Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: chris biro

In August, 2012, Steve and I visited the Jackson County Fair and were delighted to find out there was a bird show taking place throughout the day. We had an fantastic time, and I got so many pictures that I was never able to post them all. This one is a favorite of mine, and I'm so happy to finally show it to everyone! :) Chris Biro is an educator, conservationist, and rehabilitator of parrots, and all of his birds come from rescue situations, including this pair of Blue & Gold macaws. It is a true love affair between Chris and his avian friends, and he gives them all something rarely heard of in the pet bird world: the gift of free flight. I would like to invite all of you to visit my album for Chris Biro's remarkable Pirate's Parrot Show , and please take the time to read the information under each picture to learn more about this ambassador and conservator of parrots! There are also links that will take you to his websites if you'd like to know even more!

This is such a beautiful bird, it always amazes me the stunning colors that birds can display! This macaw is actually a hybrid between two species which look similar at first glance, but are quite different with a good look. Both the Scarlet Macaw and the Greenwing Macaw are predominately red, but the Scarlet has red, yellow and blue with a touch of green on its wings, whereas the Greenwing has red, blue and green on its wings. Breeding them together results in a Ruby Macaw, which has some characteristics from both types of macaw and a touch of its own differences too. A single clutch of chicks from a hybrid mix can all turn out slightly differently, just as you would find if you bred two breeds of dogs or cats together. Hybrids are severely frowned upon in aviculture because both most acaws are endangered in the wild, and it is considered to be very irresponsible to create these bird blends when keeping the bloodlines pure is so important. When Steve and I went to Chris Biro's "Pirate's Parrot Show" at the Jackson County Fair, he educated the public about hybrids and why they are not a good thing in the bird world. Nevertheless, this bird is very beautiful, and now it has the chance to help teach people more about parrots and conservation. If you would like to know about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization, please visit Bird Recovery International Thanks to all of you who have visited and have left comments and favorites! I hope to finish my current work project in the next couple of days and will be back to visiting everyone's pages again as usual! I've missed you all and all of your fabulous photography!

There were many species of parrots at Chris Biro's Pirate's Parrot Show and almost all of them had free-flight privileges! (We saw the show back in July) Here is a rambunctious Cherry-Headed Conure hanging out on a cable and having a great time! I watched it fly over and land near the bottom and then saw it climb about 15 feet to the top! So cute! Cherry-Headed Conures are also known as Red-Masked Parakeets, and are native to Equador and Peru. They were classified as Near Threatened in 1994 due to capture for the pet trade. However, bans on exporting parrots has helped a lot and they are expected to recover. Escaped birds have established feral populations in many areas of California (Including San Francisco ), and also in Florida, Mexico and Spain. If you would like to know more about this boisterous conure, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: Cherry-Headed Conure For information about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization and free-flight training and seminars, please visit Bird Recovery International and Liberty Wings

What you're seeing here are two Blue & Gold Macaws, held by the impressive Chris Biro of Bird Recovery International. What you don't see is the third bird held in Chris' right hand which was very clearly disliked by the macaw making the huge fuss. In the pictures I've added in notes above, you'll see it in a very aggressive stance with fluffed feathers and "pinned" eyes. "Pinned" eyes are when a bird's pupils become extremely small and happens when a bird is angry or over-excited. If you ever see a bird showing this body language, DO NOT try to interact with it unless you want to be bitten or quite possibly attacked. This bird is telling everyone that he isn't to be messed with right now. When Chris saw the problem, he put the other bird down and immediately the aggressive bird calmed down and was a very happy bird again! :) If you would like to know more about Blue & Gold macaws, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: Blue and Gold Macaw If you would like to know about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization, please visit Bird Recovery International

I still have pictures to share from the Pirate's Parrot Show that Steve and I saw back in July! Chris Biro is showing how trusting this bird is by laying it on its back in his hand. Not only does this beautiful Blue & Gold macaw trust Chris, he's in absolute bliss, closing his eyes in pleasure as Chris gently itches the back of its head, cradling it in support. Bird's feathers grow out of hard sheath casings and they really itch. They have a hard time reaching the feathers on their heads, so gentle scratching and a bit of careful help breaking the feathers out is something parrots really love, as this bird shows perfectly! :) For information about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization and free-flight training and seminars, please visit Bird Recovery International and Liberty Wings

