feeding

 

Safe plants
Acacia
African violet
Aloe
Areca palm
Asparagus fern
Baby's Tears
Bamboo
Begonia
Birds nest fern
Boston fern
Bougainvillea
Chickweed
Christmas cactus
Cissus (kangaroo vine)
Coffee
Coleus
Corn plant
Crabapple
Creeping fig
Dandelion
Date palm
Dogwood
Donkey tail
Dracaena varieties
Fan palm
Fiddle leaf fig
Gardenia
Grape ivy
Howeia palm
Hen and chickens
Jade Plant
Kalanchoe
Kentia palm
Lady palm
Laurel leaf fig
Magnolia
Maidenhair fern
Marigolds
Monkey plant
Mother-in-law's tongue
Nasturtium
Natal plum
Norfolk Island pine
Parlour palm
Phoenix palm
Pepperomia
Petunia
Pittosporum
Pothos
Prayer plant
Purple passion (velvet nettle)
Rubber fig
Sago palm
Schefflera (umbrella)
Sensitive plant
Spider plant
Swedish ivy
Thistle
Wandering Jew
Weeping fig
White clover
Zebra plant
Unsafe (toxic and poisonous) plants which should be avoided at all costs
Amaryllis (bulbs)
Apple (seeds)
Apricot (pits, inner seed)
Autumn Crocus (all parts)
Avocado (foliage)
Azalea (leaves)
Balsam Pear (seeds, outer rind of fruit)
Baneberry (berries, roots)
Bird of Paradise (seeds)
Bittersweet (berries)
Boxwood (leaves, stems)
Buttercups (sap, bulbs)
Caladium (leaves)
Castor Bean (beans, leaves)
Chalice vine (all parts)
Cherry Tree (bark,twigs, leaves,pits)
Christmas Berry (sap)
Christmas Cactus (sap)
Coral Plant (seeds)
Crocus (bulbs)
Daffodil (bulbs)
Datura Berries (berries)
Deadly Nightshade (all parts)
Deiffenbachia (leaves)
Dogwood (fruit)
Dutchman's Breeches (foliage, roots)
Eggplant (all parts, except fruit)
Elderberry (foliage)
Elephants Ear (leaves, stem)
English Ivy (berries, leaves)
Foxglove (Leaves, seeds)
Hemlock (all parts)
Horse Chestnut (nuts, twigs)
Hyacinth (bulbs)
Hydrangea (flower bud)
Holly (berries)
Hydrangea (flower bud)
Impatiens (all parts)
Ivy (all forms, foliage, fruit)
Japanese Yew (needles)
Jasmine (flowers, Foliage, sap)
Java Beans (uncooked bean)
Juniper (needles, stems, berries)
Lantana (immature berries)
Laurel (all parts)
Lily of the Valley (all parts)
Lima Beans (uncooked)
Locoweed (all parts)
Marjuana (leaves)
Milkweed (foliage)
Mistletoe (berries)
Mock orange (fruit)
Morning glory (all parts)
Mountain laurel (leaves, shoots)
Mushrooms (most wild forms, caps, stems)
Narcissus (bulbs)
Nectarine (seeds, inner pit)
Night Shade (all varieties)
Oak (acorns, foliage)
Oleander (leaves, branches, nectar of blossoms)
Peach (pit, inner seed)
Pear (seeds)
Peony (foliage, flowers)
Periwinkle (all parts)
Philodendron (leaves, stem)
Pine needles (berries)
Plum (foliage, inner seed)
Poinsettia (leaves, flowers)
Poppy (all parts)
Potatoes (eyes, new shoots)
Redwood (reinoids, leached wet wood)
Rhododendron (all parts)
Rhubarb (leaves)
Rosemary (foliage some species)
Sage (foliage in some species)
Salmonberry (foliage, fruit)
Scotch broom (seeds)
Skunk cabbage (all parts)
Snapdragon (foliage, flowers)
Sweet pea (seeds, fruit)
Tobacco (all parts)
Tomato (Foliage, vines)
Venus flytrap (all parts)
Wild Parsnip (roots, foliage)
Yam bean (roots, immature roots)
Yellow star Thistle (foliage, flowers)
Recommended branches - tree branches make the best perches. This is a list of safe trees to make perches or chew toys for your birds. But wash them well before placing in the aviary
Apple
Ash
Almond
Appricot
Peach
Plum
Prune
Nectarine
any citrus
Dogwood
Elm
Guava
Papaya
Pear
Madrona
Magnolia
Thurlow
Vine maple
Nut (except horse chestnut and oak)
Goat willow
Pussy willow
Weeping willow

Did you know?

Precocial birds like chickens, ostriches, ducks, and seagulls hatch ready to move around. They come from eggs with bigger yolks than altricial birds like owls, woodpeckers and most small songbirds that need a lot of care from parents in order to survive

Air sacs may make up 20% of the body volume of a bird

A bird's normal body temperature is usually 4 degrees hotter than a human's. Up to 75% of the air a bird breathes is used just for cooling down since they are unable to sweat

A bird's heart beats 400 times per minute while resting and up to 1 000 beats per minute while flying

The world's only wingless bird is the kiwi of New Zealand!

 

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