Once the aviary in our house was established and the birds seemed comfortable enough in their new home, I began thinking about how my other hobby, programming, could somehow be linked to bird keeping. Cue the creation of BirdBuddy. Continue reading “Introduction To The BirdBuddy Mobile App”
Aviary Pitfalls #1 – Water Features
Being highly developed mammals, we humans know that venturing into water without either sight of the bottom or an ability to swim is a recipe for disaster. Well, one of my earliest mistakes was thinking that birds somehow instinctively, surely, must have the same insight. Continue reading “Aviary Pitfalls #1 – Water Features”
How Our Cockatiels Raised Their Chicks
A couple of months ago, we had 3 cockatiels. Two adults – Terry (male) and Busby (female) – and their daughter, just over a year old. Now we’ve got 6. Continue reading “How Our Cockatiels Raised Their Chicks”
Prologue – How it all started
Hi. My name’s Nick and I live with my young son Mike in a house we bought in the suburbs of Bangkok, Thailand some years ago. Soon after we moved in the subject of pets came up. Due to the built-up area around us, cats and dogs seemed out of the question so it came down in the end to either fish or birds.