Bird book recommendations sought!

[Eliza]

Mattie Sue Athan's books, Guide To a Well-behaved Parrot and Guide To Companion Parrot Behavior have been recommended to me.

Is one better than the other? Are they not worth my time?

I have a bad habit of buying just about every book out there and am trying desperately to break that habit hence the recommendation request!

Of course, if you have other books that you think are essential to anyone who shares their life w/ birds, please share!

Thanks!

[Alika]

"Birds for Dummies"
"Parrots for Dummies" are both really good.

If you want to get into training, check out "Clicker Training for Birds" by Melinda Johnson.

If you want to get deeper into training and be really really good at it, try "Don't Shoot the Dog" by Karen Pryor.

"Birds off the Perch" is okay, but it doesn't have anything in it that the other books don't.

The two that have already been recommended are awesome, cover-to-cover.

And, finally, if you want a great fiction read about parrots, I very highly recommend "The Awakening: A Tale of Avian Evolution" by Mark Jones.

[Graehstone]

Here are the ones that I have and am very happy with.

The Grey Parrot
Wolfgang de Grahl
ISBN 0866220941

Parrots of the World
Joseph M. Forshaw
ISBN 0876669593

The African Grey Parrot Handbook
Mattie Sue Athan & Dianalee Deter
ISBN 0764109936

Guide to the Senegal Parrot and its Family
Mattie Sue Athan & Dianalee Deter
ISBN 0764103326

The Cockatiel
Julie Rach
ISBN 0876055269

Your First Cockatiel
Dr. J. E. Lohr
ISBN 0866220607

A Step by Step Book about Cockatiels
Anmarie Barrie
ISBN 086622453X

The Essential Cockatiel
Pamela Leis Higdon
ISBN 1582450277

First Aid for Birds
Julie Rach & Gary A. Gallerstein D.V.M.
ISBN 0876055315

The Complete Bird Owners Handbook
Gary A. Gallerstein D.V.M.
ISBN 0876059035

The Complete Pet Bird Owners Handbook New edition
Gary A. Gallerstein D.V.M.
ISBN 1895270251

The Parrot Who Owns Me
Joanna Burger
ISBN 0375760253

Guide to Companion Parrot Behavior
Mattie Sue Athan
ISBN 0764106880

Guide to a Well Behaved Parrot
Mattie Sue Athan
ISBN 0764110306

Feeding your Pet Bird
Petra Burgman D.V.M.
ISBN 0812015215

The Ultimate Parrot
Barrett Watson & Mike Hurley
ISBN 0764561022


The Alex Studies
Irene Pepperberg
ISBN 067400051X

The Pleasure of Their Company (An Owners Guide to Parrot Training)
Bonnie Munro Doane & Richard Cole
ISBN 0876055943

Ravens in Winter
Bernd Heinrich
ISBN 0679732365

Mind of the Raven
Bern Heinrich
ISBN 0060930632

Spix’s Macaw The Race to Save the World’s Rarest Bird
Tony Juniper
ISBN 074347550x

Sally Blanchard’s Companion Parrot Handbook
Sally Blanchard
ISBN 096712980X

Sally Blanchard’s The Beak Book
Sally Blanchard
ISBN 0967129818

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Mark Bittner
ISBN 0609610554

Conversations with an Eagle
Brenda Cox
ISBN 1550548115

Your Outta Control Bird
Nikki Moustaki
IBSN 0793829259

The New Encyclopedia of American Birds
David Alderton
ISBN 0681643048

Birds of North America
Fred J. Alsop III
ISBN 078949373X

Parrot Culture
Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination with the World’s Most Talkative Bird
Bruce Thomas Boehrer
ISBN 0812227935


The Healthy Bird Cookbook
A Lifesaving Nutritional Guide and Recipe Collection
Robin Deutsch
ISBN 0793805384

[cfulhage]

Thanks Graestone for that list! I need to invest in a First Aid book like the one you have listed!
I recommend Bobbi Brinker's For the Love of Greys. I read it before I got Ollie, and I learned so much!

[TooLover]

Check out amazon.com - they sell a lot of these books used and cheap!

[carriesb]

I really liked parrots for dummies.

[Alika]

A friend of mine from another board has a picture of her birds in Parrots for Dummies. I remember when she submitted it and it got accepted. I submitted a bunch of pictures, too, but my birds just aren't as cute as hers I guess ;)

[cfulhage]

Originally Posted by Alika

A friend of mine from another board has a picture of her birds in Parrots for Dummies. I remember when she submitted it and it got accepted. I submitted a bunch of pictures, too, but my birds just aren't as cute as hers I guess ;)

Well I think your birds are adorable! They probably would have sold more books had they used your pictures!

[Tiki]

You can also get them on Ebay. Earlier this year, I got Joel's recommended book Handfeeding and Nursery Management by Howard Voren and Rick Jordan for $12-brand new condition too! I also got Gallersteins First Aid for Birds for really cheap too- $6 or something like that! Gotta love Ebay!

[Spinnergirl]

Originally Posted by ejw829

I have a bad habit of buying just about every book out there and am trying desperately to break that habit hence the recommendation request!

I have that habit also....sounds like maybe Graehstone too ~ and a few others!!

Never have too many.....that's why we all like EBAY. Heck we are probably all bidding against one another sometimes!! I don't have the same screen name there as here. So look out :) LOL