Eclectuses: Recommended Resources*

Eclectus Parrots (Paperback) by Katy Mcelroy (Author)

Heavily illustrated with color photos and line art, and are filled with reliable, easy-to-understand information on pet care. The many titles in this series show and tell pet owners how to care for dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, gerbils, hamsters, and virtually every other animal that is kept as a pet. The books give advice on purchasing and otherwise acquiring a pet, maintaining health care, housing, proper feeding, and where applicable, grooming and training. Clear, straightforward text comes with high-quality, full-color photos and anatomically accurate line art, as well as helpful tables and charts.

Ratings: 4.5 out of 5

A Guide To Eclectus Parrots: Their Management, Care and Breeding (Paperback)

The Eclectus: A Complete Guide (Hardcover)

Ratings: 3 out of 5

Eclectus Parrots: An Experience (Paperback)

Guide to Companion Parrot Behavior (Paperback) by Mattie Sue Athan (Author)

Ratings: 5 out of 5

Parrot Training: A Guide to Taming and Gentling Your Avian Companion (Pets) [BARGAIN PRICE] (Paperback)

Originally published as The Pleasure of Their Company: An Owner's Guide to Parrot Training, this amply illustrated book is just what parrot owners need to bring up happy, well-behaved pets. You get:

• Hands-on advice from one of the nation's foremost parrot authorities
• A thorough explanation of "normal" parrot behavior and the benefits of training
• Coverage of everything from gentling fledglings and basic obedience to potty training, speech, and tricks"

Ratings: 4.5 out of 5

My Parrot, My Friend: An Owner's Guide to Parrot Behavior (Behavior Modification Techniques and Their Role in Contemporary Aviculture) (Hardcover)

My Parrot, My Friend is a straightforward book that addresses a growing need for parrot owners and their birds. When difficulties develop in the home, or a clash in avian and human natures makes for unhappy birds and angry owners, many times the sad consequence is painful termination of what could have been a long-term, joyful relationship. Happily, there is an effective remedy and it lies in a program of behavior modification. That program is fully detailed in this well-written, wonderfully detailed text. In addition, the text helps readers to find the right bird so problems can be sidestepped altogether, and it explains which birds not to consider and why.

My Parrot, My Friend shows how parrots grow and develop, and how behavioral problems can start. The book explains behavioral modification, how it works, and how to apply it in specific situations. Case studies and an examination of pertinent issues add considerable interest to the text. These and other special features make this one of the most indispensable reference books you will ever use.

My Parrot, My Friend is the first book to approach the subject in such depth for the lay reader. It will make a significant difference in how pet owners view and relate to their birds and will point the way to happy endings where once there were none.

Ratings: 4 out of 5

Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet

Here's a rumpus, indeed: this beleaguered vet's office may never fully recover from the chaos that ensues when Cassie the cockatoo plucks a hair from the hide of Hairy Maclary ("from Donaldson's Dairy"). This mischievous deed sets in motion a rambunctious, rhyming riot, as various ailing pets all decide to forgo their restraints and cavort in grand fashion. And just as some semblance of order is about to be restored, the culprit seems ready to strike again. This extended poem forms the basis for that relatively rare commodity, a book that tickles the funnybones of parents and children alike. With its amusing alliteration, fanciful names (Noodle the poodle; Barnacle Beasley, the sore and sorely vexed beagle; "The Poppadum kittens from Parkinson Place") and rapid-fire delivery, Dodd's nonsense verse follows quite nicely in the grand tradition of Messrs. Nash and Lear. The pictures are amiably animated and suitably silly, but watch those wonderful waggish words.

Ages 5-7

Ratings: 5 out of 5

Charlie's World: The Improbable Adventures of a Hong Kong Cockatoo and his American Family (Hardcover)

"Charlie's World: The Improbable Adventures of a Hong Kong Cockatoo and His American Family" is an intimate, hilarious and heartbreaking account of a captive wild cockatoo, Charlie, and the quite unusual and prominent family who adopted him. The story stretches from the exotic Far East to the (possibly equally exotic) bedroom community of Scarsdale, New York. For about twenty-five years this surprising and beautiful bird was a part of the lives and conversations of the growing Topping family.

Ratings: 5 out of 5

Birds Dont Say 'Bow-Wow.' (Paperback)

Cockatoos (Red Fox Picture Books) [IMPORT] (Paperback)

Ratings: 5 out of 5

Professor Cockatoo's Amazing Weather Dust (Paperback)

Children's picture book. Large format paperback.

Feathers, Fur and Fins (Paperback)

Feathers, Fur and Fins is a delightful trilogy of highly imaginative stories about a cockatoo, a coyote, and a dolphin respectively. The Moluccan cockatoo named Bikkia finds herself not only separated from her mate but also in captivity in America. With single-minded determination she learns to understand English as she sets out to free herself and be reunited with Hantu Raya in the hope of returning to their native Moluccan island. Bikkia is truly unique as she recounts her stirring adventures to a sympathetic ornithologist in her native tongue. Dr. Z. in turn translates her first-person story - hence, The Moluccan Manuscript.

One, Two, Cockatoo! (Hardcover) by Sarah Garson (Author)

One, two, cockatoo! How many cockatoos can you find hidden in the pages of this gorgeous picture book?

Small children will love learning to count from one to ten, with this counting book and hide-and-seek game rolled into one!

Reading level: Ages 4-8

Ratings: 5 out of 5

Lear, Parrots: The Complete Plates (Gebundene Ausgabe)

Unter dem Namen Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots veröffentlichte der zwanzigjährige Edward Lear 1832 ein Set von 42 handkolorierten Lithografien. Die Sammlung zählt zu den ersten dem Papagei gewidmeten Publikationen in der Geschichte der wissenschaftlichen Illustration. Sie beinhaltet Abbildungen von afrikanischen, australischen und amerikanischen Arten, die von den Abonnenten der Lithografien gezüchtet wurden. Dazu gehörten Sir William Jardine und Prideaux John Selby, zwei bekannte Ornithologen und Naturkundler, die den Künstler unterstützten und an seiner Entwicklung maßgeblich Anteil hatten. Im Gegensatz zu anderen Illustratoren, die oft nach präparierten Exemplaren arbeiteten, zeichnete der junge, sehr talentierte Lear (1812-1888) lebende Papageien. So war es ihm möglich, den Charakter der Vögel einzufangen und erstaunlich lebensnahe Darstellungen anzufertigen. Sein leichter, schneller Strich und das neue Medium der Lithografie verleihen dem Werk Lears besondere Originalität und unmittelbare Eleganz. In einer kleinen Auflage von 175 Exemplaren wurde diese eindrucksvolle Sammlung per Abonnement an die renommiertesten Gelehrten und wohlhabenden Sammler lebender Papageien in Großbritannien verkauft.