Love On The Wing, the “Parrot Lover’s Paradise”was founded in 1992 by Don and Kathy Kurta. It began when they rescued a pair of   breeding Blue Front Amazons and then fell in love with them. Don and Kathy felt that these gorgeous, magnificent creatures were literally the personification of “love on the wing” and thus, the company was established with that name.

As happens with many parrot lovers, Don and Kathy soon fell in love with other parrot species and added a pair of Solomon Island Eclectus, GreenWinged Macaws, Blue & Gold Macaws, Umbrella Cockatoos, Goffin Cockatoos, Congo African Greys etc... They ended up with a small closed aviary- that they like to term “Noah’s Ark on Wings”.

Back in the early 90s there were not many books on bird breeding and many of the books that were available were severely outdated with information and facts that had been proven outdated and even dangerous. Moreover, the internet was not nearly as widespread and filled with as many resources as it is today. (Although even today people must be very careful of  “misinformation” on the internet information highway). Many other breeders at that time would not share information readily with newcomers. So, Don and Kathy sought out as much information as they could from breeders who would share a bit, read any information they could find, talked to veterinarians, and the rest of what they couldn’t find out-they learned themselves -by doing.

Kathy especially, became “mommy bird” and cared for the babies around the clock. This meant many sleepless nights. During daytime hours, feeding, cleaning and socializing baby birds and the breeder birds took up most of her time. Kathy’s natural, nurturing instincts served well to make sure that everything went well with the babies. Her motto was always “nobody is going to die on my watch-everyone is going to be well-fed and happy”.

Since Love On The Wing was a small closed aviary, they never had a huge number of babies at any particular time. Thus, they were able to give the breeding birds and the babies a great deal of individual attention. In addition, having only a limited amount of babies each year meant that they could be very selective as to who they sold those babies to. Kathy always said “it was easier to adopt a human child than it was to get one of my baby birds.”

Back in the early 90s there was not much of a variety of bird supplies available. So, Don and Kathy searched across the country and even out of the country for the finest parrot supplies available and brought them into MN. They were the first business in the Midwest to literally stock hundreds of high quality cages, thousands of toys and tons of nutritious food- all for birds only.

Love On The Wing also offers a large selection of parrot related gifts for parrot loving people such as artwork, T-shirts, socks, clocks, watches, mugs, jewelry, tables, lamps and much more. They also carry a beautiful, affordable line of silver and gemstone jewelry-great gifts for any occasion.

Even today, Love On The Wing is the largest pet supply wholesaler and retailer in the Midwest that caters only to birds and bird lovers.

Love On The Wing stopped breeding birds a few years ago in order to concentrate more on the bird supplies side of the business. The company is affiliated with and sells supplies to many bird breeders and bird adoption & placement organizations. Should you decide to acquire a parrot, Love On The Wing can provide you with names and phone numbers of appropriate individual people and organizations.

Both Don and Kathy became highly involved in the local bird community for many years. Don served as President of the Minnesota Companion Bird Association for 6 years. At that time the club had over 200 members in its ranks.

Love On The Wing prides itself on servicing their customers. Every employee has extensive knowledge of parrots. They’ll always do their best to answer whatever questions you have in order be certain that you purchase the appropriate products to

ensure the health and happiness of your precious parrots.

Today, Don and Kathy care for four pets, a 32 year old Blue & Gold Macaw, a 22 year old African Grey, a 7 year old Canary and an 11 year old YorkeyPoo.

Love On The Wing is headquartered in Elko MN (approx. 15 minutes south of the Burnsville shopping mall, ¼ mile west of I35). This is their warehouse outlet location that is open to the public. Here you’ll find many more items than are featured on their website. Every chance they get-they are continuously adding items to their website which is loveonthewing.com.