Table of Contents
Good Bird Magazine
Volume 2 Issue 2
Summer 2006


From the Editor’s Perch
Force versus Choice By Barbara Heidenreich

Positive Reinforcement for Good Bird

Feature Articles
The Success Files Addresses Biting  By S.G. Friedman, PhD and L. McGuire
Bird Flu is for the Birds By The National Avian Welfare Alliance (NAWA)
Keeping Enrichment Safe By Jan Graham
Birds as Inspiration-Nance McManus By Barbara Heidenreich.
Do Parrots Really Need to Step Up on to Hands?   By Rita M. Sambruna

Regular Features

Profile of an Animal Lover - Sid Price

How Did They Train That? Experts Share Their Training Strategies
Training your Bird to Interact with a Towel By Barbara Heidenreich
Training your Bird to Step up onto Strangers By Barbara Heidenreich

What Is Your Bird Saying? Learn to Read Bird Body Language

Science for the Bird Brain (A Synopsis of Scientific Papers Related to Avian Medicine)
Studies of Phobic Behaviors in Parrots By Diane Starnes

Your Good Bird! Reader Success Stories

You Don’t Have to Fight the Travel Carrier By Trish Koontz

The Bird and the Bank Account By Beverly Penny
Giving Parrots Choices By Tamara Ferri
An Update on CasperBy Terry Clare

Out of the Mouths of Parrots
RV Parrot By Georgi Abbot
Major Problems in the Bathroom By Ruth Patterson

Pick the Principle? Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement or Punishment?
By Barbara Heidenreich and Susan Friedman, PhD

Pickin’ Parrots
Could you be Reinforcing your Parrots Feather Destructive Behavior? By Cheryl Rose

Conference, Event Reviews and Press Releases

Upcoming Events and Seminars

Quoth the Raven…er, we mean Parrot!