Greywings

Swweeet baby face!

Appreciate the knowing and share your sorrow, may you be reunited some day.

Nice pictures, great backyard and lovely birds.

A difficult time but at least you know they will be in a good place. Do suggest they install some non ionic air filters such as an Austin to help remove more of the bird dust from the air keeping your parents safer.

A sudden shock and loss, I hope they are able to determine a cause. Big hugs for you.

They will do that when excited (happy or frightened) it can a be a warning that if too wound up you might get a bite.

Judy is right so much better to be safe than to face another tragic loss. So sorry to hear you lost him but I think he knew you tried to help him.

Love those Sennies, what a fun new bird on the block. Congratulations on your new baby Jon.

I think Ray will confirm the Peafowl do a flock call and an alarm call they will let you know if they see trespassers. I share the house with 3 Greys and 2 Too's the Umbie can call loud enough to hurt you, but with the Moluccan we fostered you can feel the shock wave hit your ear drum as well as the sound.

Love those Senegal's they remind me of the small aliens lounging in the break room from Men in Black. Inquisitive, into everything and pretty fearless once they own you. I would add more perches of different kinds and sizes to keep those feet healthy. The Senegal's I know love to takes a bath in shallow dishes and can open Almonds with little effort (they believe they are BIG Parrots).

Good news, she should have slept since it was dark and she didn't sound cranky so all is well.

You expressed that loss so well, those big goofy scary beaked love muffins, sorry for your loss.

She can eat the figs, they do forage on figs in the wild. As long as either the Bamboo or Figs are pesticide free you are all good, rinse and enjoy the show. What kind of fig do you have? We have a Green Apple Fig that came with the house, huge!

So glad he remains uninjured that was scary. I know some one who lost a much loved bird when the top opening type cage collapsed on her bird, so check all fastenings not just hanging objects.

Greys can be klutzy birds, the stronger she gets and a good variety of perch sizes will allow her to improve her grip strength. I know about those sharp toenails-Pookie the CAG keeps hers trimmed to a fine needle point, as soon as I file them down she starts her work to resharpen. It sounds like her sleep cage experience was a positive one.

Wonderful transition to her lifetime home and your writing style does add to this forum. Welcome aboard and look forward to learning of Eshe and her progress in your care. Our kids grew up in the same feathered, furred and scaled environment it's good to see another home full of life. By the way if you think a Caique is earsplitting then your ears and brain may melt under the unique and super charged sound of a "Too" Citrons can be wall shakingly loud. Moluccans have been recorded as loud as an aircraft landing. "A 747 Jumbo Jet produces as much as 140 decibels of noise. 105db is considered damaging to the ear. Peacocks have been registered at 115, Moluccans hold the record as the loudest bird on earth at 135db (average = 120db)" San Diego Zoo

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-crows-parrots-highlights-intelligence.html New study of crows and parrots highlights different types of intelligence June 9, 2011 by Bob Yirka article comments (0) text-to-speech share Enlarge The Multi-Access-Box (MAB). (PhysOrg.com) -- In an experiment designed to illustrate the different ways that animals use their own unique type of intelligence to accomplish certain goals, a team of zoologists and biologists from the University of Vienna and Oxford University, led by biologist Dr. Alice Auersperg have shown that New Caledonian crows and a type of green parrot called the kea, are both able to accomplish similar difficult tasks, but go about doing so in very different ways. In a paper published in PLoS ONE, the team describe how when confronted with a box with food inside, both species of birds showed high levels of intelligence in getting at that food, but went about doing so in ways uniquely suited to their physical and behavioral attributes. The box was constructed of clear see-through plastic and had four walls, each of which had a means of allowing access to a bit of food mounted on a pedestal in the center of the box. The first method, and the one that all the birds tested found the easiest, was a string protruding from a wall that was tied to the food; pulling on it resulted in the food being yanked off its platform and rolling downhill and out of the box. The next wall consisted of a hole with a tube leading downhill to the food; pushing a marble through the hole caused it to roll downhill knocking off the food. The next wall consisted of nothing but a hole in the wall, which meant to get the food treat, the birds had to shove a wooden rod through the hole to knock it off its pedestal. And lastly, the fourth wall had a window that could be opened outward by use of a hook, thus allowing access to the inside of the box and the treat. This video shows the complex motor technique used by the male kea Kermit to insert the rod shaped tool into the appropriate opening. Video: PLOS ONE, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020231 In the video that accompanies the paper, it’s easy to see the differences in the bird’s makeup; the crows are careful and appear worried about being seen while working to get at the food, while the keas throw caution to the wind and attack the box with abandon, resorting to using the tools and such only when they find they can’t simply knock the box apart or turn it over. In some respects, it’s sort of like watching the difference between cats and dogs. Cats slowly stalk their prey, sneaking up on it and catching it by surprise, whereas dogs bound in, all engines firing, hoping to outrun or outlast whatever it’s trying to catch. But the experiment shows more than that as well; it permanently puts to rest the idea that we human beings exist on some sort of higher plane; in watching the birds work through the puzzle of trying to gain access to the food, you can see them thinking; especially the poor kea, when it finds it must push a small rod through a hole to get it’s reward. It’s beak was never meant for such a task, so, he resorts to using both beak and claws to work the rod until finally figuring out a way to push it through the hole and then to shove it at the food. You can’t help but wonder how some of us human beings would have done under similar circumstances. More information: Auersperg AMI, von Bayern AMP, Gajdon GK, Huber L, Kacelnik A (2011) Flexibility in Problem Solving and Tool Use of Kea and New Caledonian Crows in a Multi Access Box Paradigm. PLoS ONE 6(6): e20231. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020231

Isn't that a Mitered Conure? The one she had on the first show.

Please let us know how the Vet visit goes.

Tears un-looked for shed for your pain, great memories to treasure for years to come, appreciate your stregnth in sharing so much of your life with us all.

Our kids were born into a house full of critters, dogs, cats, birds and fish. It is a good beginning to respecting animals as well as people. Use some common sense keeping eyes on all interactions. Encourage playtime as bird in cage kid on the outside sing & dance together, both enjoy having a book read to them or watching cartoons so it should all work out with you guidance. I have a friend who has two small kids and does large bird rescue in her home-she has a Blue & gold Macaw who tells the kids "Brush your teeth" with appropriate wing motions. Like anything else-good judgement and constant observation keeping those fingers safe and the flock safe too.

I feed mostly fresh foods, a cooked mash some seed mix and very few pellets of any kind.

This is very upsetting did they tell you what they think is wrong? An infection, an injury toxicity? You have our support during this most difficult time and getting medical help is the best thing but honey may not be the best choice I would use some fresh coconut juice, some nut better or some warm mash.

A Great Shearwater is not a Parrot it is a seabird.

Fortunate outcome for this fan encounter, so many ways our birds can find to get hurt in our homes. Very happy she is rebounding so well.