February

Reno Area Avian Enthusiasts
May 2014
Cageliner
February 2015
Volume
Issue 2
Inside this23,
issue:
President Perch
Continued
2
RAAVE Parrot Talent
Show Entries
3
How to Make Frittatas 4
For Birds
How to Get the Most
From Your Food
5
RAAVE Membership 6
Application & Renewal
Advertising Space
Available
7
2015 Monthly Meeting 8
Calendar
Next Months Event:
To Be
Determined
When: Saturday,
March 21st, 2015
Where: Land Owners
Association
Details: Be on the look
out for information on
next month meeting in
the March Cageliner!
Rio 2… A Total Blast!
Our meeting this month
will feature the movie:
RIO 2. Many of you have
seen the first RIO, So we
thought it was time to see
the next RIO—saving the
Spix Macaw. The following is the write-up on the
back of the DVD case:
“Welcome to the jungle
of Fun! The party contin-
ues when Blu and Jewel
and their three kids take a
walk on the wild side and
embark on a colorful, comical,
music-filled journey
through the Amazon. As Blu
tries to fit into his new
surroundings, he goes
beak-to-beak with the
villainous Nigel, and
meets the most fearsome adversary of all:
his father-in-law!”
We will have Popcorn of
course! Bring your feathered friends and human
friends!
-Rose Mueller,
President’s Perch
Dear RAAVE Members,
Thanks to all those who
attended our last meetingwe truly have some incredibly talented feathered friends due some excellent training by their
owners. We have pictures
not only here in the newsletter but you will find
some on our Face Book
page and www.raave.com.
You can get to our Face
Book page to see what is
there
by
going
to
www.raave.com and scroll
to the bottom of the page
and then click the FB icon.
Please feel free to add
pictures, post stories, or
post important links that
could be helpful to our
club. Please don’t hesitate
to submit pictures or
stories
also
to
[email protected] to be
published in our monthly
newsletter. Please think
about anything you might
be doing for your flock that
might be helpful to a new
bird owner or recommend
a book or two that would
be helpful.
We have resurrected our
classified section exclusively for club members to
sell bird supplies, birds, or
re-home birds that you
may be fostering. We have
a deadline each month for
submission so if you miss it
will appear in the next
publication.
Your board of directors
met on January 16, 2015
and we have a lean and
mean budget for 2015.
Special thanks to Sandy
Griffiths for compiling all
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February
2015
Presidents Perch Continued...
the needed financial information and creating a smooth
transition for Louise Walter to handle our treasurer responsibilities. Sandy agreed to take one of our open
board of director seats but one is still open for anyone
willing to serve on the board for 2015.
***Garage Sale in July to be held at Safari
Zoo*** If you have items to donate let anyone
on the board know or you bring with you to any
meeting before July.
—Norman, President
WOW… What a Great Turnout at the Beauty & Talent Show
Thanks to all the beautiful birds and
their owners for showing off their
wonderful talents or just showing
off! We love this event and this
year was the best yet! James took
lots of photos and we hope you enjoy them. The event was a little
wild, so if your name or photo
was missed, we will catch you
next time. This event is what our
club is all about...the BIRDS! It is
always a great time when everyone shares their birds, their stories, and just visits with each
other talking "bird" talk! Thanks
for being at the meeting and we
hope next year is even bigger
and more "birdish" than ever!
—Rose, Vice President
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February
2015
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5th Annual RAAVE Parrot Talent Show Entries
January 17, 2015
RAAVE MEMBER
Peggy Beal
Mary Ellen Burger
Bee Gee Bunch
PARROT
CATEGORY
Caique - Clyde
Nanday Conure - WILLIS
Bare-eye Cockatoo - BEAR
Best foot hanger and riding the rag
Best Flyer
Best Flying Wings
Best Dancer
Most cooperative
Bark like a dog and sings
Tied for Best Acrobat
Tied for Best Acrobat
Best "Big Eagle"
Rarest Parrot
Longest Tail
Best Kisser
Oldest Parrot - 40 years
Samantha Osborne
Heather Osborne
Bruce Brueggeman
Cockatoo - ROMEO
African Grey - SNOOPY
Blue Front Amazon - FLOWER
Blue & Gold Macaw - THOR
Green Cheek Conure - CASEY
Blue Front Amazon - SUNSHINE
Blue Throat Macaw - CISCO
Catalina Macaw - PONCHO
Green Cheek Conure
Blue & Gold Macaw - FUNFALUCIA
Pineapple Conure - AUTUMN
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo - RICKI
Senegal - GIPPER
African Grey - SNOOPY
Senegal
Cockatiel - SUNSET
Cockatiel - TWILIGHT
Nanday Conure
Peggy Beal
Caique - CLYDE
PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Louise Walter
Norm Huckle
Jodie Anderson
Karen Daly
James/Patricia Palmer
Jerry/Kay Adamson
David Chamberlain
Sheri Brueggeman
Norm Huckle
Judy Scheile
Jodie Anderson
Marge Cutler
Louise Walter
Most outgoing
Best Trick
Best owner look-alike
10 little piggies
Sweetest
Cutiest
Name Tags!?!
We are bringing back our Name
Tags. At the Feb. meeting we will
show off our name tags and start
taking orders again for those
members that are interested. Our
name tags have the RAAVE
logo (designed by Sandy Griffiths),
and will have your name
printed on it. The cost will be
around $9. We have had the
name tags for years and hope to
get members wearing them
again. Talk to Rose Mueller if you
are interested in ordering one
[email protected].
—Rose, Vice President
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February
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How to Make Frittatas For Birds
They’re egg-cellent
Debbie Foster Russell is a volunteer
for the adoption and education organization, Phoenix Landing. She
serves as the Maryland Adoption
Coordinator.
She shares her home with not only
her husband Bob and son but she
also has 12 species of birds, from a
cockatiel to several large macaws,
as well as three impossibly adorable
dogs.
Just recently, Debbie devised a nice
egg breakfast for them. They are
individually baked frittatas. A frittata is kind of like an omelet but
once it is cooked in a pan over heat,
it’s baked in the oven.
tempt was done in a muffin tin, but
as she said, "… next time I'm going to
use cupcake liners as I still haven't
gotten the pan clean!” So I’m going
to take her advice and use cupcake
liners too.
And like Chop, there is no recipe.
This is another concept. By that I 
mean that it is a method of preparing a food for your birds that can be
made in various ways with various

