When you’re looking for a small bird as a pet, parakeets or budgies are generally recommended. The truth is that a budgie is a parakeet! It can be quite confusing, but only in the U.S. is a budgie ...

People have been keeping birds as pets and companions for thousands of years. The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and many other older civilizations kept birds as pets. It seems only natural for ...

Seeing these handsome little birds, also known as budgies, was depressing, because we knew these almost surely had been caged pets and had virtually no chance of surviving a Minnesota winter. After ...