BIRDTALK VOLUME 26, NO. 7 JULY 2008

Features
18Dance Move #1: The Turn-Around
Get your bird dancing with this basic first step.
BY TANI ROBAR

20Sprout This!
Turn seed into super food!
BY PATRICIA SUND

24BIRD TALK's 2008 Guide To Sprouting
Get sprouting today with one of these products.

26Bad For You, Bad For Them
Protect your bird from your own bad habits.
BY DR. BARBARA NEFER

32Chasing A Cure: Proventricular Dilatiation Disease
Researchers grapple with this devastating wasting condition.
A SPECIAL REPORT BY THE PSITTACINE DISEASE
RESEARCH GROUP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA'S
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

36Are You Macaw Enough?
This dream bird takes a heavy dose of reality.
BY KASHMIR CSAKY

42The Regent Of Australia
The regent parrot. (Part 2 of 3 of Polytelis parrots.)

BT STYLE
12 New 4 You
The Latest Products

14 Avian Flair
The Bird Life
BY JESSICA PINEDA

16 Your Bird, Your
World House Hunting
BY SUSAN CHAMBERLAIN

Columns
46 Causes & Cures
Bedbugs, Mites & Fleas
BY MARGARET A. WISSMAN, DVM DABVP, AVIAN PRACTICE

48 Heart to Heart
This Budgie Keeps Shop
BY CHRIS DAVIS

50 Parrot Psychology
My Feathered Human?
BY LIZ WILSON,CVT, CPBC

52 Small Birds
Little Known Facts
BY DIANE GRINDOL

54 Finch & Canary
Gold-Breasted Waxbill
BY KARL LIEBERMAN

56 Aviculture
Meet Jason Crean
BY DICK SCHROEDER

Departments
1 Editorial
4 Mailbag
8 FYI
10 Web Column
58 Avian Marketplace
61 Show Calendar
64 Show Gallery
66 Avian Directory
74 Avian Buyer's Guide
76 Small Birds Directory
77 Flock On
78 Kids Talk Back
79 Fledgling
79 Advertising Index
80 Watch The Birdie

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