Avian Behavior International

Avian Behavior International Visitors to our farm enjoy highly interactive Adventures filled with soars, stoops, swoops, rolls, and dives.

Our trained avian ambassadors also take it on the road through dynamic shows from libraries to zoological institutions.

07/09/2025

Oakley the Harris's Hawk coming in for a landing from a jacaranda tree on a guest during a falconry class. This summer we have been doing a few classes a week at the Park Hyatt Aviara in Carlsbad. The view is not to shabby!

Right off the Batiquitos Lagoon and tucked away, the birds have been flying for guests that want to learn more about falconry and have an unclose experience with a bird of prey. This also provides an opportunity for the birds to mix up their routine and flex their training muscles.

Some pics from our flighted bird program at CritterFest. The bird and human team excelled in preparation and production ...
07/02/2025

Some pics from our flighted bird program at CritterFest. The bird and human team excelled in preparation and production of a great event, and donations for our conservation projects were collected by the hardest working raven in town (or so he tells us).

06/29/2025

Larue the crested caracara coming in from a big breezy flight during an Ultimate Bird of Prey falconry experience. The caracara’s distinctive flight style means they can cover a lot of ground very quickly. It makes for fun dynamic flights, and he is always curious and game for anything.

Thanks for having us, Science Spectrum! It was so much fun sharing the birds
06/28/2025

Thanks for having us, Science Spectrum! It was so much fun sharing the birds

Fall 2025 Animal Behavior and Training Internship at Avian Behavior Conservancy! Are you passionate about animal behavio...
06/20/2025

Fall 2025 Animal Behavior and Training Internship at Avian Behavior Conservancy!

Are you passionate about animal behavior, science, and positive reinforcement training? Looking for a unique, hands-on opportunity to work with a wide variety of free-flighted birds? Avian Behavior is now accepting applications for our Fall 2025 Internship Program! This internship begins in early September is is approximately 10 - 12 weeks.

This is Nolan, our current Spring 2025 intern! They are enjoying the individualization of learning opportunities and hands on training.

Our full-time internship provides immersive experience in avian husbandry and progressive, science-based training techniques. Interns play an active role in daily care, enrichment, and educational programming, including the chance to assist in free-flight training sessions and public presentations.

Housing provided (Small stipend included)
Fall Internship Dates: Starting early September 2025
Application Deadline: June 30, 2025
How to Apply: Email your resume and two references to Katie Pnewski at [email protected]
Questions? Feel free to email us!

For more information, check out the listing https://avian-behavior.org/employment-opportunities/

Our team had a great event at Chirp Nature Center in Big Bear Lake this past weekend at their inaugural Nature Festival....
06/16/2025

Our team had a great event at Chirp Nature Center in Big Bear Lake this past weekend at their inaugural Nature Festival. It was great to be part of an adventurous group of bird nerds and nature lovers!

06/06/2025

The behaviour has spread among a mob of more than 100 sulphur-crested cockatoos that roost in the Western Sydney Parklands.

06/01/2025

It takes a whole team! Our Andean condor Suyana has progressed by leaps and bounds in the last few months. She came to us already knowing many cues beneficial behaviors, but this was the first big change in her whole life and she needed to rebuild a new foundation with new trainers, a new job title, and an entirely different environmental set up than her previous home. We have seen her confidence increase steadily (usually), but sometimes her improvement flatlines and we have to decide if we are on the right track and this is part of the process or we need to change our tack.

We have had some incredibly capable interns the last few terms, and their skills have also grown. Here is Samantha practicing with the window feed method with Suyana and doing a great job! Our other intern Nolan is working the crate.

It’s World Parrot Day, and we are celebrating the Blue Throated Macaw. Parrots around the world are considered one of th...
05/31/2025

It’s World Parrot Day, and we are celebrating the Blue Throated Macaw. Parrots around the world are considered one of the most threatened of bird groups, and blue throated macaws are critically endangered. Kingston came to us from the Bird Endowment as he was not able to be part of the breeding stock. The inimitable late Laney Rickman has done incredible work for this species, and her sister Dorothy Patterson carries on her work.

In conserving a species, there are many different paths to forge in increasing their numbers. You can breed for release, like they are doing with the Spix macaw. You can increase nesting opportunities. You can identify poaching threats, which is what I looked at with the Indonesian Parrot Project. And you can look at habitat loss and destruction. Each species is different, and needs a careful, scientifically based plan that incorporates local knowledge and values as well as an adaptive management plan in place for monitoring results. Some approaches sound more glamorous than others, but lack the scientific foundation for success and can do more harm than good. Along with .bolivia , the has had incredible success with their focus on this bird in the last few years.

Owls are ambush predators with keen senses of hearing and eyesight. Did you know they can move the feathers on their fac...
05/16/2025

Owls are ambush predators with keen senses of hearing and eyesight. Did you know they can move the feathers on their face to pivot towards sound like you would move a satellite dish to capture a signal from afar to triangulate a sound even better? If you are up close, you can see these feathers move all together towards a sound. So cool!
Beatrix the barn owl and Guinness the Eurasian eagle owl at practice this week staying fit for their Owl Prowl falconry experiences!

Happy Mother's Day to all those moms out there! Being a mom is tough work, and no matter what kind of mom you are, human...
05/11/2025

Happy Mother's Day to all those moms out there! Being a mom is tough work, and no matter what kind of mom you are, human mom, bird mom, or mother of dragons, you help make the world go 'round. Thanks for watching over us, teaching us the easy way, letting us learn the hard way, and holding your breath when we learn those rocky first flights. Thanks, moms, for all that you do. But, ahem, also more mice please ;)

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Visitors to our farm enjoy highly interactive Adventures filled with soars, stoops, swoops, rolls, and dives. Guests pre-register and sign up for up close encounters and events on our website. We are open by appointment only. Our trained avian ambassadors also take it on the road through dynamic programs at libraries as well as free flying programs at zoological parks and gardens. From parrots to vultures, they bring messages of hope and beauty, inspiring hearts and minds to join in acts of conservation and preservation everywhere.