July 15, 2005

• Beautiful plumage.
• Good evening. Here is the News for parrots. No parrots were involved in an accident on the M1 today, when a lorry carrying high octane fuel was in collision with a bollard ... that is a bollard and not a parrot. A spokesman for parrots said he was glad no parrots were involved. The Minister of Technology today met the three Russian leaders to discuss a £4 million airliner deal. None of them went in the cage, or swung on the little wooden trapeze, or ate any of the nice millet seed, yum, yum.
• I'm glad I can count on you monkeys!
• [obligatory dead parrot reference here]
• Parrots have grasped zero.
• Here's a link to that parrots grasping zero story. /parrotfilter
• Ooh, neat story - hadn't heard that. Thanks.
• Careful, ladies! don't wear jewelry near your parrots who're not averse to eating carats.
• I will happily forsake all carats, to prevent such as this. nsfw Patita's quite right in that monkeys should respect other comparable jungle intelligences. /goes to whisper sweet reassurances to her Amazon parrot.
• Worked hard, as have so many owners and aciculturalists, for the adoption of the CITES treaty. Bird-smuggling from the Congo used to be a frequent problem in North America prior to CITES, which has considerably reduced such infuriating incidents. Meanwhile, never buy a parrot that lacks a leg-band -- and be very suspicious about acquiring a cheap parrot, for the odds are good it has been stolen or smugggled. Get bills of sale, vets' records, and as much documentation as possible when buying any bird which has not long been domesticated (fancy and carrier pigeons, canaries, bufgies, and cockatiels are not smuggled though they may come with other problems). And it is a really good idea to know a little bit about birds before you leap into buying one -- they are messy pets, they are not mammals and may be expensive to house and feed -- or when it comes to vet bills, caging and other health-related issues. (Every year I am offered at least 5 or 6 giveaway parrots by people who've rushed into getting them and then discover they can't deal with their new pet.)
• If you like parrots (and I know you do), check out this movie. The trailer is awesome. I never knew there were wild parrots in San Francisco. Sadly, the movie doesn't seem to be playing anywhere near NYC.
• Thank you for the tip, samsonov14! Often saw wild/escaped parrots and parrakeets when I lived in LA years ago. The size of some of the flocks was astonishing.
• samsanov14, I believe the film already played in NYC, but back in the spring. It should be released on DVD in early 2006. beeswacky's points on bird ownership are very good. They aren't easy pets.
• Parrot news: A man who admitted ripping the head off his pet parrot after a night out has been jailed for five and a half months.
• I preferred Crunchy Frog's newscast. Sigh. Eight pints....
• Hello bird! Hello bird! Brrrraaak! Braaak! Buuuuurd... Hello! What are you doing? Baby head off, baby head off! Uhhh oh! Uuuh uuuh uuuuh uuuuuuhh! Baby head off! Hello bird, hello bird! I'll take eight pints, cheers!
• FOX NEWS AT TEN... Are terrorist secretly sucking oxygen from our cities air and replacing it with greenhouse gases? But first, breaking news from our correspondent in London: 'Ello ladies 'n gents! Gud evenin' to ya! Be on the looky looky for dead Norwegian Blues! Dead parrot I tell ya! I purchased this one here just thirty odd minutes ago. Look at that plumage! He's stone dead! 'Ello Polly! I assure you, the viewers, that its total lack of movement is not due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk as the shopkeeper suggested. Bereft of life!!
• One has to be around a squawker to appreciate the dread impulses they can inspire in humanity. Wars, perhaps?
• Anarcho-parrot
• Har!
• Parrot owners were sorely in need of tasteful art depicting their birds. dxlifer, this one is for you!
• /picks self off floor. *preens hastily* patita you'll be giving those Amazons a bad rep. )))
• Police in Somerset have successfully traced a man who was suspected of stealing a bird from a pet shop thanks to the parrot's vicious attack which left a pool of blood at the crime scene. DNA to the rescue... (though sadly, Micky is still missing)
• Larger cockatoos and macaws can give one hell of a chomp - even a wee cockatiel or a budgie can draw blood, though, given the right circumstances. Having birds chipped can be useful if they're stolen or lost.
• dubious RalphTheDog lifetime accomplishemnt: I have been bitten by the largest of all parrots, the Hyacinth Macaw. I thought certainly the bone in my finger was about to break, but it did not.
• That sounds even worse than the time a Cockatiel sidled across the table, walked up my arm, and bit me soundly on the lip. Owie!!
• never trust a parrot once it starts to sidle they look so innocent but their minds are never idle and before you know you've lost your chance to scoot that little beak will come too close because you think the bird is cute it will pinch you like a fiend fresh-sprung from hell and it's mandibles will snap and you will yell bring a bucket! bring a bandage! fetch some ice! find my thumb so they can stitch the thing back on this bird of paradise has got a bite that's like a vice I stuck my finger in its cage - nip! nip! - and it keeps on chawin'
• I propose this as an alternative to the "Do Not Put Fingers in Cage" signs you see attached to bird cages in many pet stores (well, the ones with cages birds anyhow).
• parrot porn