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Post by abby-oldaccount on Jan 9, 2008 19:31:06 GMT 10
For the past 3 weeks we've had the local wild lorikeet babies screaming at their parents. Hubby and I looked at each other today when they were once again begging to be fed and he said with a partial warning, partial plead to his voice "you're not going to breed lorikeets are you?" Hell no. Now don't get me wrong. I love my 2 to pieces, really enjoy watching then in the wild but I take my hat off to anyone who is breeding them and dealing with that whiny noise continually. Give me whinging 'tiel babes or budgie babes any day. You won't be seeing baby lorikeet picks from me unless they're back yard visitors. Oh yeah and of course horses for courses on this one.  |
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Post by vankarhi on Jan 9, 2008 19:33:24 GMT 10
lol Mary. ;D
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Post by grego on Jan 9, 2008 19:38:06 GMT 10
..lol...yes, the whinning noise's sound like a bird is being........but once the parent's feed them it all calms down :)till the next feed..he..  Personnally you will not be happy Mary but l love that sound??? for l can't hear Petra calling..lol.. (just kidding) |
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Post by vankarhi on Jan 9, 2008 20:01:14 GMT 10
PMSLOL Greg.......you tell Petra to give me a ring......I will tell her your trade secrets lol
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Post by wilsta on Jan 9, 2008 20:12:29 GMT 10
lorikeets do make one hell of a racket!! good decision |
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Post by silvercloud on Jan 9, 2008 20:42:20 GMT 10
Hahahaha I don't think there's a quiet baby noise is there? We've had the black cockies and galahs feeding their bubs and what a racket. My friend had baby princesses she was hand raising and OMG I couldn't believe the noise they made LOL
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Post by grego on Jan 9, 2008 22:01:14 GMT 10
..lol..Tracey ...not while l am here typing an she can"t see me  |
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Post by abby-oldaccount on Jan 10, 2008 5:45:53 GMT 10
Well I think Jeff would prefer I didn't handraise budgies again with the racket that the little troublemakers made. I'm with him on this one more due to the piranha quality they have wehn you're trying to feed them. The GCCs were the best babies until they fledged then all hell broke loose. This was however due to Rebel constantly stirring up the other 2 and fighting.  BTW he's still a little sod hence he's stayed with us. Love the lorikeets but not on my baby list. Just as well Pip and Olly tolerate each other and nothing more. |
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Post by silvercloud on Jan 10, 2008 12:25:30 GMT 10
LMAO sounds like Rebel is very well named ;D
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Post by gooka on Jan 10, 2008 15:57:08 GMT 10
I agree with you on the noise of the lorrikeets. We have heaps of rainbows and scaley breastes around here and I love watching them but OMG how noisy are they!!( especially when they demand a feed at 5am!!) |
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Post by Jane on Jan 10, 2008 21:10:06 GMT 10
Yep the visiting baby lorries make an awful racket here too but my one baby princess could scream like no tomorrow too when he was hungry and a (sorry if I haven't got the name perfect) blue striped honey eater? (olive coloured bird with blue streak from its eyes, white chest) have learnt to mimic the cries of my baby tiels. First couple of times I heard it I went looking for a stray baby that had flown in |
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Post by gooka on Jan 10, 2008 21:17:20 GMT 10
LOL jane...we have something around here that mimics my baby 'tiels too..i dont know what it is but geez t sounds like a 'tiel!!! maybe its the same type of bird?
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Post by vankarhi on Jan 11, 2008 7:44:01 GMT 10
I thought they were called a "banana bird"........if I have the correct image in my head.
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Post by Jane on Jan 11, 2008 19:25:58 GMT 10
I should go find my Wildlife of Brisbane book and find the proper name, I think it is a honey eater and it's always on my grevilla |
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Post by Jane on Jan 12, 2008 10:56:04 GMT 10
Yes Tracey the Wildlife of Brisbane books calls them bananabirds too  |
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Post by Milly on Feb 29, 2008 20:38:25 GMT 10
We are going to Fingal bay every summer. This year my hubby didn't want us to take Chico (peach face love bird) with us (budgie stays at friends every time). I was upset but couldn't change his mind. We took him with us last year and he was perfect. So we are coming to a beautiful house we were renting, quiet dead end street, palms, close to beach and we settle. Next morning 6:15 we woke up to our horror to such a noise I couldn't believe my ears! I stumble to backyard and see the tree full of lorikeets! Started counting and stopped at 30. Fortunatelly I had my ear plugs with me (just in case) and my hubby would wrap his ears with pillow while party was going on. 8am they all fly away. Next door lady said they were coming to that tree for years but not sleeping there, just in the mornings and evenings. Sort of party time and get together I reckon.
Here at home I am getting in trouble because I kept feeding lorikeets and they kept coming back. I don't mind evenings but mornings are not good. It might be too late but it is too hard to ignore them because they sit on the balcony and wait the curtain to move...
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Post by vankarhi on Mar 2, 2008 20:22:56 GMT 10
lol yes the lorikeets are extremely noisy hey. They almost drove me crazy many years ago when I was feeding them on my back verandah. Apart from the mess, the noise was just so loud. I stopped feeding them and they stopped coming onto my verandah. I love them in the trees, but not on my verandahs now. ;D
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BTW he's still a little sod hence he's stayed with us.
