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I live with two birds. Ramses the African Grey is a free-range parrot. He thinks he's a dog. He follows Suzie around the house, perches on one leg at the edge of the dog bed, grooms Suzie's long white hair, shares kibble and milk bones under the kitchen table. Suzie thinks Ramses is a dog, too, thinks Ramses is the beta to her alpha. My other bird is a perky sun conure named Sunny Jordan Gordi. She's a free range parrot, too, but follows my young boys through the house on some kind of bird planet intelligence mission, takes notes under lifted wing, looks like she sends secret messages home. I call her Spy Bird for short.

I don't clip my birds' wings. I rescued both of them, Ramses from an evil pet store, Sunny from a rotting angry old woman, gave them good food and water, large cages to call their own, let their feathers molt and grow, spread and lift. I built them an aviary in my backyard full of manzanita perches and dangling rawhide toys to chew. They spend most afternoons there, talking back and forth, chewing, flying, watching the neighborhood crows steal my macadamia nuts. A good life for a bird. I never close their cages, cover them with soft blankets at night for privacy. They don't try to fly away. My home is the only real life they know. I can't imagine my life without them now!

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Your Favorite Parrot?


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Chirp Chirp: Bird Talk Discussion

Post your bird questions, thoughts, observations, jokes, and stories here!

Miran

Hello all I'm Miran from Iraq and I love my litile senegal parrots hope know every one intrest about senegals ...

Posted July 03, 2008

fledgling

I have 8 cockatiels and 1 budgie, that my husband and I rescued over the years, from various horrible situations. We converted a large room into an aviary for them,but they do search and destroy missions into the rest of the house. They are loving, gracious beings, who have brought us much joy!

Posted February 05, 2008
JanineK

Enjoyed this lense alot. In case you haven't heard yet, ALex the Grey Parrot (worked for over twnetly years with Dr. Irene Pepperberg in research on animal congnition, passed away two days ago at the age of 31. http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=an_interview_with_alex_the_african_grey

Posted September 12, 2007
Karendelac

I am passionate about animals and your lens is a solid 5 stars. I have just completed a Bird Rescue Lens ~~ Please click on Karendelac above, to view it.

Posted September 10, 2007
FancyPets

Greetings Bird Nuts! I wanted to vote, but was afraid that Roy, my YN Amazon would get jealous that it wasn't him. I do love my Roy, but I think that the babies are my favorite bird. Watching them grow and learn all the birdie things that they need to know. Thanks for the feature!

Posted August 21, 2007
 
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