Bird owners?

[opethmike]

I've been involved with parrot rescue, adoption, and fostering for a while now. My girlfriend and I recently took in a 20 year old Goffin's cockatoo, and an 11 year old Shamrock macaw.

I was wondering if anyone else on here is owned by a bird?

[ccurzio]

I just bought one today. It's a two foot plastic owl.

I bought it because I have TOO MANY birds. Namely, the asshole woodpeckers that keep pecking at my house.

[sean]

Namely, the asshole woodpeckers that keep pecking at my house.

Line of the day for me, thanks Chris!

[dmc6960]

Namely, the asshole woodpeckers that keep pecking at my house.

I'll bet you don't have one that likes to excessively peck on the METAL flue stack above your house. When you've eliminated EVERY mechanical device in the home and you still have that BANGING sound, its probably that damn woodpecker on the roof!

[Dangermouse]

I was wondering if anyone else on here is owned by a bird?

I'm married, if that counts

[dvonk]

thats cool that youre helping the parrot rescue. too many people buy birds without doing their homework and end up getting rid of them. many birds (the large Psittacines especially) are a life-long commitment.

im a Bird Keeper at the zoo, so i work with all sorts of exotics... but at home i have a Lesser Sulphur Crested Cockatoo (who is older than i am ), and my girlfriend has a Timneh African Grey and a Brown-Headed Parrot.

[DMCVegas]

Owned parakeets as a kid, and even had a cockatiel once. If I ever get the time and space I'd love to breed either chickens or peafowl. Space especially for the peafowl because I'm just so used to seeing the things run around wild, acting as alarms.

Come down south where there are wild colonies of parrots. Especially out in Southern California where colonies of Macaws in the Valley are a common sight.

[tiger38117]

Ya this thread wasn't what I expected...

One of my other toys is a Blue Bird Wanderlodge motorcoach...does that count?



On those forums we always call ourselves "bird owners"

[dvonk]

...at home i have a Lesser Sulphur Crested Cockatoo who is older than i am.

i thought i would elaborate on this story, since it is actually quite interesting:

the previous owner of my bird got him as as a 'mascot' on a tour in Vietnam. back in those days there werent many regulations regarding importation of animals, so he brought the bird back to the states when his tour ended. the Lesser Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo species of parrot is critically endangered and listed as CITES Appendix I... i.e., trade/importation is now illegal; but the bird has been in the states since before the legislation was passed.

but yeah, my bird is a Vietnam Veteran.

[Tillsy]

I just bought one today. It's a two foot plastic owl.

I bought it because I have TOO MANY birds. Namely, the asshole woodpeckers that keep pecking at my house.

That's one of the funniest forum posts I've read in a long time!!!