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Well, I think they use telepathy. But I am from California as you know. But seriously. A friend of mine had a grey that was bonded with her good friend. He went on a business trip. Ipo said, "getting on plane". Rachael thought it was odd but she noted the time because a friend was coming over. Two weeks later she found out her friend had gotten on a plane at the moment on that day. Same bird lived here for a few days. We were going to see if she would live with me. (that story is posted and was sad but led me to my own birdling so all is well). Anyway, Racheal brought Ipo here to find her a new cage. I kept Ipo while she went shopping. Ipo said to me, "go for a ride?" I knew the above story so I called Racheal and sure enough, they had just bought the cage and set it up and were on their way over to pick up Ipo and take him home. Because of my breeders closed aviary, I didn't get to see Hawkins before he moved in. Each night I meditated on him, trying to visualize him. When we were in the car driving home, I would swear I felt this upwelling of love that wasn't my own, it was coming from him. (I had mine too). This example of course can't be tested as its purely subjective. But I have read a bunch lately on animals and telepathy and there seems to be a bunch of science behind it. Not all new age broohaha. And as Janfromboone says, it would be adaptive in the wild. Think about how a flock all get up and leave at the same time sometimes? Could be. Now maybe we can't get lottery numbers but its still an intriguing idea.

Hawkins first shower. He loved it. Thats my husband with him. He kept climbing up on husbands head so he could drink the water. <br><br>Post edited by: crossfit, at: 2010/04/08 22:47

When we took an ecotour on the Amazon river in February, we ate a lot of manioc. Its really yummy. We also got to see it being processed in one of the villages. Processing it is a family thing and families take pride in doing it well. A family that is good at making it just right will be able to sell it up and down the river and become somewhat wealthy. The toxic one is much better tasting than the nontoxic one, once the toxins are removed. Its a process that involves soaking, grinding, pressing, and roasting and is quite involved. good to know that the stuff in our breads is probably fine. I had wondered about that.

lol. I just posted a video of him eating all this on youtube at:

More pics: And having a feast while I unpack the weeks organic veggies fresh from the farm. He loves radishes. But why did he have to take only a single bite out of each one? Post edited by: crossfit, at: 2010/04/08 04:13<br><br>Post edited by: crossfit, at: 2010/04/08 04:14

my husband plays bass. He is working on a song right now based on a bird call he heard on our trip to the amazon. When its done I will get a link for you all.

Yep. I totally agree.

Woot. I took him out with me today. I had a meeting and then son had a birthday party. With Hawkins so new, I felt that would be too long alone - four to five hours. So I figured I would take him along. I have his carrier that I brought him home in and he is familiar with the car so that went well. But even better - He loves his aviator harness. The breeder socializes them very early with the harness and she knew I was going to use one so made sure of it with Hawkie. The last two days I have been doing the physical manipulations on his body that I would need to do to put the harness on to make sure he was happy with me doing it. Since he had no trouble with my sliding things over his face nor messing around with his chest or wings, I tried putting it on this morning. I was prepared to be unsuccessful as I would rather take no for his answer than traumatize him this early to it. Well, it was no trouble to put on. It took 2 minutes maximum. And he was a real love and had much more freedom because of it. He sat on my shoulder in my meeting chirping pleasantly on occasion and at son's friends birthday he enjoyed all the teens talking and even flew two feet to son's girlfriend. Luckily Megan, the girlfriend, knows birds and Greys so all she did was giggle and make herself into a safe landing platform. She was touched he liked her that much and since it was her birthday, Hawkins made her day that much more special. Now we are home and he is sleeping. It was a long day. He at a radish on the drive home. I had brought a number of foods as well as water with me but I picked up my organic food basket on the way home and he got to devour a radish. I am glad he likes them. I hate radishes and never know what to do with them when they show up in our food basket! I am so glad you all are bird people. It seems all I want to do is play with my bird or tell people about him.<br><br>Post edited by: crossfit, at: 2010/04/07 23:51

Red palm nuts are not available in the united states. Other types might be but mostly from local people who have palm trees. I would be leery of most of the trees in Southern California though as they are mostly ornamental and are thus sprayed heavily to keep them bug free.

Dan, I am celiac which means I can't eat gluten. Thus I have gluten free products at my house and no wheat, rye, or Barley. Actually, Oats don't have gluten. In the United States they are commonly raised as a second crop after wheat and the oats become cross contaminated. I eat imported oats with no problem. I generally try and keep all gluten containing products out of the house including the dog, cat, and bird food. But no, the birds are fine with gluten. Just me and my son aren't. I will find the source for the tapioca comment. I wasn't sure about that and wanted to dig deeper. I will also check with Hawkins vet on Friday when I take him for his first well bird visit.

