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Post by avinet on Jun 11, 2013 10:19:24 GMT 10
Great photos Mike, they look like a happy bunch even if they wrecked your carpet.  They were my first real introduction to Long-bills, and I have loved them ever since. In my opinion easily the most intelligent of all the Australian parrots, although they can be quite emotional. A couple more photos of a Long-bill. This is of one we hand raised a couple of years after the 4 in the earlier photos. In the first he is sharing a box with a Sun Conure and a Ringneck, while still being hand raised. Then he is cuddled up with the Sun Conure when almost weaned, and finally lying on his back in my arms getting a cuddle - a real softy, he was a hard one to sell  cheers, Mike    |
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Post by Nymphicus on Jun 11, 2013 13:08:51 GMT 10
Great photos Mike, I'll bet it was difficut parting with him.
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Post by meandem on Jun 13, 2013 13:28:34 GMT 10
I always enjoy a good pic Mike. Yours are exceptional. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by avinet on Jun 15, 2013 21:50:52 GMT 10
More photos, this time of the first Sulphur-crested Cockatoos we hand reared - about 1996. They are not the best images, since they are scanned from old photos - remember when you used film and got strips of negatives with your prints? Seems an age ago! at least my hair still had some colour - it is totally white now Anyway the first is of the two babies at around 4 weeks old. followed by a couple of photos of them getting some love from me at around weaning time, when they were still fully flighted. If you look carefully you will see all the tiny scratches and nail marks on my arms and hands - baby Sulphurs have very sharp and very strong claws. cheers, Mike    |
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Post by Nymphicus on Jun 16, 2013 6:47:56 GMT 10
More great photos Mike, thanks for sharing.
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Post by avinet on Jun 16, 2013 17:47:58 GMT 10
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Post by meandem on Jun 18, 2013 8:15:40 GMT 10
My goodness that is one busy table! Good to see the box of Kleenex is there. I think most of my hand raising pics have a box of Kleenex somewhere in the pic...lol
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Post by avinet on Jun 26, 2013 22:06:50 GMT 10
The latest photo includes the first white baby ringneck we bred - back around 2000. The parents were both blues, but in their second nest this little white one turned up - meaning the father must have been split for lutino (yellow). cheers, Mike  |
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Post by meandem on Jun 28, 2013 9:12:49 GMT 10
Awwww.....who can resist a baby ringneck, they are just way toooooo cute Mike  |
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Post by avinet on Jun 29, 2013 21:42:34 GMT 10
Next installment - this time some Quaker babies - surely just about the cutest baby parrot sof all, and then a clutch of lutino Ringnecks from our now 21 year old pair - both photos taken in 2008 cheers, Mike   |
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Post by Nymphicus on Jun 30, 2013 6:13:40 GMT 10
They are so cute, thanks for sharing them Mike.
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Post by avinet on Jul 3, 2013 17:48:56 GMT 10
Another wet bird photo - I know meandem loves these The first is a group of young Alexandrines in heaven with a good spray on a hot day. A Ringneck and a Cockatiel have also enjoying the shower. Taken in our old shop in early 2010 in our hand raised baby bird room The second is a wider vierw of the room, with a mix of baby birds from a Blue & Gold Macaw down to Cockatiels. cheers, Mike   |
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Post by meandem on Jul 6, 2013 8:51:03 GMT 10
I remember going into your shop when we were up your way It was an absolute pleasure to walk into. And I really love the wet look....lol |
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Post by avinet on Jul 6, 2013 22:52:06 GMT 10
This evening's photo is of a cross between a Galah and a Little Corella that came into our shop a few years ago. Quite an attractive bird, and not that uncommon in aviculture. I have even seen a couple of these crosses in the wild in SE Queensland. This one is still young, but somewhere I have photos of a mature bird and I'll seek them out and add them to the thread. cheers, Mike  |
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Post by meandem on Jul 15, 2013 7:58:03 GMT 10
An Australian African Grey....lol This is the Aussie version of the Grey is it? An interesting look. Can't wait to see the mature pics |
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Post by avinet on Jul 15, 2013 22:17:37 GMT 10
An Australian African Grey....lol This is the Aussie version of the Grey is it? An interesting look. Can't wait to see the mature pics OK meanden - don't want to keep you waiting These are of a bird called Charlie, which came into our shop around 1993 or 1994. He was a cross between a Galah and a Little Corella, like the young one shown earlier, however Charlie was about 3 years old. He was sold to some friends, who had him for several years before he one day flew away, and joined a flock of local Galahs. I saw him around for a few months and then had no further sightings. It should be noted that, like most hybrids, there is variation in colour between individuals depending on how the genes have been passed on. So the young one above may not have turned out identical to Charlie, but in broad terms these Galah/Corella hybrids are similar. cheers, Mike    |
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Post by Laraine on Jul 16, 2013 14:26:00 GMT 10
That wet look photo is so cute.
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Post by meandem on Aug 1, 2013 8:26:28 GMT 10
Charlie looks lovely all grown up. But lost the grey look I hope he is having a long and fulfulling live out in the wild. It can be quite tough out there for a hybrid. We have Eastern x Crimsons in the wild down here and they get a bit of pisling from the other rosellas. My brother lives near Port Macquarie and he said the Galahs are crossing with the Corella's all the time over there. Once upon a time, we never ever got Corellas or Galahs at the coast, now they seem to be as common as a seagull! And sorry for the late reply - had a bit on of late :/ |
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Post by emmyandy on Apr 8, 2014 16:04:49 GMT 10
So cute with all the magnificent colours, you should be proud to have them with you.
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Post by greyeagle1 on Aug 22, 2014 13:08:38 GMT 10
What could be more adorable? It makes me want to reach out and rub their heads. Please spoil us with some more some more photos of your babies.
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