What happens when you take a Scarlet Macaw and you breed it to a Greenwing Macaw ? You get a hybrid called a Ruby Macaw, and it has some characteristics from both types of macaw, with a touch of its own differences as well: both parent birds are a bright red, but this bird has a less brilliant color which changes to orange-red around its neck. Just like mixing two breeds of dogs or cats together, the offspring from a hybrid mix can all turn out slightly different within the same clutch of chieks. Hybrids are severely frowned upon in aviculture because both most acaws are endangered in the wild, and it is considered to be very irresponsible to create these bird blends when keeping the bloodlines pure is so important. When Steve and I went to Chris Biro's "Pirate's Parrot Show" at the Jackson County Fair, he educated the public about hybrids and why they are not a good thing in the bird world. Nevertheless, this bird is very beautiful, and now it has the chance to help teach people more about parrots and conservation. If you would like to know about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization, please visit Bird Recovery International By the way, I've uploaded two other pictures today and I hope you'll visit them too! Thanks to all of you who have visited and have left comments and favorites! I try to go to all of your pages within a day or two and is a highlight for me to see your beautiful photography! :)

A few days ago I posted a picture of a Ruby Macaw hybrid , which is a cross between a Scarlet and Greenwing Macaw. The Catalina Macaw is a cross between a Scarlet and a Blue & Gold Macaw, and is actually a cross that occurs sometimes in the wild. Male Scarlet Macaws will occasionally breed with Blue & Gold females because Scarlet females are less common. This macaw was one of the featured birds at Chris Biro's Pirate's Parrot Show, which Steve and I got to see at the Jackson County Fair in July. Unlike many bird shows that are all about cute tricks and promoting parrots as pets, Chris educates the audience about parrots and conservation in a fun and interactive format! If you would like to know more about Catalina Macaws, I found a page here: Catalina Macaws To learn about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization, please visit Bird Recovery International By the way, I've uploaded two other pictures today and I hope you'll visit them too! Thanks to all of you who have visited and have left comments and favorites! I try to go to all of your pages within a day or two and is a highlight for me to see your beautiful photography! :)

This is a fun shot of the ship's mast at the Pirate's Parrot Show, complete with pirate flag and...a flock of boisterous Sun Conures! It was so much fun watching them fly around like a bunch of holligans! They really are very mischievous little guys and so cute and pretty! The Sun Conure is considered to be one of the most beautiful small parrots, and is native to northeastern South America. It is endangered in the wild, due to habitat loss and trapping for the pet trade. Banning bird exports has helped somewhat, but it is only seldom seen in its previous ranges. This bird, however, is one of the most common small parrots offered for sale in pet stores, and unfortunately, due to the loud volume of any Aritinga conure, these are also found in enormous quantities in bid rescue facilities. :( (The Sun Conures owned by Chris are all rescue birds! :D) If you would like to know more about this beautiful conure, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: Sun Conure (Sun Parakeet) For information about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization and free-flight training and seminars, please visit Bird Recovery International and Liberty Wings

A few days ago I posted a fun portrait of this bird, and here is another picture to feast your eyes on! What a beauty! I am fascinated by animal husbandry, so seeing the hybrids featured at Chris Biro's Pirate's Parrot Show was fascinating to me. I was so surprised to find out that this hybrid ( Scarlet x Blue & Gold ) can occur in the wild, since the parent birds are so different in coloration! However, when mates of the same species are not available, this cross-breeding sometimes happens. I founf a fascinating website that discusses the known captive and wild hybrid crosses with pictures and a lot of information. Animal World: Hybrid Macaws If you would like to know more about Catalina Macaws, I found a page here: Catalina Macaws To learn about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization, please visit Bird Recovery International By the way, I've uploaded two other pictures today and I hope you'll visit them too! Thanks to all of you who have visited and have left comments and favorites! I try to go to all of your pages within a day or two and is a highlight for me to see your beautiful photography! :)

