LindaMary

Max mellows right out to Zamfir (sappy flute music) and recordings of humpback-whalesong. But the music that really gets her chatting and whistling along right now is an OLD Bob Marley & the Wailers tape I have (early 1970's vintage...)

Yes, FairY - "Maximum" comes from the Maximum Ride books, which is an action series for teens/tweens about a group of orphans who were experimented on at a lab and are now part bird - they all have wings (and other less obvious avian characteristics. Their leader is a 14-year-old girl named Maximum Ride. (I enjoyed these books, too) "Nymphodora", of course, comes from Nymphodora Tonks of the Harry Potter series. Yep, that girl of mine loves to read!<br><br>Post edited by: LindaMary, at: 2008/08/15 01:01

Hi again and thanks for all the welcome notes! I am having a little trouble figuring out how to navigate my way around this site, but I trust I'll get accustomed to it in time. In answer to some of your questions: I have a 17-month-old Timneh called Maximum Nymphodora (she goes by "Max"). (My almost-13-year-old daughter Mary does all the naming of non-human family members in our household.) Max joined us about a year ago: "us" being myself, my daughter, two cats (who are kept separated from her!) and a rabbit, whom she seems to rather like. I had been fascinated by Greys for literally decades, but was never in a position to give a parrot any kind of reasonable home until last year. It was only when I started looking in earnest as a potential adopter that I learned about the Timnehs. What a great little bird! She's very mellow and a lot of fun. I'm very pleased to be meeting y'all. LovemyGreys : I actually have a shirt with that Mark Twain quote on it (Mark Twain also beeing one of my favorite historical people....)

Just stopping in to say hi! I just joined the forum today - glad to be here!