my birds

Hello everyone!


I thought I'd pop into the bird forum and introduce my fids to you. In order of appearance:

Cami, my 1-year-old cockatiel hen.



Beeper, my 8-year-old rescued senegal parrot.



and Sam, my 16-year-old adopted blue-fronted amazon.

Since bringing home Cami, I've really become immersed with birds. Now I do volunteer work at the aviary and zoo and get to work with all kinds of birds - from golden eagles and hyacinth macaws to kookaburras and magpies. But my own fids are very dear to me, of course. I love to show off pictures of them

[Dena]

Okay for some reason my first post didn't go through, hmpf!

Anyway your birds are beautiful but since I am owned by a senegal your little beeper is my favorite.

[Jodi]

Beautiful fids! Always glad to have another bird slave here!

[Eli]

I love your birds!!! it is nice to find someone who or another person lol, who loves birds so much that they'd work with any kind!! What does a kookerburrah actually look li ke? I just knowt hem fron the kid song.

LOL - had to get me started on the kooks. They're my favorite, at the moment:

Quote: Anyway your birds are beautiful but since I am owned by a senegal your little beeper is my favorite.

I try not to have favorites in my flock, but I can't help it; he's my favorite, too. He came from an abusive home, and we put a lot of time and money into rehabilitating him. As you can see from the picture, he used to feather pick. I believe he has follicle damage and will never be fully feathered again.

He's my favorite because, despite coming from an abusive home, he has become my loyal friend. He'll let me manhandle him any which way I want - I don't have to towel him, not even for painful procedures (had to pull a blood feather a few weeks ago). He also has the most personality out of all my birds. Sam is definitely the most photogenic. Cami is the most loveable. But Beeper... he's my little baby.

[greybird2]

I love your fids! If I only had room, I'd have at least a dozen more! Beeper is lucky to have found a person with a true bird heart.

[kittygurl823]

Awwwwww your birds are beautiful!!!!! Great pictures!!!!

Quote: Beeper is lucky to have found a person with a true bird heart.

Awwww! Thanks! I'd have more, too, if I had the room. One day I will. A house is next on my list. I want to add some [unreleasable] raptors, corvids, and a kookaburra to my collection for education

Thanks everyone for the nice comments!

[Millimi]

Your birds are so cute!
I want a cockatiel for Christmas, so Cami is my fave, but only by a little.

[SouthernGirl]

wowow all of everyones pals are just the cutest things!!
I've never seen a Kook before except in pictures....
all of them are precious
hugz
Lexy

Quote: I want a cockatiel for Christmas, so Cami is my fave

Cami was our first, and I love her to death. I swear she's the smartest in my flock - such a big bird in such a little body! Most non-bird people who visit my house come away liking Cami the best. She's the best with strangers, and also the gentlest.

Can't wait to see new pictures of your tiel!

Quote: wowow all of everyones pals are just the cutest things!! I've never seen a Kook before except in pictures.... all of them are precious

If you were closer, I'd invite you to come visit us at the zoo and I'd give you a personal introduction In some ways, I like the kooks better than our raptors. They're a lot of fun.

Here's some more pictures:

A more recent one of Beeper - all wet in the shower

And Cami, all wet in the shower.



Beeper's Halloween picture



Cami and Sam on the homemade bird tree.

[SouthernGirl]

I searched this out at the online newspaper....BUT alas it doesnt show "Pumpkins" picture....he is yellow with black and orange....SOOOOOOO cute.....

http://www.fayettevillenc.com/search...6441&year=2004

a really cute story.
I wish I were able to travel, I'd surely come see your wonderful zoo!!!
I use to sing that little song....Kooaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry king of the woods is he, laugh kooaburra laugh kooaburra , hahahhaha
Im JEALOUS hahahahah
hugs
Lexy

[SouthernGirl]

OH MY GOSH I just realized your Cami is the exact color of "Pumpkin" in this story...I get the Fayetteveille newspaper in the mail to me, its my old home town, and this story was in it....

Wow - I've been having trouble finding other birds with Cami's mutation. If anybody knows exactly what it's called, I'd love to know! It's hard to tell, but she has yellow lacings on her wings. (one of the reasons we think she's a girl, since male pearls don't retain lacings after the first molt)

Thanks for sharing the story!

[Candiflip]

Such cuties!