Hello to All Friends & Customers of Forest Park Aviaries & Forest Park Shopping
We hope & trust all is well with you & yours. This text has been adapted for use on this webpage from our first Forest Park Shopping / Forest Park Aviaries Newsletter, published on May 1st, 2009. If you wish to subscribe to this FREE Newsletter, visit our Newsletter Archive, participate in Dr.Geoff's Blog or receive our series of exotic bird-related Surveys, please kindly click on the underlined links above or the so-marked buttons on this page.
This e-mailed Newsletter is another step we have introduced to promote our exotic bird sales; birds bred & hand-reared lovingly here in our Columbia Station, Ohio, state-of-the-art Aviaries & Nursery.
Virtually all the recipients of this first of our Newsletters are already our previous & present exotic bird customers, whilst some other folks may not yet have enjoyed the very satisfying home company & friendship of one or more of our youngsters ... but hopefully they may do so in the not too distant future! Your feedback on this first Newsletter effort would be much appreciated, of course, and you are invited to click the link provided to confirm your interest in receiving e-mail updates from us, or to unsubscribe as you may so decide. Also, to mention that we would welcome your participation in contributing to "Dr.Geoff's Blog Page", viewable via the above clickable link or the one in the Popular New Links section below.
Now, the real "good news" is that this breeding season, we have bred a goodly number of handfed pet-quality Green-cheeked Conures & their Mutations - not to mention our many female (green & blue) Pacific Parrotlet youngsters! So, if you scroll down to near the bottom of this page, or click on this link, you will find an early alert to some attractive lower prices for our individual Green-cheeked Conure & Pacific Parrotlet youngsters, as well as some persuasive discounted "package deals" on this "clown-like" Conure species, including FREE SHIPPING for qualifying several-bird Green-cheeked Conure purchases.
All the work done here at Forest Park Aviaries (please see below right) is carried out with our very limited staffing arrangements! Geoff handles the exotic bird breeding, hand-feeding, procurement, and sales side of the business, Dixie works very hard in the general care, maintenance & customer support areas, whilst Debra Ryan (Certified Avian Specialist), a passionate bird-lover & pet bird-owner herself, very willingly volunteers her time, expertise & considerable hands-on experience in progressing our birds through their initial handling & sociability training programs (see below) , as well as guiding and advising our customers.
All best wishes for Year 2009! Please subscribe to our future Newsletters and visit some of our websites - and talk to your family and friends about our activities here at Forest Park Aviaries!
Kindly, and sincerely,
Dr. Geoff Gammon - Exotic Bird Breeder & Certified Avian Specialist
Forest Park Aviaries / New Era Shopping Online.
FOREST PARK SHOPPING & OUR AFFILIATED FOREST PARK AVIARIES
PRINCIPAL HOMEPAGE WEBSITE FOR FOREST PARK AFFILIATES, NEW ERA SHOPPING ONLINE, & FOREST PARK AVIARIES - LEADING EXOTIC PET BIRD BREEDERS LOCATED NEAR CLEVELAND, OHIO
CONTACT US AT : TEL: 440-236-6355, or by e-mail at: fpav@roadrunner.com. Just ask for Dr.Geoff!
FOREST PARK SHOPPING - NEW ERA SHOPPING ONLINE
FOREST PARK AVIARIES - OHIO EXOTIC BIRD BREEDERS
Exotic Birds Sociability Ratings
The majority of our handfed pet-quality Conures, smaller Parrots, Parrotlets & Cockatiels are transferred progressively from our Forest Park nursery into our in-home "kindergarten", where they receive sociability & "group therapy" training together with a variety of other species. Our two small dogs, Rita & Silvy, try to get involved too! This initial handling & socialising work is conducted every couple of days by our Associate, Debbie Ryan, now, like Dr.Geoff above, a well-experienced PIJAC-registered Certified Avian Specialist.