ingredients.
Pour the beaten eggs over the
vegetables in the cupcake papers to cover.
Essentially all you need to do is place
the cupcake papers into a muffin tin.
Prepare the amount of eggs you intend to use by cracking them open
into a bowl, add a small amount of
water to make it easier to mix and
beat the eggs.
Let cool and serve.
Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes or until the egg is cooked
thoroughly and a toothpick
comes out clean.

You can enrich this dish nutritionally by using a technique I refer to
as "Nutritional Layering.”
Bear in mind that they do contain

eggs. Eggs are not bad for birds.
However, like anything else, when
feeding this dish, moderation is the
key. I would limit serving this to my 
flock to twice a month.
The best part about making these is
that you can fill them with incredibly healthy ingredients and introduce new items to your birds that
they may not have tried if you just
put it in their bowls.
Debbie’s version is more like a
baked crustless quiche. Her first at-
Adoption Board
Fill the cupcake papers with the For instance, before adding the
ingredients you want about half- vegetables to the cupcake papers,
way.
toss them with a bit of coconut or
Possibilities are chopped up flax seed oil. You could also sprinkle
vegetables, or you can thaw out a bit of Clay-Cal onto the vegetables
some frozen Chop you have al- or on top of the individual frittatas.
ready prepared and use that. In Top your frittatas before baking
the photos above, Debbie used with a bit of sesame seed or milk
bell pepper, broccoli, cauliflower thistle seed to entice them. These
are just a few ideas that might get
and cranberries.
those tails up and eating something
(If you are cramped for time, mixed they might not have tried before!
frozen vegetables would work in a
For more recipes like this, visit the
pinch.)
birdchannel.com
cats in the home. Contact Ty
for all inquiries (775)351-4040.
Bonded pair: A Black Headed
4 Parakeets free to good home!
Caique and a lil Lovebird!

No cage included. You can
 Both are around 5-7 years old.
take all four or just one.
Caique is DNA male. They are
For more information contact
flighted. The Caique doesn't fly
Judy at (775) 343-9400.
much but the lil Lovie
absolutely adores flying-no dogs/
Cockatiel needs a good home!

Beautiful 1 year old Female
Cockatiel
needs
new
home. Contact Karol Kelley
(775) 747-4284.
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February
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How to Get the Most From Your Food
Tips to cutting costs and
keeping food fresh
Most of us want to give our birds
the best quality bird food possible
without going broke. You can feed
your bird a healthy, enriched diet and still get
the most for your
money by maximizing
value and reducing
waste.
One of the best ways to
save money on bird
food is to simply reduce
waste. There’s no need
to fill your bird’s food
dish to the brim. Most
birds only eat the top
few layers of seed or pellets, and
the food on the bottom goes to
waste. Make sure you’re feeding
the appropriate portion for your
species of bird. Invest in a gravity
feeder, which dispenses food as
needed, to further reduce waste.
(Note: Do not allow a base diet,
such as seed or pellets, to sit more
than a couple of days.)
Store your bird’s food in sealed,
airtight moisture-resistant containers. For maximum value, purchase
only as much as you will use within
a month or two. A 30-day supply of
food should stay fresh under climate-controlled conditions. Most
packaging instructions recommend
storing food in a cool, dry place, so
avoid keeping food containers by a
reduce
waste. or in the cabinet
sunny
windowsill
There’sthe
no kitchen sink. If you
under
freeze or refrigerate your bird’s
provisions, make sure they’re
packaged so that moisture cannot condense on the seed or pellets, which can cause mold.
Try It Out
Some bird food companies provide veterinarians, retailers and
even bird clubs with trial samples
of food so customers and members can let their birds try new
formulas. Pet shop proprietors
sometimes create their own sample packets or smaller-sized retail
packages for customers to try
new foods with little financial
risk.
Ursula Berg and her husband,
Karl, own Fancy Feathers Exotic
Birds in New Jersey. Their store
sells various avian diets, and she
advises trying a small amount of a
new food before committing to
the large-sized package. "Some
the brim. Most
birds trial sizes.
companies
provide
only eat
thecompanies,
top few
With
other
we buy
small-sized packages or make up
our own samples for customers.
We also educate people about
switching their birds to pellets
and trying new foods.”
Today’s bird food packaging has
greatly
improved.
Canisters, jars and
resalable bags all
help keep food fresh
and bug-free. However, you might want
to rethink buying in
bulk if it takes your
bird months to consume it. Large-sized
packages are priced
less per pound, but
they might not always be a bargain if
you keep a single bird. Smallersized packages allow your bird to
go through portions while the
food is at its freshest.
A little homework can result in
big savings. Look for coupons and
rebates on food packages in
magazines, in bird show programs and on online. Compare
prices while shopping. If purchasing food online, make sure it’s
from a reputable company and
the food stays fresh. Take shipping costs into account when
buying online or from mail-order
sources. Some online stores offer
free shipping.

