101 Uses for Newspaper

Collecting mutes (the technical term for bird waste) to make cleaning a breeze:

1. Inside travel crates

2. On the mew floor, especially in the winter when the hose is frozen

3. Under Aldo's indoor perch, for when it's too cold for him to be outside

Enrichment toys provide opportunities for playing, grabbing, and shredding:

1. Crafting origami flowers 

2. Tying paper "rope" around perches 

3. Hiding food inside a paper "burrito"

4. Stuffing paper strips into a rubber ball

5. Using a strip of paper to tie a quail wing to a perch

6. Wrapping a sheet of paper around a perch to create a new texture

7. Crumpling into a ball and watch Haley try to juggle

This is just the beginning of countless ways we use newspaper to take care of our raptors. And now that winter has set in, we're using even more of it! If you have a stack of newspapers piling up at home and would like to donate some to the birds, email Haley.