Daedalus has mastered the Coins in the Piggy Bank trick! She got it so quickly that I felt like I was just along for the ride most of the time. This video is actually the first time she wasn't getting reinforced for every coin, and she isn't phased at all.

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(x-posted to clickertraining, parrots101, and my journal)

This is one of the coolest applications of behaviorism that I've ever seen.

I decided it would be wise to teach my two caiques to drink from a water bottle as well as a dish, since they go on multi-hour car trips with me several times a year. I've also been trying to think up behaviors that might come in handy in an emergency and teach them those things now - taking liquids from a syringe, being toweled, being held around ( Read more... )