Shadow is a 2 year old female Congo African Grey. She loves to play on her tree and say her name. Shadow also loves to keep all the other birds in line by telling them to knock it off when they start screeching. Shadow is a bit of a prankster. If I'm on the computer, she'll quietly sneak down to the branch closest to my head and pull my hair and then say "ow" and then laugh at me in my voice!
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Name of bird: Boo Deja 'vu
Species: Congo African Grey
Age: 14 years (Hatch date is April 19, 1995)
Interesting Characteristics: Boo had a rough start in life. His leg was broken by his mom helping him out of the shell as he was hatching. We had picked him out, named him and visited him weekly before we found out his leg was in such bad shape. We decided to keep him no matter what and that was one of the best decisions my family has ever made. The breeder took him to a vet and assisted the vet in 4 hours of surgery on his leg. During the surgery his heart stopped 2 times. After the surgery he was in intensive care with a splint on his tiny leg for about 6 weeks. The breeder cared for him and gave him antibiotic shots to stop infection. We thought everything was great until they removed the splint and his leg had been attached sideways. We decided he had been through enough at his young age so we chose to not have any more surgeries. Boo is now 14 years old and as you can see a wonderfully healthy bird. He is able to perch and climb and even hang upside-down with one toe! He enjoys talking, singing, "I loved you the first..." from the movie Paulie, making all kinds of sounds: house alarm beeps, footsteps, finger clicking, burping, water dropping, door knob turning, door opening, microwave sounds, snapping finger to the beat of music and did I say talking: in his sleep,on the phone,asking to talk on the phone, "Boo wanna talk Mawma", commanding the other birds in our flock to, "Be quiet!", requesting food,"Boo want chow chow chow french fries" and drink,"Boo wanna drink clean water", asking, "Boo wanna come out?".
As you can see he is now working on his artist abilities. He is an amazing bird and a Blessing to our family.
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Name of Bird: Flame
Species: Red Conure
Age: 6 years old
Interesting Characteristics: Flame loved bath time. As you can see she really got into it.
She said a few words but her spectacular beauty and color made her the bird she was. She didn't take anything off anyone but she was usually a sweet bird. We lost her July 2007. Now she is our little red angel watching over us now. In memory of Flame : hatched 05-02=01 and DOD 06-16-07. Rest in peace Flame Baby.
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Name of bird: Chip
Species: Green-Cheeked Conure
Age: 6 months
Interesting Characteristics: Chip is a very special bird. He was handfed as an only chick and he is very spoiled. He loves to roll around and sleep on his back when he isn't hanging around with his cuddle buddy, a white sock pushed through the side bars that he cuddles up to and goes to sleep. He is quite the entertainer. He says his name, "Chip Chip", "My name is Chip," "Come ere," and a lot of othere things. This photo shows him saying a little prayer.
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Buddy is 6years old in November 2009.
He loves to fly as you can see by this shot he has beautiful colouring, Buddy is very cheeky I have contained him and his sun conure friend Sunny to a bird room and our family room by hanging beaded curtains in the door ways ..Buddy will fly to the floor and waddle under the curtains to follow me up stairs , of course his friend Sunny follows ..They are just like children and want to follow mum/mom everywhere..
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This is Gherkin. Gherkin is a male Pacific Parrotlet, a 'second home' bird that we acquired in the spring of 2007. At the time we took him in, he was approximately one year old. Gherkin came to us from some pretty horrible conditions. His poorly decorated cage contained nothing sized for a small bird and looked like it had never been cleaned. His only food at the time we saw him was millet, and the small amount of water in his dish was foul beyond belief. The little fellow had plucked his chest and back nearly naked and could not fly for all the feathers that he had chewed off his wings. It's been a long road to get him to trust us. He still won't step up onto a bare hand or finger, but will now readily hop up onto a sleeved arm or offered perch. He has come to love getting his head rubbed as he nestles into the crook of our arm. Although he still picks his feathers (he looks much better now than he did when he first arrived) he has been given a clean bill of health by our vet, so it's simply a matter of habit now. Gherkin has overcome a lot to get to where he is today. Inside that ragged little body we have discovered a real affectionate little guy who wants to be a part of everything we do. He does not chew his wing feathers anymore, is currently fully flighted and just loves to fly. His favourite phrase is "whatcha' doin'?" and he has a collection of small plastic cups that have become favourite toys. We look forward to many more years together as we get to know this precious little bundle of feathers.
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BETSY AND BELL
WHITE FRONTED AMAZON PARROTS
7 YEARS OLD
BETSY AND BELL ARE SISTERS. THEIR REAL NAMES ARE BETSY ROSS AND LIBERTY BELL, NAMED FOR THEIR PATRIOTIC NOGGINS! THEY PRETTY MUCH KEEP TO THEMSELVES. THEY ARE HAPPY TO CLIMB ON THEIR CAGE AND PLAY WITH THEIR TOYS. HERE THEY ARE PLAYING WITH THEIR FAVORITE THING, A ROLL OF TOILET PAPER!
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The birds here are Precious, a female SI Eclectus Parrot, and Kelly, a
Yellow Nape Amazon. They were pals, but did scrap occasionally. Precious
passed away from complications of eggbinding on January 2005. Kelly is the typical precocious Amazon. Her favorite song is "Wait til the sun
shines Kelly" She giggles and laughs a lot, hence her name "Kelly
Gigglebird" . Her many words are pronounced clearly and in a perfect immitation of my voice.
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This is Eddie, male Derbyan parakeet, age, unknown.. about 10 yrs. Eddie says: boyfriend, boyfriend forever, what ya doing, hello, going to work, take me with, be right back, ok, open the garage. what's for diner. Eddie lives with 10 other fids. 2 female Derbyans, 4 Moustaches, 3 Conures, and 1 TAG. Most of them were rescued.
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This is Morgan (blue-fronted Amazon) and Jade (Quaker parrot). They are sharing some goodies at Christmastime. They grew up together so they get along well and love to spend time on their gym eating peanuts and veggies. Morgan loves to sing opera in his spare time.
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This is Skittles, a green naped lorikeet. She died at 4 1/2 years old from heart disease. Skittles was a very smart bird & learned to speak many words and phrases. She knew how to say her name, "Gimme a Kiss", "Good Kiss", "I love you", "wanna go bye-bye - come one, let's go", "night-night, "no", and "good stuff" just to name a few.
She would call the cats and they would come when called. Of course, I would then have to give them treats. When skittles would see me pick up my purse, she would say "comon, let's go". She loved to ride in the car. She loved to lie on her back so you could tickle her tummy. When you would tickle her and stop and ask her if she wanted more..... she would shake her head up and down (yes).
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