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I sure read it all, alright. I'm so sorry you had to lose him, especially so soon after you found him! He sounded like such a sweet bird that was terribly neglected until he was blessed by meeting you. I still can't believe how many stories I hear about people selling animals in garage sales, it's disgustingly sad. At least you gave him love, comfort, good food, water, and a warm place to call home. I can only think that he must have already been in heaven after living with you for 6 months and that he knew it was his time to go! ::hugs:: Fly high Gizmo!

Hi! I have a Canon XTi and I LOVE it. You will love how fast the start up time and how quickly the DSLRs take photos. Both Canon and Nikon are the most popular for DSLRs, but I will give a tip that the accessories and extra lenses for Canons are more widely available and WAY LESS expensive than Nikon lenses. You may initially think that you only need one lens, but as you see how awesome your nature & miscellaneous pictures turn it...you may want to play with more lenses! Plus, the stock lenses that come with the DSLRs aren't all that great and tend to not come with image stabilizers, etc. When we, hopefully, get our grey at the beginning of December I will take pics and you will see a huge difference between regular cameras and the SLRs. Plus it takes great action shots and you don't have to worry about your grey moving fast and ruining the picture because it can definitely keep up!

Did you try using photobucket and resizing it? I used "medium" option on photobucket for posting pics on forums.

Your dogs are so cute! Thanks for posting

I'm a HUGE fan of anything Alison Krauss & Union Station...so here is my pick. Artist: Alison Krauss Song: "Simple Love" Album: A Hundred Miles Or More Little yellow house sittin' on a hill That is where he lived That is where he died Every Sunday morning Hear the weeping willows cry Two children born A beautiful wife Four walls and livin's all he needed in life Always giving, never asking back I wish I had a simple love like that I want a simple love like that Always giving, never askin' back For when I'm in my final hour lookin' back I hope I had a simple love like that My momma was his only little girl If he'd had the money he'd have given her the world Sittin' on the front porch together they would sing Oh how I long to hear that harmony I want a simple love like that Always giving never asking back When I'm in my final hour looking back I hope I had a simple love like that I want a simple love like that Always giving never asking back When I'm in my final hour looking back I hope I had a simple love like that

Let's all give our other pets a little time in the spotlight! Post pics of your other lovely pets. I'll start first! "Chaka" - 6 yr. old rescued greyhound (female) "Millie" - 6 yr. old shar-pei mix (female) "Stumpy" - rescued Fancy Canary (male) age unknown "Sunny" - American Singer Canary (male) No pics of the fish yet lol.

It's almost 10:30AM and, right now, I'm drinking hot cocoa and watching television. That's all I've done today, so far! lol I'm going to go to the library in a few to return some bird books. Plus, I need to read part of "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky for school....so that's what I'll be doing later. Other than that...my dad is up in the air! :whistle:

Hi everyone! I'm new here. My name is Kimberly and I'm a 24 year old University student. I live with my parents in Southeastern Michigan. Our pets include: 2 dogs: Moon MT Chaka a.k.a. "Chaka" ~ a 6 yr. old rescued greyhound (female) Millington Georgette a.k.a. "Millie" - a 6 yr. old shar-pei mix (female) 2 Canaries: "Sunny" - an American Singer Canary (male) "Stumpy" - a rescued Fancy Canary (male) Fish: Outdoor pond w/ goldfish and frogs Indoor tank w/ glo-light, neon, and black skirt tetras Anyways, I came upon this forum because our family is in the process of adopting a parrot. Hopefully it is the African Grey that we've been eying! We have other birds, but no large bird experience. A lot of people think that people with no large bird experience shouldn't adopt a bird....but my philosophy is...you have to start somewhere, right? We either go buy one and gain experience, or you rescue one and gain experience. We want to adopt one. :side: We have read all the African Grey books at the library and have learned a great deal online, as well. We found a great adoption place in Ohio that is all about parrot education. They are super nice and we're required to attend 3 seminars/classes that are each several hours long. We've already had our home interview and our last seminar is Dec. 6th!! :woohoo: The director of the agency already contacted us regarding the grey. So after the seminar we get to meet MacKenzie! She is a TAG and is very healthy with no feather destruction behavior, etc. If it's a match then she gets to come HOME! We are super excited, but trying not to get our hopes up too much until it's certain that she is going to be ours. We already have an approved cage with 3/4 bar spacing with a play top on it. We're slowly getting toys and perches so that we don't drop a fortune at the last minute on the necessary items. Luckily, my dad is an engineer and we're already planning on building a sweet play/foraging unit. We are thinking of a main PVC pipe in a cross or "t" pattern and then placing long branches (purchased from a parrot store) stemming in all directions...with some toys hanging and untreated leather wrapped around a foraging board that can be pulled up. Anyways, I hope to make friends with some people on here for advice and tips. Maybe meet some other grey owners from our area?! We're hoping for the best FOR THE BIRD. So please do me a favor and pray for the TAG, MacKenzie, that she may be happy and find her forever home...hopefully with us! hehe