During the course of this Yr.2009, Debbie & Geoff have developed further & recently published our seemingly novel "Pet Bird Sociability Rating Scale", which ranges from "zero" (for an essentially untamed breeder-quality bird) to a rating of "10+" (for a handfed, very docile, person-bondable, family-friendly bird, who will approach the handler with minimal persuasion, does repeated step-ups, etc).
Please remember, of course, that the real need is for the bird-to-human bonding process to be carried out and maintained by the bird's new owner, preferably by purchasing the bird early in order to maximise the bird's trust in the new owner.
Deb can be contacted directly on such handling & preliminary training matters at 440-238-5539, or by e-mail at dsryan@wowway.com .
RESOURCES
FEATURED FOREST PARK LINKS
Website Developments
The banner above is now Forest Park Aviaries & Affiliates main advertising link used throughout our family of New Era online shopping websites, enabling a single click to take folks directly to Forest Park Shopping's principal navigation page at: www.forestparkshopping.com
Visitors to this website will find a well-arranged single page offering numerous clickable links to the storefronts of our leading USA Affiliated Merchants & Service Providers, comprising both easy clickable links arranged on a Market Sector basis and also on a Merchant Storefront basis. On this inter-linked family of websites, we have tried to keep your visit interesting by including a variety of Sitepal animations, YouTube links, quality images featuring all types of available merchandise, and featuring strongly our love of exotic birds, pets & animals, and their homecare.
Some key clickable links to a selection of our most-visited websites are listed in the lower right column of this Newsletter, including a link to our recent efforts at publishing exotic bird-related video clips produced here at Forest Park Aviaries. Below, you can see our animated yellow exotic bird - a standard feature on most of the newer websites created here at Forest Park. Just click on this image to skip directly to our latest exotic bird availabilities posted on BirdBreeders.com - why not try clicking on the bird right away and see if you get to your target "exotic birds availabilities" destination?
Also to note that Webmaster Dr.Geoff is always pleased to consider reciprocal linking proposals with other external websites.
About Forest Park Shopping - Our Way Forward
To the upper right of the adjacent column, the "About Us" logo is clickable to take you through directly to the recently-published About Us article. We have continued to breed our exotic birds very successfully this season, and have airline shipped throughout the winter months to our customers nationwide. Many thanks to our many friends we have worked with in some thirty or more states, for keeping in touch with Forest Park Aviaries.
We are now developing ambitious plans to promote our fledgling online shopping venture in consort with our affiliated merchants and promoting their many products and services across the USA. Please come check us out at www.forestparkshopping.com and enjoy the many benefits from shopping online from your home or office at the storefronts of these leading USA-based top-performing merchants. On this webpage, you will find many clickable links for viewing merchandise arranged by Market Sector, also with easily-navigable direct links to the Storefronts of our individual Affiliated Companies. We thank you.
Exotic Bird Price Reductions - Stop Press! (for May & June, 2009, subject to later updates by Dr.Geoff)
Old Price New Price
Normal Green-cheeks $150 $125
Cinnamons $165 $145
Yellow-sides $195 $175
Pineapples - unsexed $325 $295
Pineapples - Females (DNA'd) $325 $310
All are unsexed, ie.not yet DNA-sexed birds, except where stated. Above new prices apply whilst stocks last, but are subject to review at any time without notice.
Also available,
Female Parrotlets (Dimorphic) $85 Now $75
All- inclusive Delta Pets First Airline Shipping for all purchases:
Standard Rate $135 Now $125
There's more! Special Airline Shipping Deal, especially designed for multi-bird purchases:
*** Spend $750 or more on our Green-cheeked Conures, even at above new prices, and Forest Park Aviaries will ship ("fully guaranteed") for FREE into the Delta Cargo/Pets First facility of your nearest agreed airport . ***
FOREST PARK AVIARIES - OUR POLICIES & PROCEDURES
"Personal Integrity is Our Guarantee" !
ABOUT US!
