Budgies.Love Birds.Parrots

[Mo1959]

When I was a little kid there was a religious order not far away and the nuns had a captive jackdaw. It escaped and somehow ended up hopping into our kitchen. My dad lured it into a cupboard, then into a budgie cage he borrowed from a neighbour, and returned it. I can still remember the sound of it crashing about in the cupboard among the crockery .

It would be frowned upon now, but as kids we used to go looking for jackdaws nests and take a young one for a pet. It usually got very tame but would disappear the following spring when the breeding urge took over.

Mine got into lots of bother. Kept following me to school which the headmaster wasn't too pleased about and it would do things like pulling clothes pegs off neighbours lines. Great characters and quite intelligent.

 

[wonderloaf]

We've had two budgies, one inherited from the MIL, the other given to us when that one died.

The first was great, he would sit on your finger saying his name (Bluey, because he was .. errr.. blue. But not in the Roy Chubby Brown sense.). Mrs W even got him to say 'I love you' . We used to let him out of his cage every night and getting him back in was not too much trouble, leave the door open and he went in (eventually).

Second one though was a right little barsteward, only ever made really loud 'tutting' noises, so loud we had to put him in another room, I don't know how something so little could make so much noise. Also tried to bite you all the time and getting him back in his cage was a nightmare, usually resulting in trying to throw a tea towel over him so we could get hold of him.

We also used to take them on holiday in a small cage, we got some funny looks but generally people were OK about it, in fact they were quite interested in them!

Saying that it was a sad day when they died as they were both real little characters.
I wouldn't have another one though!

 

[Profpointy]

My mums friend had a parrot and when her son used to visit her he secretly taught it to swear . She was a lovely old dear and that made it even funnier for everyone else when the parrot used to kick off

Reminds me of the lady whose husband had always wanted a parrot. Eventually she sees one in a petshop so decides to buy it. The petshop man warns her that it used to live in a brothel and had picked up some rather inappropriate language. Still, the parrot was a good price and her husband would be so pleased so she bought it.

On arriving at the house the parrot starts talking. "this is a nice new brothel. And a new madam too" The lady crossly harrhumphs as the door openand her two daughters come in. The parrot continues "nice new brothel, new madam, two pretty you tarts as well" The lady is by now beginning to regret the purchase, then her husband comes home. Parrot carries on "Nice new brothel, new madam, pretty young tarts, same old customers though. How's it going Fred?"

 

[jefmcg]

[QUOTE 4788505, member: 9609"]I had in the post you answered put in (apart from corvids) but took in out as it seemed to confuse what I was trying to say. Yes the whole crow family are very clever.[/QUOTE]

And parrots.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG-0Bpe0J34

 

[User169]

Michele Scarponi and his parrot....


View: https://youtu.be/sZI6UrAV43k

 

[User169]

[QUOTE 4788543, member: 259"]I thought it was going to end with him riding into the back of a bus![/QUOTE]

It's a bit sad actually. Scarponi was killed last week in a collision with a truck when training.

 

[jefmcg]

It's a bit sad actually. Scarponi was killed last week in a collision with a truck when training.

(sniff)

 

[User169]

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(sniff)

 

[Biff600]

I prefer them like this....

 

[vickster]

I prefer them like this....


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Budgies? You'd need a few to fill a family bucket surely?

 

[keithmac]

These are out two, unfortunately Frank passed away before Christmas (white and yellow cockatiel).

Daisy gets the run of the house, no different to owning a dog..

I'd be tempted to by a pair of birds, they're harder to train but keep each other company when you're out.

Don't fancy trying to introduce another cockatiel now as they get a bit teritorial as they get older..

 

[Shut Up Legs]

In Australia it's common to smuggle budgies.

 

[Beebo]

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(sniff)

Very sad.
Blue and gold macaws can live for 50 years as pets. It seemed that bird had a fun life but many don't.
I wonder who will adopt him now.

 

[jefmcg]

Very sad.
Blue and gold macaws can live for 50 years as pets. It seemed that bird had a fun life but many don't.
I wonder who will adopt him now.

It wasn't his.

As the article says, the macaw thinks he is human, so no wonder he sought out cyclists: other humans who can fly like him.