Milly
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Post by Milly on Aug 7, 2005 21:31:03 GMT 10
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Post by lovemytiels on Aug 8, 2005 8:02:55 GMT 10
Great photo's Milly. I gather that they are tame birds to be eating from your hands. Must admit you are gamer than me, to feed them. A friends sulpher had a munch on my finger while asking for head pats, so I am a bit wary of them. Cheers Anna
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Post by pollyparrot on Aug 8, 2005 8:37:44 GMT 10
you certianly are blessed there is nothing more relaxing and de stressing than handfeeding birds lovely pics:)
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Post by Smiley on Aug 8, 2005 15:42:09 GMT 10
Great photo's. Its a great feeling when you can do this with the wild ones..Love that last shot..A good pose...
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Post by AcaciaWattle on Aug 8, 2005 21:03:04 GMT 10
How friendly are those cockies! Now that's an experience. I'm with Anna tho I'd be so wary of them but.... they aren't in a cage being picked on either.
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Post by AussieBirds on Aug 8, 2005 21:33:03 GMT 10
Milli and her family spent the afternoon at my place a couple of weeks ago and fell in love my Sulpher Crested Cockatoo Harry. He is very friendly and loves people, he loves sitting on your arm or shoulder and he spent most of the time doing exactly that.
John
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Post by Milly on Aug 8, 2005 23:15:43 GMT 10
Yes, you are all right! They look tame but I guess if nobody is bothering them trying to touch them etc. they will behave o.k. It is a park next to residental area, 3 storey block of units, private houses and next to the beach. Plenty of people are coming around and probably feed them. At one point I counted 30 of them but there were more than that. Well, they all look healthy, alert and playfull and I really hope to go over there this week again. Will visit supermarket for some big bag of sunfl.seeds and I plan to by apples, wash and cut, they might love it. It is really destressing, being with animals is really a great thing since we are all under preassure on daily basis (life, oh life...). I did enjoyed John's birds and specially Cockatoo (wish to take him home for a visit  it was a great day for all of us meeting John and family and if Icould, I would have a few birds from him. They all look beautiful, Aussie is sugar and his siblings too, simply, I love them all, cute angels cheers to everyone! I have to admit, I left photos on US site I visited a few times, dedicated to cockatoos. They are all oooh, wow etc. they must envy us  . |
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Post by nette on Aug 12, 2005 22:19:56 GMT 10
Beautiful photos Milly! You obviously had an awesome day. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by vankarhi on Aug 15, 2005 13:28:44 GMT 10
They are beautiful pics and obviously not too scared of humans i noticed one sitting on a leg of somene. I post pics to other sites I belong to (non Aussie) and they are just so excited to see our wild birds. I get black and white cockatoos, galahs, and corellas flying around here, plus lorikeets, some king parrots, pale headed rosellas plus your normal crows, magpies and sparrows etc. We even get little finches too.
One thing that came to my mind.................it could be just that I spent the past 11 months on overseas sites and they seem very wary of diseases..................don't you worry about PBFD when interacting with wild birds. I have owned parrots for over 30 years and it is only since being on these other forums that i have become so much more aware of this disease. It apparently started here (that's what I read when researching PBFD). Then to top it off, i had Skye (RSE) to the vet due to weight loss (found out she had a bacterial infection, but is fine now) and he told me that PBFD is rampant in our native cockatoos, he said our galahs are the worst. He even told me that some of the very big breeders around here have the disease in their aviaries (which freaked me out as I got Skye from a big aviary near where I live- or what I call a big aviary anyway). He reasurred me that he has never seen the disease in that aviary (and I know the breeder takes his birds there).
I guess what i am saying is, ever since the vet told me that I look at wild birds now in a slightly different light. I have never encouraged them only because I do not want them chewing on my house, like I have read others have done in other parts of Australia, but now I will not encourage them anyway. I love to watch them still, they actually roost in a gum tree and silky oak in our yard and they frolick and eat on the property (couple of hundred acres) at the back of our place - we see heaps of kangaroos out there also - early mornings and late arvy's.
