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Most Popular Content [with pics] February 18, 2010

Posted by Andrew in : Free Stuff, Macaw, Misc, News, hummingbird , add a comment...please?

The 3 all-time most viewed pages:

Human Hummingbird Feeder

The Human Hummingbird Feeder

A very amazing thing, this woman feeds live hummingbirds from her hand!  Very popular with our readers, this places at #1.

Parrot Training

Parrot Training

Interestingly, our parrot training promotion is the #2 most popular destination.

Parrot Cage Giveaway

Parrot Cage Giveaway

We gave away this awesome parrot cage awhile back…  It still generates interest, perhaps we should do it again? :)

Bird Poetry Event at the AMNH February 14, 2010

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Poets and Artist featured in a Special Program at the American Museum of Natural History

An Evening Devoted to New Illustrated Poetry Anthology About Birds

WHAT Part poetry and part field guide, Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds combines more than 100 poems by Elizabeth Bishop, Charles Simic, Sylvia Plath, Wallace Stevens, and others with carefully matched illustrations by renowned artist David Allen Sibley.

Poet Laureate Billy Collins will join fellow poets George Green, Joshua Mehigan, Linda Pastan and David Yezzi at the Museum to celebrate poems from the anthology paired with their own work.  Artist and ornithologist David Allen Sibley will also be discussing his life-like illustrations. Joel Cracraft, curator of ornithology at the Museum, will introduce the program. Book signing will follow.

Co-presented with the Poetry Society of America and New York City Audubon.

WHEN Wednesday, March 10, 6:30 pm

Wine, coffee, and snacks will be available for purchase at Café on One

from 5:30–6:30 pm

WHERE Kaufmann Theater, first floor

Enter at 77th Street

The American Museum of Natural History

ADMISSION $15 adults, $13.50 Members, students, seniors

WEBSITE http://www.amnh.org/programs/programs.php?date=2010-03-10&event_id=1620

Bird Toy Giveaway January 26, 2010

Posted by Andrew in : Free Stuff, News , 5 comments

The Bird A Day Blog is giving away a bird toy from A Unique Idea bird toys, to 2 of our readers. Enjoy!

I am going to make this quick and straightforward for your sake. :)

Here are the two things you need to know:

1. Here is the item we are giving away:

Clothespin Wreath Bird Toy

Clothespin Wreath

Toy dimensions: 11″ x 10″

2. Here is what you need to do to enter:

Each of the above are ways to enter, each counts as an entry!

This give-away is open only to residents in the continental United States (sorry!!) and will be open until Sunday, February 7th at 10:00 pm EST.

Boring Full Disclosure Statement: Monies to fund this giveaway are coming out of my own pocket. I am not being paid by A Unique Idea to share their products with my readers.

Thank you so much and good luck on winning! ( ‘>

8 large wooden clothes pins and 7 small wooden clothes pins strung together with stainless steel wire and wooden beads accented with tear apart cotton rope and finished off with a cotton fabric bo

Hello BirdADay.com Readers June 22, 2009

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Greetings to all new visitors and faithful readers!

This is my first post in more than 9 months.   I have been at culinary school and extremely busy.  My graduation was June 12th, and I now have access to a computer again, and some time on my hands!  :)

I will be posting some new content very soon, along with other useful information for your consideration.   Thanks for being patient while I was away, hopefully I can find some things soon that will make it worthwhile.

As always, I love to hear from my readers so drop me an email or leave a comment below.

Here is a photo of a Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo:

Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo

Parrot Disease Spreading via Horse Virus August 15, 2008

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NewScientist reports that a new virus may be helping to spread the infamous Proventricular Dilatation Disease, or PDD.

The virus resembles the same type that causes “sad horse disease” in horses, which eventually leads to paralysis.

When Kistler’s team sequenced viruses in parrot tissue, they uncovered 16 completely new strains of borna viruses. These typically infect the brains and nerves of horses, causing “sad horse disease” because infected equines become listless and eventually paralysed.

The effort to stop this virus is centered around the endangered Spix’s Macaw (conservation status: EW), which there are approximately 70 in existence, in captivity only.

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Attention Buyers & Sellers April 10, 2008

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The appropriately named yahoo group, ALL Birds for Sale has just opened… Join up to buy and sell your birds, supplies and ALL related items.

Commercial vendors and private sellers are both welcome!

[Join allbirdsforsale here!]