Phonebooks, the tried and true free joy in every bird owners life. I have friends that collect the leftovers of unwanted phone books (or catalogs from Tractor Supply) and give them to me for my birds to gleefully shred. Living in a smaller town we have smaller yellow pages as compared to bigger cities,...

Sometimes, I’m reminded of how much I absolutely love Facebook. Like this week – thanks to Facebook (and some great timing), I was able to take a trip to Charleston, SC, meet some wonderful people, and make an absolute crap-ton of fresh bird food. Tuesday (3.27.12)  I took a nice little...

So as the spring weather has started rolling in, so have the ants. Big, fat, black ones that are invading my kitchen. These guys are so huge, that when attempting to kill them, a shoe merely bounces off their body as they scurry away to the cracks and crevices around my cabinets. Ew. I hate ants. I really...