Steve and I could hardly believe our eyes when we saw what Chris Biro had trained a whole flock of Sun Conures to do at the Pirate's Parrot Show! People were instructed to hold a dollar bill up so the birds could see it. A conure would then fly over to the person and land on their hand, take the dollar, and fly back to the money jar, where they would drop the dollar! How's that for clever birds AND a wonderful way to get donations for Chris Biro's conservation organization, Bird Recovery International?! This was so popular that I think Chris could keep his birds busy the entire day getting donations on the fly!! It was so much fun to watch that I actually forgot to take pictures of Steve giving a dollar to a conure! :D This is also a perfect picture for mentioning that I have a new work project in and I'm going to be reducing my posts and comments for the next couple of weeks until the project is done. Thanks in advance for my light/slow comments, I hate not being able to post and visit all of your photostreams when I'm crazy busy, but hey, I'm Workin' for a Living ! :D For information about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization and free-flight training and seminars, please visit Bird Recovery International and Liberty Wings

Another attraction at the county fair was a parrot show, and I knew it would be a lot of fun! It turned out to be much better than I expected and was centered around education. The birds in this show are able to fly at will, but stay because their owner, Chris Biro, loves them all and gives them protection and food. As Steve and I walked into the show area, one of the Blue & Gold macaws sitting on a rooftop waved a foot in the air and looks like it's saying, "HI THERE MATEY! Welcome to the Pirate's Parrot Show!!" The magnificent Blue & Gold macaw, also known as a Blue & Yellow macaw or "B&G", is a fairly common wild macaw in much of South America, but is extinct, extremely threatened or endangered in many places where it was once common. This is all because of the pet trade, but bans on the import of wild parrots has helped stopped this, and some bird populations are recovering. If you would like to know more about Blue & Gold macaws, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: Blue and Gold Macaw If you would like to know about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization, please visit Bird Recovery International

When Steve and I went to the Jackson County Fair a couple of weeks ago, we made sure to see the bird show there. It turned out to be an excellent, educational and very fun show with an emphasis on parrot and bird education and conservation. This charismatic man is the one behind it all, Chris Biro, and he has spent over 20 years traveling around the country doing The Pirate's Parrot Show to teach people more about parrots and to raise funds for conservation efforts. The bird Chris is holding is the endangered and breathtakingly beautiful Hyacinth Macaw. These birds come mainly from Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, and are the largest parrot in the world. Due to the pet trade and habitat loss, they are endangered in the wild. Many cattle ranchers in their home range now protect these amazing birds from poaching, and bans on commercial export is also having an effect, but the high price tag of these macaws ($7,000-15,000) continues to tempt people to capture and try to sell wild-caught birds. Eco-tourism is teaching native people to understand why they must protect these parrots and this is making an impact, slow but sure. If you would like to know more about Hyacinth macaws, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: Hyacinth Macaw If you would like to know about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization, please visit Bird Recovery International

Steve and I really had fun at Chris Biro's educational Pirate's Parrot Show when we went to the Jackson County Fair. All of his birds fly free around the fairgrounds but hang out very close by where there is safety, food and water, and the man they love! Chris has spent over 20 years putting on shows around the country to educate the public about parrots and conservation. He also has seminars to teach bird owners how to give their birds the freedom of flight. It was wonderful to see these beautiful birds flying overhead and so happy! This lovely bird is a Blue-Winged or Illiger's Macaw. It's a "mini" macaw, and is in a group of 6 species which are 20" or smaller from head to tip of tail. This bird measures 14-17" and its native home is Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Although this bird's habit is threatened by deforestation, it is still common enough that it's only listed as "near threatened". Bans on bird exporting has helped this bird's survival, but farmers have been known to kill these macaws, which they call "pests." If you would like to know more about this lovely macaw, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: Blue-winged Macaw For information about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization and free-flight training and seminars, please visit Bird Recovery International and Liberty Wings

