Socrates07 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Socrates, my Grey, and I live with Guido, a Senegal, Pepper, a budgie, Rob & Laura, a breeding pair of Cockatiels, and Hy and Cynthia, hopefully a breeding pair of Hyacinth Macaws. I'm semi-retired and work part time at The African Grey, a bird store here in Denver. After being a paralegal for 15 years, I decided I much prefer birds to lawyers. Socrates, the Grey and Guido, the Senegal are with me all of the time. Socrates is an amazing bird. He really does know what I'm saying and will comment accordingly. I'm very happy to have found this forum. You have already been such a big help. Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Welcome to our Family! I look forward to pictures!!:woohoo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Hello Socrates and welcome to the family, so glad you could join us and we look forward to hearing more about you and Socrates. To tell you the truth I would prefer almost anything to lawyers but I know you are having the time of your life and you have quite a flock. I am impressed that you have two hyacinth macaws, you have the gentle giants as we call them, I bet they are beautiful. We are glad we could be of help but then that is what we are here for and please do read thru our many threads for lots of useful information and do ask questions you may have and we will help you in any way we can. If you have some pictures of Socrates you would like to share with us we would love to see him and we have an other birds room where you can share some of the other birds you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates07 Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 I will include pictures as soon as I figure out how to do that!! Thanks for your responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 If you go to the Photography room, there are 2 tutorials that will help you in posting photo's here. We LOVE to see pictures!! B) Also, check out the "Grey Owner What do you look like" thread. It has photo's of many of our members brave enough to post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Thanks Penny, you beat me to the punch!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
she Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Hi and welcome.You have quite a flock.I would love to own a hyacinth Macaw,they are such captivating birds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyric Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Hello Socrates07, welcome here! Sounds like you have an interesting variety of birds in your flock- I bet it keeps you entertained (and very busy cleaning and entertaining them all too!). How old is Socrates? It would be very cool if you could get your hyacinths to breed- are they tame too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Welcome Socrates and Flock!! It sounds like a zoo there..... How long have you had Socrates? Looking forward to hearing more and seeing those photos when you get a chance. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Welcome to the forum, as a retired paralegal myself, I can relate to your preference. You have such a variety of fids, I envy you. I would love to have a Hyacinth. I hope to see some pictures of Socrates and your other flock members. Can't to hear more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates07 Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 We are guessing that Socrates is about 4-5 years old. He adopted me in 2007. He does not have a band so hatch information is missing. The hyacinths are not tame, but they are tolerant of me and will occasionally take a nut from my hand (giant risk I know). They are absolutely majestic birds. I feel so fortunate to be able to be around them. That's part of the reason for the exhaustive search for palm nuts. Thank you also for the tips on adding pictures. I will work on that as soon as I get a chance. Thank you all again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazyAK Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Socrates07: Good choice. I never went as far as you. I dropped out of law school to become a commercial fisherman in Alaska and bird owner. Welcome to the place of many grey lovers. You will find many bird educated people here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates07 Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 Being a commercial fisherman in Alaska must be quite a challenge!!! It's certainly harder than being in the legal field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PekingeseMama Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I would simply LOVE your job! (Not the one with the lawyers, but the one with the birds! ) Welcome to the forum, you're going to love it here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazyAK Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Socrates: Definitely hard work and long hours filled with stress. Sounds like being a lawyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyj Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Hello Socs welcome to the madhouse lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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