“Dr. Geoff”, a Ph.D in Industrial Chemistry, has been directly involved to varying degrees with the breeding and welfare of many species of birds for over 50 years, both in the UK and now in the USA. His main avian qualifications are his extensive hands-on experience and his recent formal confirmation as a Certified Avian Specialist by the Washington D.C.-based Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council. Wife Dixie takes care of our Nursery area and progresses the general socializing of the pet youngsters individually as they progress through the final stages of their weaning process.
OUR “MISSION”
Our Mission at Forest Park Aviaries is to provide the highest-quality hand-reared and socialized pet- birds into the bird-loving market-place, together with some breeder birds, at competitive prices and to give our valued retail and wholesale customers our personal assurances of first-class back-up support, coupled with the highest level of personal integrity.
AVIARY LOCATION
Forest Park Aviaries is located on Route 82 in Columbia Station, Lorain County, Ohio 44028.
Aviary Telephone : 440-236-6355, e-mail : forestparkaviaries@roadrunner.com
THE EXOTIC BIRDS WE BREED
Our main efforts are concerned with the breeding and nurturing of various Conure species - Sun Conures, Green-cheeked Conures and their Mutations (Cinnamons, Yellow-sides, Pineapples, and “ split” males), Brown-throated Conures, Peach-fronted Conures, etc., as well as normal Green & Blue Mutation Quaker Parrots, Pacific Parrotlets (normal green, blue & yellow mutation types), Senegal Parrots, and Fancy Cockatiels.
OUR NURSERY
When our baby birds are removed from their nest-boxes in our Breeder Aviary, they are transferred directly into our “closed” Nursery – a dedicated environmentally-controlled area remote from the Aviary buildings. Here, the hand-feeding (Kaytee Exact formula is used, with individual dropper feedings throughout the weaning program) takes place. Socialization, including introduction to toys, etc., then becomes an ongoing process until the weaned youngster leaves here for his/her new home.
BIRD AVAILABILITY
Pet- and breeder bird availability is regularly posted and updated both on our web-site, www.forestparkaviaries.com, and on www.birdbreeders.com, and elsewhere, to which Links can be found on the homepage of our web-site.
DNA SEXING
If DNA-sexing is required for any particular bird, such as at Avian Biotech/Animal Genetics in Florida, this is offered for an additional fee of $25. Results become available within just a few days.
FREE CONSULTATIONS!
We are reasonably generous with our time in informing and advising our customers – past, present and future, on request, by telephone or in personal discussion, towards assisting them in selecting their new or next “bird-of-choice”!
PET BIRDS versus BREEDER BIRDS
We are often asked to outline the differences between “pet-quality exotic birds” and “breeder birds”! We typically respond as follows:
Pet Bird - A "pet bird" is one that has been incubator- or parent-hatched, pulled early from the parental nest-box or incubator, handfed for a number of weeks until fully-weaned, feeding independently on a balanced diet, hand-trained and well-socialized. If some of these latter steps are not fully pursued, the bird may well revert progressively to his/her natural state, although this reversion is not necessarily irreversible and re-instatement to pet status can well be possible given appropriate care and re-training . Even if all the above steps are followed, different pet-birds would be expected to eventually display different individual traits, depending upon their genetic make-up inherited from their parents, their age when removed from their parents, degree of handling and involvement with humans, other home pets, etc., their exposure to toys and other “items of curiosity”, quality of training, and so on.
Breeder Bird - On the other hand, a potential "breeder bird" can be a "wild-caught” bird, a bird that has been parent-hatched, parent-fed and so on, right through to reaching self-dependence and adulthood, or even a former mature or immature "pet bird" that has almost fully reverted to his/her natural state. The general attitude and responsiveness of the bird towards humans will reflect it's inbuilt and cultivated characteristics, ranging from extraordinary pet bird behaviour, with excellent bonding to humans, etc., right through to the the "wild" conduct typical of an natural outdoor bird. For breeding purposes, strong bonding to humans is not a good thing, since potential breeders need to give first priority for procreation by the breeder bird to maximize his/her bonding with their intended mate!
