pynkzephyr

He is a trip! We have a room separate from our house (hubby's hideaway, formally known as the TV room) and he is being housed there VERY temporarily. I went out to take a pic of him and had to get down and look under things for him - this is the first time he has felt comfortable enough to leave the couch and explore! His band has his hatch date (making him roughly 12 yrs old) and state. My problem will be matching up the breeder code - we are smack in the middle of post Ivan and Katrina country and many things that were here when was hatched are simply not physically here anymore. someone asked about pics, i hope it is not inappropriate to post one in this thread. i took a few and will post them in the proper pic thread. pynk here is my treetop friend - he is a ham - he ruffled, he stretched, turned from side to side, turned his back, looked at the ceiling, as if to tell me this was not his first 'camera call'

Thanks dhorje i also found that link this weekend and wondered how true it is. i noticed that they said that the coloring differences applied only to CAG's and not TAG's and were found to be 95% accurate in proven breeding pairs however they did not mention how many pairs they looked at (big difference between 95% of 10 pairs vs 100 pairs) so perhaps my tree top find is not a boy after all... :blink:

sorry bout dragging up an older thread, but...... those clothespins are a wonderful toy idea. If I may ask, what is the vet tape/vet wrap you are referring to? Is it possible that it is the nonadhesive yet self adhering wrap used to dress horse's legs and to bandage other fur babys with? thanks for all the great advice and help pynk

Thank yall for the warm welcome! The rest of the story so far is that the area where he was found is in the southern 1/3 of Alabama in a very large wooded area (a few thousand privately owned acres used primarily for timber farming and hunting. He was up in the top of a pine tree off of the established trail and must have seen them coming and thought - finally, i see some flock!! He called (screeched apparently) several times and the sound finally clicked with hubby (we have a green cheeked conure who is the shriek queen of our home). My husband and son actually had to shoot the limb off of that tree and when the limb caught in a smaller (under 8 ft tree)bend it over and hubby scooped him up in his jacket. Even after the noise and fall, his temperament is fantastic. Someone has taken a lot of time with this bird and he seems in good health. From his band, he was hatched in a nearby state in 1996. and his under tail feathers indicate he IS a boy. I have put feelers out in the avenues suggested to search for the owner. Hubby hunts every weekend in January and will be going back in a few days (we live approx 80 miles south of the hunting camp). The town is rural and has a population less than 1,000 so if he is from around there surely by then someone will be looking for him. Thank yall again for the words of encouragement and support pynk

Hi All! this looks like a great forum, thanks for allowing me to join your flock I am hoping someone here will be able to help me - does anyone know of a way to trace a birds ownership by his leg band? As of Sunday, we became the adopted flock for a CAG that my husband rescued while deer hunting - this is a very rural area and the bird was in the top of a 30ish ft tree, obviously more than a tad lost. I am sure that this bird's owner is frantic at this point - We have an eclectic assortment of furred/feathered/finned babies here already and I am more than willing to include this newest addition in our family - I have also spent sleepless nights and countless tears over one fur baby that got out of the yard - we were very fortunate that someone took her in and cared for her until we found her. This seems to be a friendly group and I am looking forward to learning a lot! pynk<br><br>Post edited by: pynkzephyr, at: 2009/01/13 06:48