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Mybbusername
Member
08-22-2002
| Friday, July 30, 2004 - 11:06 am
Amen to that calamity...I would have been devastated if he had been hurt...even though he just recently came home, I have been spending my lunch hour with him since before he had feathers! And I do love him so much. I gave the big dogs some special attention and praise for being so nice to the bird, and don't laugh, but I swear that they absolutely understood what I was proud of them for!
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Jadarville
Member
07-01-2001
| Friday, July 30, 2004 - 1:38 pm
thank you calamity :>
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 11:02 am
As of yesterday, we had 10 new ducklings in our lagoon. Haven't seen them today because it's pouring rain (finally!) -- so they must be sheltering. However, the building "handyman" said he thought they'd "lost one yesterday," so I'm not sure if there are now 10 ducklings or 9. In any case, I took this photo yesterday when there were 10. Not sure how many will make it, but we're all hopeful... It was very funny to see the mom trying to sit on all of them last night as the sun was going down.

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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 11:04 am
I took this photo of my JRT watching the "birdies" out the window. It's not a great quality photo (blurry and through a glass window), but if you look, you can see the ducks in the lagoon. (It's a little hard to see the ducklings when the photo is shrunk like this.)

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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 11:06 am
Oh how darling, Yankee! (And what a fantastic view - lucky you.) Cheers for the Duck family! I hope the handyman was mistaken.
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 12:06 pm
That's so cute!!!! I second that, Calamity. I hope the handyman isn't guilty, either!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 1:57 pm
I just got back from the gym -- on my way back in, saw the family and definitely counted 10! So maybe there were 11 yesterday or maybe the handyman was just wrong! But the good news is there are still 10 and they're flitting about so fast it's almost too hard to count them! (but I did a double-count just to be sure)
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 9:57 pm
Yay Jujuduckies!!!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 2:34 pm
Duckling alert-- There are only 9 today. Mom seems to be very attentive, though. I'm hopeful...
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Mybbusername
Member
08-22-2002
| Monday, August 23, 2004 - 12:01 pm
Justadvise, colossus, goddess...help me please... My baby quaker thinks he is a bat! He hangs upside down for hours in his cage.... at first I was afraid he was stuck, so like an idiot I stood there for thirty minutes with my hand cupped under him so he wouldn't fall. He just stretched his neck so I would rub his head. I really thought the first few times that he had gotten himself there by mistake, but now I am thinking that he likes it?!?!?! Is this normal? It looks terribly uncomfortable- but he does seem able to right himself whenever he chooses. Is this normal quaker play? Excersize? Messing with their persons head?
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Ruiner
Member
08-31-2003
| Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 11:45 am
I go with 'just messing with your head'...lol! My green conures will hang from the bars of their cage with their beaks! Kinda silly since they scrunch up together to do it. I know it's not the cage...they've always done it... I've read that patagonian conures will hang like this....mine doesn't. She use to sleep on her side at the bottom of her cage. Can't tell you how many times I've woken her up. Since then I've read that it's normal for them to do this...they're burrowing birds.... Always remember birds think a lot different then us! Trying to put their behavior in terms we understand can be confusing and frustrating. Just enjoy their birdieness - you'll have a blast with them...or him I should say....
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Jadarville
Member
07-01-2001
| Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 6:09 pm
My quaker perches upside down on the side of his cage constantly, I always turn my head upside down to greet him when I first come home, I'm so used to it I think something's wrong if he's not there <G> My sun conure hangs by one foot from his cage ceiling. very normal behavior for him
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Mybbusername
Member
08-22-2002
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 5:17 am
Thanks for sharing...I have kind of come to the conclusion that he is just weird. Maybe not weird by birdie standards, but by people standards. He also hates all napkins and paper towels, he "growls" and attacks them. He is really very aggressive with them. But paper or dish towels or similar items are fine with him...more weirdness from my baby! On the good side, with all his quirks he should fit right in with my family!!! I would love to hear stories about some of the strange/cute things that other birds do.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 8:22 am
My cockatoo Oliver loved, loved, loved leather thongs from boots. I'd tie them into numerous hard knots and he'd while away his time untieing them. But, the fun part was watching him tie them into knots again.
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 12:51 pm
Ooh, Jaderville, you have a sun conure? I love those birds--they are so beautiful. Do you have pictures? 
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 8:36 am
BB, Colossus says yes - it's quaker play. He's messing with your head and having fun at the same time (but in a good way). The more you respond to his "batness" the more he'll hang upside down. (Colossus is laughing, says he thinks your bird is cute and it's classic quaker behavior). Can you post a picture of your baby sometime?
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 8:42 am
Hey, Yankee - how are your baby ducklings doing? Ours are pretty much grown now, and I have a freaking flock of about 30 mallards who swoop in from varying corners of the lake anytime I walk on the deck. The males are still molted, so they kind of look like something out of "The Wild Bunch." We were very lucky this year - no major losses from the hawks and no major injuries to the babies - just a few limps here and there from getting nipped by the geese.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 9:58 am
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 10:01 am
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 10:03 am
Duckies are doing great -- Still 9 of them, growing like crazy, still with an attentive mom. We put out a little hen scratch this morning, and here are a few photos as they gobbled it up:

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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 5:41 pm
Awwwwwwwww, such cute Jujuduckies.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 1:57 am
Yankee I just love these pictures, especially the last one. They're just little dollies.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 7:18 am
Awwwwwww
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Strawberry
Member
07-18-2002
| Monday, August 30, 2004 - 4:29 pm
Yay Jujuduck pics! I love those pics Yankee! You always take the best photos. My favorite is the last one of the lone ducky swimming in the pond!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 9:56 pm
New Jujuduckling photos! 9 little ducklings all in a row.

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