Archive through August 20, 2003
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Archive through August 20, 2003
Grannyg | Saturday, June 28, 2003 - 08:29 pm     This is from Kristy............
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Grannyg | Saturday, June 28, 2003 - 08:31 pm     Ugg is absolutely beautiful. What fun that must be. |
Lancecrossfire | Saturday, June 28, 2003 - 08:37 pm     Beautiful yellow nape! Kristy, with you having a yellow nape and an African grey, you have about the two smartest of the parrot family! (well, the double yellow haed is pretty bright too) With those big cages you have, I bet your macaw's tail feathers are magnificant!! I have to agree 100%--big cages are a must!! Only way a bird can be happy and healthy. These birds can show so much love and affection. They are amazing. |
Kady | Saturday, June 28, 2003 - 08:47 pm     Thanks for the picture. He is precious. |
Kristylovesbb | Saturday, June 28, 2003 - 09:00 pm     Thanks for the compliments and I also want to say thank you for letting me rave about my birds. You could never know how much love and affection these creatures show unless you have one that is bonded to you. They adore snuggling and kisses but you must be very careful not to laugh at something naughty they have done because if you laugh they do it over and over so you will laugh at them some more. |
Not1worry | Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 05:19 am     Kristy, you are making me want a bird! He is beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing the pictures. I love hearing about them. |
Egbok | Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 08:14 am     Good morning Kristy! I just had to add my admiration for the beauty of Ugg! I am still cracking up over the AutoZone story and I'm looking forward to hearing more about Ugg and your other birds. |
Sia | Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 09:21 am     I've never had any birds, but I think they're beautiful. I put bird feed out year-round and hummingbird feeders out in summer and love to watch the wild birds where I live. Silly question: are birds compatible with cats? I have a cat that hates other animals!! She wants to be the top-dog, so to speak, and she is currently very put out that we have two new kittens. Liz (age 18 years) is so upset with me that she has started sleeping on my HUSBAND's bed instead of mine. This cat slept with me for 18 years, including all the years that I slept with my two children (breastfed one for 10 months and the other for 15 months, then was unable to kick them out of my bed until about a year ago), so I know she feels totally betrayed. She would probably stalk and terrorize a bird! |
Kristylovesbb | Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 10:09 am     Hi Egbok! Glad you have enjoyed the stories. I hope to take pictures of all the birds and post them if Granny doesn't mind resizing them for me. In answer to your question Sia, cats do not bother parrots. They will go after ofther birds but not parrots, even the very small cockatiels. They have hook beaks and cats instinctively know not to go after them. Even though the cockatiel is small the beak is very powerful and do a lot of damage to other animals, so you can imagine what a large parrot could do. My Macaw could probably take off a finger, that is why you buy them as babies, hand feed them yourself and raise them to respect you and you will not have that problem. You have to show them you are the boss not them because believe me THEY want to BE the boss.LOL This morning Ugg was singing up a storm and Shanya, the Blue and Gold Macaw said "Ugg hush it up". Ugg mimics my voice and it drives everybody nuts. I sound like a dying cat in a hail storm when I sing and it is NOT pleasant.LOL |
Grannyg | Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 10:16 am     Kristy, I would be happy to resize. Because I want to see them,too. Besides I get to see them first!! |
Cjr | Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 01:03 pm     Kristy and Who, it is so nice to see people have such passion about their hobbies! I am really enjoying this thread. I have given up doing cross stitch, painting ceramics and anything that has fine detail. I was getting headaches, even with my contacts/glasses. I love to read and I collect Dreamsicles. I absolutely love my Dreamsicles. They make me smile everytime I look at one. I can't wait for my grandson to be in sports. He is two and a half and almost ready for tee-ball! Yippee!
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Grannyg | Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 02:48 pm     Another one from Kristy. Really beautiful.
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Grannyg | Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 05:56 pm     This one is way beyond beautiful........
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Kristylovesbb | Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 06:06 pm     Thanks Granny, I sent them to you much earlier today and just discovered they did not go through. I got an undeliverable message so I forwarded the old message and I see you got them this time. Thanks again! |
Lancecrossfire | Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 06:17 pm     Kristy--great pictures of your birds! It's easy to see tey are very healthy!! Great color in their feathers and very well formed and filled out plumage. The grey has a very nive shine to his feathers--it's very striking in person for tose who haven't seen an African grey up close. And you blue and gold has a wonderful blue fr it's blue portion. You obviously take excellent care of your feathered family. |
Kristylovesbb | Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 06:58 pm     Thanks Lance, my parrots are on a special pellet diet with some human foods thrown in. No seed diet for my birds, too much fat content. I also give my birds a shower on a regular basis. They need showers and mist sprays to keep their feathers conditioned, showers are extremely important during the molting process. Here is some information on my birds for those interested. Ugg, the green one, is a Yellow-Naped Amazon, they are known for extreme intelligence and their love for opera. Their ability to sing and whistle songs and the fact that rarely will you ever purchase one that will not talk a lot! Shanya is the Blue and Gold Macaw, they are known for high intelligence and are very mischevous. They generally are not thought of as great speakers, however, I would match my Macaws intelligence and talking ability against my Yellow-Nape and my African Greys. Her vocabulary is huge and she speaks very plain. The white one is Mercedees, she is a Golfin Cockatoo. They are extremely smart and their selling points are, easy to train tricks, love to perform, will dance to any music you play. They absolutely LOVE to dance. They are not good talkers but their voices are as sweet as an angel. They are extremely loving and they want to be held a bunch. Lastly, we have Sasha the African Grey. They are extremely intelligent and considered to be excellent talkers, however, some never speak a word. They bond deeply to one person and like no one else. There is a parrot, named Alex, that has been studied for years by a doctor, who can count, pick a named object out of several she is shown, she can tell you what color a certain object is and much more. She has been featured on TV several times and is amazing. |
Kady | Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 10:18 pm     They are all so beautiful. You are making me want birds now. I was telling my Aunt about your birds tonight and she said she has always wanted a parrot. She has peacocks. She raised them from little chicks. She had six but gave 3 away. She has one that is solid white. When he raises his feathers you would not believe how beautiful he is. She named him Tweety because he was solid yellow when he was little. |
Squaredsc | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 07:20 am     beautiful birds kristy. |
Kristylovesbb | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 07:33 am     Thanks guys. |
Sia | Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 03:59 pm     Lovely birds, Kristy. Thanks for the info. I love my kitties like you love your birds!!  |
Texasdeb | Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 04:21 pm     I LOVE my 3 kids, 3 grandsons, 3 dogs, & 3 cats. (I've got 2 ex husbands & am in a 8 yr so far relationship - so that's 3 men too). What is it with me & 3? I guess the guy I have now will be my keeper. |
Whoami | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 01:18 pm     Not1Worry, and anyone else interested.... PBS will be broadcasting the 2003 Drum Corps International Championships Labor Day Weekend. Sadly, my local PBS station isn't picking it up. So I can only hope they will choose to air it sometime later. Otherwise, I miss out entirely. Here's a link to the PBS stations set to carry it so far:
DCI Broadcast on PBS  |
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