SALES REFUND/RETURN POLICY
Once a bird moves from the direct management of Forest Park Aviaries to his/her new owner, clearly principal responsibility for the welfare of the bird passes into new hands. Accordingly, our standing advice is to advise the new owner to obtain a full health check on the bird by a qualified avian veterinarian within 48 hours of purchase and to obtain appropriate advice from the vet re the ideal manner of introduction of the bird into his/her new surroundings, ongoing maintenance, etc. If for any valid veterinary reason the avian veterinarian advises in writing a prompt return of the bird to Forest Park Aviaries, obviously we will take all reasonable and responsible steps to determine a mutually-acceptable outcome to the situation.
Please note: “Personal Integrity is Our Guarantee!”
We should also note that we do reserve the right to charge to the buyer's account a daily bird maintenance & boarding charge in the region of say $7-10 per day in the unusual event that our customer unreasonably delays, for whatever reason, the shipping/pick-up of one of our birds beyond a reasonable period of time after bird availability has been confirmed with the customer by Forest Park Aviaries,
NEW BIRD HEALTH CHECKS – AVIAN VETERINARIANS
As noted above, a basic consideration points to all new birds entering a new environment to be given a prompt health check by a fully-qualified avian veterinarian. The bird could well become your new companion for up to some 15-30 years or more, so such a measure should certainly represent a most valuable upfront investment!
To find a USA avian vet, you can visit the Directory of Avian Veterinarians at: http://www.babybirds.com/vets/search.html
or via the Avian Biotech.com links to Avian Veterinarians.
In Ohio, we are aware of:
Dr. David Hammond, Brunswick - Tel : 330-225-0095,
Dr. Jamie Lindstrom & Dr. Heather McDowell, North Ridgeville - Tel : 440-327-8282, and
Dr. Mandell, Cleveland Heights - Tel : 216-321-6040.
OHIO COUNTIES SALES TAXES
Bird prices quoted by Forest Park Aviaries are fully-inclusive of Ohio County Sales Taxes. Please let us know at the time of purchase if you require a sales receipt. Our Sales Taxation License Number is available to our customers, on request, for our sales both in Lorain County & when we operate as a Transient Vendor elsewhere in Ohio.
AIRLINE SHIPPING POLICY
Subject to any airline shipping constraints imposed by the airline carriers, such as adverse weather conditions called for en route, we do airline-ship our birds by Delta Pets First/Delta Connection flights in to any Continental USA destination airport routinely receiving Delta Cargo Flights. For this, an additional all-inclusive cost to the buyer of $135, payable in advance of booking confirmation with the airline chosen. Other airline carriers tend to be significantly more expensive for this service. We make all the necessary airline shipping arrangements in consultation with the receiving party, we ensure that our shipping crate/kennel is constructed in full compliance with airline regulations, and we also e-mail to the buyer on the day of shipping relevant flight details, including Airbill/tracking numbers.
Generally, we invite our new buyers and longer-term Friends of Forest Park Aviaries to allow us to post their digital pics. on our web-site, which is regularly updated for their perusal and for the general enjoyment of visitors to our site. None of these images are copyright-protected, so they are available for downloading for addition to family albums!
OUR MEMBERSHIPS (all clickable Links below)
Presently, we value our memberships in the following organizations (these are all clickable links to the various websites):
LOCAL SALES BY APPOINTMENT ONLY !!
Fact sheet prepared by:
Geoff & Dixie Gammon
Columbia Station, Ohio 44028.
***** Please kindly note that this Web-site and its various inter-linked sites are owned and managed by the Webmaster at Forest Park Affiliates. All these associated sites enjoy full copyright protection in terms of informational content and digital images of our exotic birds.