Well, the verdict is in. All pizzas were good. Hawkins thought his were tasty after a few tentative bites. He wasn't too sure about how to eat the tortilla part. So far he seems a bit unsure about whether he can just pick something up and tear it apart. I assume he will figure that out pretty soon!

We are having pizza for dinner. I made four pizza's with gluten free crusts for the humans (if you go this route, check if the crusts have tapioca - parrots can't eat it). The last, and smallest pizza is really a corn tortilla on which I spread a tsp of red palm oil, then a tablespoon of pizza sauce, then on top of that I sprinkled teeny bits of pellets and topped it with a small amount of almond meal (ground up almonds) so it even looks like it has cheese! Now to see if they are any good.

I would think that wild flighted birds would be safe. I think our pet flighted birds inside a house are still inside something and therefore as likely to get hurt as in a cage. But it was an interesting article.

Lol. that was only one of four baskets of foot toys that I dumped out for him to play with. Right now he is sleeping. He knows all about you all. I told him on the drive home that people and Grey's all over the world knew he was coming home to me and were happy for us. :silly: We had a lovely day so far. I had to go out for a short time and when I came home he was so happy to see me. We had a little love fest for about 40 minutes. Towards the end I started mimicking one of his little noises and he picked up on the game and we said it back and forth to each other for quite a while. He is really an angel. I am so happy.

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He ate dinner with us tonight. I have a small perch set up in the kitchen and he ate from his bowl while we all ate from ours. I gave him some of my vegies as well. He was so polite. He does seem like a real toddler as he has fallen twice while trying to climb around his cage. However, since he hasn't been clipped he didn't land hard at all. He has had a few flights in the house. Mostly from me to one of his perches. He is clearly hesitant but his flying is much less clumsy than his climbing around. The dogs have gone through their excitement that he is here and are now all mellow. He is sleeping in his daytime cage. I will wake him in a bit to go play downstairs in our bedroom so he can get used to his sleep cage a bit before our official bedtime. I am so happy. Now to try and get these pics working.<br><br>Post edited by: crossfit, at: 2010/04/06 05:04

I was thinking it might be good to teach Emma the word "danger" so you don't have to snap at her again. I know it won't come up often but I had a lot of time to think about parrots today on my way to pick up Hawkins. I realized a word to use when something is really dangerous for them would make sense, something they know that they should just get away from whatever they are doing and then think about it.

Oh, I found this at that link and thought I should post it here for you all in case you notice tail feathers coming out:

I hope everything calms down. It was a weird day in California with a second smaller quake soon after in Northern California. The breeder today told me Hawkins had gotten really upset and chattered at her for a while at one point. I didn't think to ask about what time of day until I read this thread and remembered this link about parrots and earthquakes: http://www.africangreys.com/articles/other/earthquakes_parrots.html

I am home. My Hawkie is here. He is beautiful. Tina did a wonderful job with raising him to this point. I have some pictures but have to upload them later for you. I promise. He rode home in his pak o bird carrier on my son's lap and we talked and talked. Of course he doesn't use words yet but the sweetest chirps and chirrups I have ever heard. He was fascinated with me in particular and it was clear that I am his first human. He did think my son was cool though, especially when he whistled. When we got home I just put the carrier in the living room and opened it and let him come out on his own. He did so quite quickly. I bribed him though by putting out toys lol. That is when I got the picture so you all will see. He wandered around the living room for a while, had some water and food, checked out toys and us, and then I decided it was cage time. He had been falling asleep in the car and I figured he needed a rest. I gave him some warm bean mix in the house and he went to eating with a gusto then settled in for a while and we both napped. Now he is up on the top part of his cage where a lot of toys are and just exploring. He is really an angel but I have a strong suspicious he will have a fiesty personality as we gone on. More later when I get the pictures up. I am so happy

I am so sorry. My heart hearts for you. However, we know Phoenix is safe. When I read the thread title I was afraid one of your birds had flown or been stolen. This way you at least know Phoenix is alive. Maybe you can try and get visitation with Phoenix?

ten and half more hours. I am going to bed then early in the morning heading up to pick him up. I hope I can sleep!:woohoo:

just in case you couldn't tell, that was not my human voice. It was Alfie sending me thoughts to share with you long distance. California and ESP and all, Alfie thought I would be easier to reach than you directly.

Well. If I was Alfie, I would say that you should be very, very, worried. So much so that you either always take Alfie with you or never go out again.

These decks are both on upper levels of our house so there isn't a door to outside if I enclose it completely. The only door would be back into the house. If I don't do the complete larger deck, then I was thinking of doing one of those double door rooms I have seen on the aviary's at the San Diego Zoo.