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Parakeet News & Information for 12-04-2004 

Parakeet News from Yahoo.com

Habitat of endangered Parrot saved
From: NewsTrove.com

"The future of the endangered El Oro Parakeet is now more secure thanks to the Jocotoco Foundation, the World Land Trust's partner organisation in Ecuador. The El Oro Parakeet, which was new to science in 1988* is found only in a small area of the Andes in southern Ecuador, and the forest of one of its main breeding and feeding areas has already been cleared for cattle pasture. However, the Jocotoco Foundation, with financial support from the World Land Trust has been able to buy this area of pasture, as a major step in safeguarding the future of the parakeet."

Season to shop: Holiday gift buying not for timid; stores see bigger crowds - billingsgazette.com
From: NewsTrove.com

""The doors opened at 5:30 sharp. You'd have been shocked at how many people were here. The lines were all the way out the door." To get to Rimrock Mall in time for door-opening took some planning. The women scoped out the sales fliers in the Thanksgiving Day newspaper ads, then prioritized what they wanted to buy, Barthel said. Later in the evening, after the turkey and leftovers had been packed into the fridge, they called one another to devise their plan of attack. "We had our eyes on a couple things, and we got them," Michels said."

Fill In The Blanks Mad Libs Giveaway
From: NewsTrove.com

"One day Thomas Horrell was POOPING on his way to BANGKOK. Then to his surprise he saw George Daniels wearing GRANNY PANTIES on his BIG TOE as he was CRYING while riding a horse. They decided to get some CARROTS before they QUICKLY jumped into a SEXY boat to do some wakeskating. Thomas was up first and did a SHUV-IT over a DISGUSTING EMU while waving to the SLIDER. George was so excited that he CRIED for ten minutes! All of a sudden a CUTE mermaid swam up to them and kissed George on the BIG TOE, and he was LONELY. Then from out of the sky came Brandon Thomas SMOOCHING with his parachute made of KICKERS."

Parakeet News from NewTrove

Historians want to clone the Carolina parakeet (Victoria Advocate)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Could the awesome and seemingly limitless power of DNA be focused on a parakeet? That question is intriguing historians who want to bring back the extinct Carolina parakeet - the only parrot species native to South Carolina."

Window pains: How to stave off headbanger birds (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"It started badly enough. Bang! Loud as a gun crack against the picture window. Worse was what had caused the bang: A dove winged symbol of peace had whacked into the house and now lay stunned or mortally wounded, just yards from the feeder intended to sustain it."

An Hour Here: Taxidermy is hunter's version of art (Lincoln Journal Star)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"At first glance, you might think you'd fallen asleep and awakened on Noah's Ark. Because, in every direction you look in Scott Steiner's narrow domain, you see antlers and horns, fur and feathers, and pairs of unblinking eyes looking back."

Parakeet Blogs from LiveJournal


From: www.livejournal.com

"x-posted to my own lj, only with snarkier wording. :)

I appear to be in a budgie-centric mood and finally got around to posting here.
Currently I have two hens.
Bit is a yellow faced grey pied hen; she's about five years old now.
Nibble is a yellowface type II opaline greywing hen. Her age is unknown, she was bought from a now out of business and returned a few months later because she was "too noisy and messy". I thought she was too pretty to leave there, and as they claimed she was an adult and "nobody buys adult birds" she was free. I suspect she was still a baby when I got her, just based on her head feather barring, so she's probably around 2-3 years old.

Both are known hens (I've seen both lay eggs in the past), and are a very tightly bonded pair, even going so far as to mate with each other. Bit always takes the male role.
Bit prefers not to be handled (unless I have something good to eat in my hand), but Nibble doesn't mind.


They're so snuggly.
If one has to leave the room for nail clippings (it's easier if they're alone in a different room), they shriek incessantly until they're within sight of each other again.
Owl (cockatiel) reacts the same way when Panzer (cockatiel) leaves the room (and vice versa).
Remmy's (third cockatiel) my single guy and doesn't seem to care if the other birds leave the room.







Bit





Nibble






Both of 'em.


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SUCCESS
From: www.livejournal.com

"Success! Remember how I asked for taming suggestions? Well I've been working and talking with my birds everyday around a certain time and Biride, she eats Millet out of my hand now with out a problem; she had her foot on my hand today too! :o) And at one point she was actually letting me pet her back! She never turned around and snapped, it was as if she was comfortable. And Tusk, well he's still having problems but he's slowly letting me touch him ~ I was slowly moving my finger over his tail feathers and he just stared up at me. I think there is hope for these birds. lol. ^-^"

Newish Budgie owner here... :)
From: www.livejournal.com

"I've had my Budgie about a month now, and we're getting along pretty well. He sits on my finger without a problem, but he's still a little wary about leaving his cage...

My question is this- sometimes he gets a little bitey. How can I teach him not to bite? My friend said to tap him on the beak, but it seems that he sees this as an invitation to play "catch the finger and bite it."


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