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Bird Show Blog

Newman’s Anatomy
Friday 19th August 2011
Meet Newman the Pink Galah with a sore foot.
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Close Encounters of the Bird Kind
Friday 5th August 2011
Pez, the hero of several previous blogs, is our peppy little Australian Hobby, a whole bunch of fun and our newest star, having just debuted in the Bird Show a couple of weeks ago.
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Angus the Rufous Owl...actually, make that Agnes
Tuesday 26th July 2011
Today I took a look at something quite unexpected, ‘Angus’ the Rufous Owl had laid an egg. No, he hadn’t defied the odds and become the first male to take on the hatching role. He, we discovered, is actually a she, and has now been renamed ‘Agnes’.
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Red-tails: Up, up and away, way!
Thursday 14th July 2011
Last Friday was an interesting day for the Bird Show crew.
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Retirement for Angus
Tuesday 21st June 2011
Angus is a Rufous Owl, and up until recently, was one of the stars of our QBE Free-Flight Bird Show.
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Baby Steps: Big and Bounce
Monday 6th June 2011
At Bird Show we are currently training two new additions for our show, Major Mitchell Cockatoos, ‘Big’ and ‘Bounce’. ‘Big’ and ‘Bounce’, hatched in October of last year and so have a lot of learning and growing up to do.
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Zephyr … A Glimpse of what’s to Come
Friday 13th May 2011
You may have watched the Bird Show before and seen Stellar, the Black Kite, or Dixie, the Whistling Kite, but hopefully you’ll soon be able to see our newest addition, Zephyr, the Brahminy Kite.
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Bird Show Welcomes 'Mini' Raptor
Wednesday 27th April 2011
Size matters? I think not. Check out Pez, our male Australian Hobby. The Australian Hobby is one of this country’s smallest raptors, second only to the Nankeen Kestrel.
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The Power of Positive Reinforcement
Tuesday 22nd March 2011
After our Bird Show, it is not uncommon that people will come down and ask us just how we train our birds. How do we get them to display their amazing behaviours? And, how is it that they do not fly away? The answer is easy, positive reinforcement.
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New Year Excitement at Taronga's Bird Show
Wednesday 16th February 2011
We had an eventful start to 2011 when our newest Red-tailed Cockatoo, Keer-Jan-Dee, flew away.
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