered individuals who have been my most influential teachers. Continue reading
Welcome bird nerds and behavior addicts!
Learning Parrots first blog post. Continue reading