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Post by Milly on Aug 15, 2005 20:07:17 GMT 10
Well, I really didn't think about any danger like disease getting close to cockatoos. I went twice to the park since and we fed them and let them be around. I would like to be able to scratch one but it is too much to expect from the free, wild bird no matter how much it is prepared to come close and to do so, the reason is only one - hunger.... Since we live in the unit, there are no birds around, nor even on the balcony. Except ocasional pigeons and I am more aware about diseases they can transmit - probably I see parrots differently (kings of cutest). So, in my area there are only lories, galahs, occasional sulphur and black white tiel cockatoo. The other day I saw a couple and stopped to take photos. They are really big and beautiful birds: img364.imageshack.us/img364/3954/dsc014339gn.jpgimg358.imageshack.us/img358/8159/dsc014452dq.jpgimg358.imageshack.us/img358/408/dsc014460ng.jpg |
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Post by pollyparrot on Aug 16, 2005 5:52:31 GMT 10
hi its a very legit question as i have a heap of birds around my place but have owned birds for years and never had any trouble with deseases brought in from wild birds i do have dogs that actually keep other birds of the avairys and i always wash my hands after touching another bird but its an interesting question what do others think have they had any wild bird related illnesses ??
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Post by lovemytiels on Aug 16, 2005 6:13:25 GMT 10
Can't say I have any problems with bird related diseases from the wild bird here, although I do know from talking with my avian vet that the rise of PBFD is getting more here especially with the Sulpher Crested's. I guess the rule of thumb is always make sure you wash your hands & if you get any new birds keep them isolated for up to 45 days. Always choose a bird that is healthy looking like clear eyes, good feathers & alert & if in doubt get it vet checked. There is always some risk involved while having birds, but like human kids we can't keep them wrapped in tissue paper for fear of diseases. If it is going to happen it will no matter what precautions we take. Cheers Anna
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Post by vankarhi on Aug 16, 2005 7:31:40 GMT 10
Anna, I am glad :)to hear you say that. When on the other boards I actually had to wonder if they take things to the extreme (some people not all). I have 6 children (2 adult, 3 teenagers and 1 toddler) and I cannot wrap them in cotton wool, I do the best and make them as safe as I can but accidents do happen. That is how i am with my birds (and dogs) too. Having said that, their cages are cleaned everyday, in summer twice a day (it is very hot here during summer in the 40's), I take them places but do not deliberately put them in knowing danger. I have owned birds for over 30 years and been around birds all my life (my father always had canaries and finches) and I do not ever recall having diseases withing the birds. I have taken Bo (RB2) to the vet once when I thought she was sick (she wasn't) and Skye (RSE) just a few weeks ago (she had lost a lot of weight and did have an infection) but that is the only times I have had sick birds.
I only asked the question because I have read that PBFD is highly contaigous and highly prevalent in our wild bird population. The vet also told me not all have the signs of the disease, a lot are carriers.
We get heaps of wild birds, like I said I do not actively encourage them (by putting feeding stations, but do have bird baths in the gardens) but I do not discourage them either. They are beautiful to watch and listen to in the wild, I just wondered what others thought about it .............that's all.
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Post by Milly on Aug 16, 2005 21:40:55 GMT 10
Yes, you are all right. Admiring the beauty sometimes brings danger. On Saturday I saw one cockatoo with half closed sticky eye and another had a brown insect who went quickly into bird's feathers. Bird lice?
take care...
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Post by missy on Aug 22, 2005 0:52:34 GMT 10
I took my cockatiel and budgie with me to my sister's place in Tassie last Christmas from Brisbane. I thought that my cockatiel was going to die, but the budgie was okay. The only change was the water was I took my bird food with me and the vet thought that she caught some disease from the native birds from the runoff from the roof. So, it was boiled water only after that, but thankfully she recovered after a shot of antibiotics.
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Post by Smiley on Aug 22, 2005 0:57:28 GMT 10
lucky...
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. Me too 
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