For more information and
access
resources
need to
to fill
your visit the
“Most from yours birds food”
bird’s food dish to
article online.
The Cageliner
February
RAAVE Membership Application/Renewal
Grey Parrot Anatomy Project
is hoping to create an atlas
and online reference on bird
anatomy.
Do you have any interest in
knowing what makes your bird
tick? Or, how about what your
bird really looks like under those
feathers? If so, look not further!
If you ever get the chance to attend one of Scott Echols talks,
go, they're fascinating.) So when
he did a recent web-inar on the
Grey Parrot Anatomy Project for
LafeberVet.com, I knew we were
in for something great.
So what's the Grey Parrot Anatomy Project? According to
Echols' website:
Washoe County Regional Animal Services
"A detailed description of anatomy
can provide clinicians and researchers invaluable information for the
diagnosis and treatment of diseases
for any species. Although long used
for humans and selected animals,
such anatomic references for commonly kept parrot species currently
do not exist. The Grey Parrot Anatomy Project aims to create an accurate physical and digital anatomy
reference, including a standardized
basis for avian anatomy nomenclature, of a commonly kept parrot
species, the grey parrot (Psittacus
erithacus erithacus).
"Cool videos aside, this project will
help veterinarians and researchers
across the board in the form of a
book and online reference. It will
2015
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Advertising Rates per calendar year (12 issues) in
Cageliner Newsletter and RAAVE website.
Includes newsletter emailed to you monthly, and a
"click" to your website from RAAVE website

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$ 55.00

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$ 75.00

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Are You Planning on Moving?
If you move, change phone numbers or email address, don't forget to let us know so we can update
our records. You can email Louise Walter at [email protected] with your changes.
Board of Directors
President
Norman Huckle
[email protected]
Vice President
Rose Mueller
[email protected]
Secretary
Karol Kelley
[email protected]
Treasurer
Louise Walter
[email protected]
Board Members at Large
Karen Daly
[email protected]
James Palmer
[email protected]
Robyn O’Grady
[email protected]
Board of Directors
[email protected]
(Email to all board members)
Committee Chairs
AFA Club Delegates
Rose Mueller
[email protected]
BeeGee Bunch
[email protected]
Activity Donations
Robyn O’Grady
[email protected]
Cageliner Editor
Katie Hamilton
[email protected]
Hospitality
Beverly Muncy
[email protected]
RAAVE Store
Rose Mueller
[email protected]
Education Visitations,
School Visits & Children’s
Programs
Earlene Douglas
[email protected]
Legislative Committee
Karen Daly
[email protected]
Membership
Louise Walter
[email protected]
Reno Area Avian Enthusiasts
P.O. Box 10393
Reno, NV 89610-0393
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E-mail: [email protected]
Webpage: www.raave.com
Phone: (775) 410-3151
February 2015
Volume 23, Issue 2
Happy Valentines Day!
Your membership expiration date is:
Reno’s only Exotic Bird Club
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MEETING LOCATION
Sun Valley Landowners Association
5360 Sun Valley Blvd
Sun Valley, NV 89433-7946
Upcoming 2015 Meetings

US 395 North towards
Susanville

Exit 70B Clear Acre Lane

Clear Acre Lane becomes
Sun Valley Blvd.

Continue approx. 2 miles - past 3rd Street and the tall white
clock tower on right side
 Turn Right into
parking lot - Blue building.
(If you get to 4th Street you just passed it).
February 21
Rio 2: The Movie
March 21
TBD
April 18
TBD
May 16
Madeleine Franco
June 20
RAAVE Annual
Picnic
July 18
RAAVE Annual
Garage Sale
August 15
TBD
September 19
2nd Annual Exotic
Birds and Parrots
on Parade
October 17
TBD
November 21
TBD
December 19
Annual Holiday
Party