There is a vet about 20 minutes from me (as opposed to the 2 hours to the avian vet) who has experience with birds. She does my nail trimming and that kind of thing. As brat birds said, you might check around your area and see if there are any regular vets who see birds. Then looking at neoow's experience, you might want to try to get some reference or talk to other bird owner's in the area. If Timber is actually sick, we would go the two hours to the avian vet. For an injury, I would probably try the local first and go from there.