Margaret Shultz never planned her life around feathers. She once worked as a visual merchandiser in Portland, arranging storefronts and colors to tell silent stories. Her world revolved around glass, fabrics, and light until a small green parrot began landing on her studio window every morning. She started leaving seeds on the sill, then researching its habits, then watching long after her coffee went cold. That tiny routine rewired her curiosity. Within a year, she left her job and enrolled in a continuing-education program in wildlife ecology, studying part-time while freelancing as a design consultant.
Learning to See Differently
Her creative eye became an unexpected strength. Where scientists saw data, she saw choreography the rhythm of wings and posture that told emotional stories. Margaret began sketching bird interactions, pairing drawings with short essays that caught the attention of a local bird sanctuary. They invited her to design educational displays, and soon she was volunteering there full-time learning to handle frightened cockatoos, teaching children patience, and discovering how deeply birds feel and communicate.
Founding Bond With Your Bird
By 2025, after years of observation, rescue work, and outreach, she launched Bond With Your Bird – a place where empathy meets information. The site exists to help people move beyond care routines and into connection: understanding the body language of a parakeet, choosing enrichment toys wisely, building a bird-friendly garden, or simply learning to earn a bird’s trust. Each post is grounded in real experience and written with clarity, so readers not only know what to do, but understand why it matters.
What We Stand For
At Bond With Your Bird, the mission is to make bird-care human, simple, and kind. Birds aren’t ornaments; they’re social, intelligent companions whose trust must be earned. Margaret’s vision is to help people see birds not as pets, but as partners in a quiet dialogue – a conversation built on respect and wonder.
Life Today
Today she lives on the outskirts of Eugene, Oregon, in a small craftsman home shared with her adopted conures and a garden alive with migrating warblers. She writes at dawn, often with a feathered observer on her shoulder, translating the soft rhythms of their world into words. Through Bond With Your Bird, she invites every reader to listen a little closer and discover what it truly means to bond with one.