BIRDAT LPL
A Beginner's Guide To Cockatiels.
Annmarie Barrie

Discusses the selection and care of cockatiels including such aspects as breeding, housing and feeding.  Also describes the different breeds and varieties.
Call Number: 636.6865 Barrie

Beginning With Budgies. Anne Ray Streeter
Call Number: 636.6864 853

The Cockatiel Handbook.Matthew M. Vriends
Everything about purchase, housing, care, nutrition, behavior, breeding and diseases.
Call Number: 636.6865 Vriends

The Complete Book of Budgerigars. Stan and Barbara Moizer
Call Number: 636.6864 Moizer

Guide to Companion Parrot Behavior. Mattie Sue Athan
With  full-color photos and instructive line drawings, this book offers advice on such topics as choosing between a young parrot and an older bird, selecting and training a talking parrot and virtually all other aspects of care. The author, a respected parrot expert, also discusses ways of dealing with problems such as excessive screaming and feather chewing.
Call Number: 636.6865 Athan

Guide to a Well-Behaved Parrot. Mattie Sue Athan
This book provides approaches to common parrot behavior problems such as screaming, biting, and feather chewing. The book includes information on appropriate care for a bird who is alone all day, what to do if your bird flies away, plus instructions for grooming, bathing, communication, toys, and safe interactions with other pets and children.
Call Number: 636.6865 Athan

Practical Encyclopedia of Pet Birds for Home & Garden. Don Harper
Call Number: 636.4505

 
 

CHILDREN'S TITLES

Bird Companions. Lilo Hess
Introduces several breeds of birds that make good pets and discusses how to select, care for and breed your bird.
Call Number: j636.686 453

Birds. Mark Evans
An ASPCA pet care guide for kids.
Call Number: j636.68 Evans

Parakeets. Tina Hearne
Examines the different varieties of parakeets and describes how they may be housed, exercises, handled, fed, cleaned and bred.
Call Number: j636.6864 Hearne

 

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