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FOREST PARK AVIARIES, OHIO
OUR HANDFED PET QUALITY EXOTIC BIRDS
"SOCIABILITY" RATINGS SCALE
10 & above
Passes Stage 10 criteria,as below, and may start to display new sounds & potential mimicing abilities.
9 - 10
Confirmed pet-quality, family-friendly behaviour. From cage, shows consistent manner in approaching handler and emerges from cage on first attempt without needing too much positive encouragement. Ready for immediate sale to inexperienced new owner. Plays with other pet birds being trained in our nursery. Obviously, requires ongoing attention to maintain pet status.
7 - 8
Sweet & friendly personality. Very consistent with stepping-up behaviour. Inquisitive, and will approach handler readily.
5-6
Reasonably calmer than 3-4 rated bird & showing nice overall temperament. Will step-up most times without too much reluctance.
4 - 4.5
Just weaned juvenile, now being hand-trained.
3-4
Nippy, but calms after some positive handling, may try to fly away from handler, no "step-up", but shows potential to move up our ratings scale.
1-2
Aggressive, difficult to catch & handle, "bitey & flighty", potential breeder bird.
0-1
Requires considerable work to possibly reach pet status, and probably best reserved for future breeding purposes.
Above "Sociability Ratings Scale" designed by Debbie Ryan, Certified Avian Specialist.
Contact:
Tel: 440-238-5539
e-mail: dsryan@wowway.com
or
Dr.Geoff - Owner of Forest Park Aviaries, at:
Tel : 440-236-6355
e-mail: fpav@roadrunner.com
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EXOTIC PET BIRDS WE BREED & NURTURE AT FOREST PARK AVIARIES IN OHIO, ALL w/ CLICKABLE LINKS
THE FOREST PARK AVIARIES TEAM
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DR. GEOFF G.
CEO, Webmaster & Certified Avian Specialist
Tel: 440-236-6355
DIXIE G.
Avian Assistant,
General Bird Homecare
DEBBIE RYAN
Sociability Training,
Certified Avian Specialist
Tel: 440-238-5539
Accomplishments in Year 2008 - A Year in Review
1. Exotic Birds from Forest Park Aviaries were supplied to our valued Customers in more than 25 States USA Nationwide, including Alaska, Florida, California & various East Coast States.
2. Not a single bird was rejected by any one of our Customers, or their Avian Veterinarian, for any reason.
3. Towards the end of the year, Forest Park Aviaries introduced a seemingly-novel Exotic Bird Sociability Ratings Scale (see column on right) to much better describe the behaviour of our exotic pet birds at all stages during their initial handling & "sociability" training program.
4. Extension of our hand-training programs to include both our weaned youngsters, as well as restoring towards full "pet status" some of our previously-handfed partially-reverted exotic birds to meet surges in customer demand.
5. Publication of Dr. Geoff's new Blog Page, albeit still at a "fledgling" stage, designed to address wide-ranging topical exotic bird-related matters.
6. Inclusion of state-of-the-art animated web-pages on our main web sites.
7. Review of the majority of our web pages to incorporate simple single-click (note the flying yellow bird to skip to our BirdBreeders.com page!) and double-click linkages to our regularly-updated Exotic Birds Availability sites.
8. Publication of more "Great New Deals" New Era Shopping Online websites & storefronts in association with our leading Affiliated Merchants nationwide.
9. Maintenance of a highly-competitive pricing structure (please scroll down to bottom) for sales of our handfed exotic pet birds & tropical breeder birds, as well as absorbing higher vehicle gas & aviation fuel costs by maintaining our $135 (now reduced to $125!) flat-rate all-inclusive Delta Pets First airline shipping cost.
10. Publication of seventeen+ exotic bird-related informational & illustrative video clips on YouTube!
LINKS TO STOREFRONTS OF OUR LEADING AFFILIATED MERCHANTS
WE VERY MUCH THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISIT TODAY!
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FOREST PARK SHOPPING GRATEFULLY THANKS YOU FOR YOUR VISIT TODAY!