I rarely pass up the opportunity to visit parrots whenever I am near them, and I was delighted at the educational parrot show put on at the Jackson County Fair a few weeks ago. The man in command, Chris Biro, has dedicated his life to educating the public about parrots and their plight, but in a way that's fun and interesting for everyone, including the birds. These captive parrots have the unique opportunity to fly as they please, and it's Chris Bro's gift to these rescue birds who all love this man with a mission.. Chris showed off his talented birds and taught the crowd things like why parrots are different than other birds, and why they are endangered in the wild. At the end of the show, he allowed the audience to line up and get the chance to hold the amazing Blue & Gold macaw in the picture above. I got a magic shot of this little boy who is realizing just how amazing and intelligent this bird is as the two look into one another's eyes. A very cool thing to witness. If you missed my information on this macaw in the first image I posted of a Blue & Gold. , here it is again: The magnificent Blue & Gold macaw, also known as a Blue & Yellow macaw or "B&G", is a fairly common wild macaw in much of South America, but is extinct, extremely threatened or endangered in many places where it was once common. This is all because of the pet trade, but bans on the import of wild parrots has helped stopped this, and some bird populations are recovering. If you would like to know more about Blue & Gold macaws, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: Blue and Gold Macaw If you would like to know about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization, please visit Bird Recovery International By the way, I've uploaded two other pictures today and I hope you'll visit them too! Thanks to all of you who have visited and have left comments and favorites! I try to go to all of your pages within a day or two and is a highlight for me to see your beautiful photography! :)

Have you ever seen a parrot fly over your head? How about a whole flock?! At Chris Biro's fun and entertaining parrot show, there were birds flying around much of the time the show was going on! In fact, Chris trained about 20 Sun Conures to look for audience members who held up a dollar bill, and one would then fly over, take the bill, and fly back to a collecting jar! By the end of the show, the jar was brimming with money and there were dozens of people with dollar bills waiting to be taken by birds!! Amazing, clever, and fun, not to mention a great way for Chris to get donations for his parrot recovery program! The Sun Conure is considered to be one of the most beautiful small parrots, and is native to northeastern South America. It is endangered in the wild, due to habitat loss and trapping for the pet trade. Banning bird exports has helped somewhat, but it is only seldom seen in its previous ranges. This bird, however, is one of the most common small parrots offered for sale in pet stores, and unfortunately, due to the loud volume of any Aritinga conure, these are also found in enormous quantities in bid rescue facilities. :( (The Sun Conures owned by Chris are all rescue birds! :D) If you would like to know more about this beautiful conure, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: Sun Conure (Sun Parakeet) For information about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization and free-flight training and seminars, please visit Bird Recovery International and Liberty Wings

I've been crazy about parrots for many years, and my first encounter was when a friend of mine introduced me to her mother's macaw and prompted me to hold her. I was just blown away at this bird's beauty and intelligence. This is the amazing Blue & Gold macaw. They can live to be 80 years old and are one of the largest, with a wingspan of up to 45"! Their calls can be heard over a mile away in the jungle!! If you would like to know more about these gorgeous, stunning birds, Wiki has a good page here: Wiki: Blue & Gold Macaw To learn more about Chris Biro's free flight training, please visit Liberty Wings . If you would like to know about his wonderful parrot conservation organization, please visit Bird Recovery International

There were many birds flying around at Chris Biro's Pirate's Parrot Show, and most of them were a flock of rambunctious Sun Conures. There must have been a dozen of them, all flying around, climbing everywhere, and making lots of racket! Such clever, mischievious birds! (I've made the 2nd pic public to see it larger) Chris Biro teaches his birds that he's their source of food, their protector, and their friend, and with that as a basis, slowly gives them the freedom to fly without barriers! It's a remarkable thing to see his birds flying free, and yet, they all stay with him and are very happy, well-adjusted birds! For information about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization and free-flight training and seminars, please visit Bird Recovery International and Liberty Wings

These delightful birds are also some of the most beautiful conures. Though they are popular pets, this family (Aratinga) is very loud when mature, and sadly, unknowing new owners find out too late that their bird is now too noisy for their home. Thus, bird rescues are full of these and many other Aratinga conures. Thanks to Chris Biro, some of them have gotten a wonderful, forever home, and they get to fly free every day! If you would like to know more about this beautiful conure, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: Sun Conure (Sun Parakeet) For information about Chris Biro's wonderful parrot conservation organization and free-flight training and seminars, please visit Bird Recovery International and Liberty Wings