deejStuff Is Here!! (Part Four!)

[FranC]

Maybe Poeia can tell us what this is a picture of...

(Spoiler: The tip of the tail is actually a foot)

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Pretty bird..........

 

[TravTech]

I was going to say a scarlet macaw with a very weird head.
That's pretty cool.

Yeah the head and tail are a little off, but when I first saw it I fell for it too. Just thought maybe the owner did some sort of custom feather trimming or something, to give it a unique look.

But this being the internet, I thought this surely can't just be what it looks like. I was looking pretty hard for any indication it was a person, but couldn't really distinguish anything.

After seeing the article and limb positioning, it becomes a lot more clear.

 

[JoanJ]

I think the most beautiful bird I have ever seen was a Lilac Macaw at the aviary in Pittsburgh PA.

 

[Poeia]

Yeah the head and tail are a little off, but when I first saw it I fell for it too. Just thought maybe the owner did some sort of custom feather trimming or something, to give it a unique look.

But this being the internet, I thought this surely can't just be what it looks like. I was looking pretty hard for any indication it was a person, but couldn't really distinguish anything.

After seeing the article and limb positioning, it becomes a lot more clear.

Head feathers are very short. You couldn't puff them up like a poodles. Neck feathers fluff well. There is a Hawk Parrot. When it spreads it's neck feathers, it really looks like a bird of prey. Annabella could do an impressive neck ruff when agitated. I've never seen Poeia do it -- I guess it's not a conure thing.

 

[Poeia]

I think the most beautiful bird I have ever seen was a Lilac Macaw at the aviary in Pittsburgh PA.

Sounds really pretty.

I just googled it. They're Hyacinth Macaws -- probably a mutation. I adore Hyacinths but I wouldn't want one as a pet. They weigh around 3 pounds. They are the largest flighted parrot there is.

 

[JoanJ]

Sounds really pretty.

I just googled it. They're Hyacinth Macaws -- probably a mutation. I adore Hyacinths but I wouldn't want one as a pet. They weigh around 3 pounds. They are the largest flighted parrot there is.

No, it was a Hyacinth Macaw... I got my flowers mixed up again He was young when we were there last and they were acclimating him to people in the lobby. As a greeter of sorts but not allowed to touch. LOL

 

[Poeia]

No, it was a Hyacinth Macaw... I got my flowers mixed up again He was young when we were there last and they were acclimating him to people in the lobby. As a greeter of sorts but not allowed to touch. LOL

With those beaks, you wouldn't want to touch one you didn't know very well. Annabella was a Yellow-Collar Macaw. That's one of the minis, they have the long tail and the white eyepatch but are much, much smaller. She could crack open a duck bone in less than a minute. A Hyacinth wouldn't have any trouble with a turkey leg bone (or a human one.)

 

[JoanJ]

I remember the handler giving it a coconut and it managed to crack it open. Just looked them up online and the pictures just don't do it justice. May need to trek up there and see them again this summer.

 

[FranC]

Good evening,folks

 

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[CES]

Good morning y'all

Hyacinth McCaws sound like very impressive parrots!

 

[FranC]

Good morning,CES

 

[CES]

Good morning in here, Fran

Happy St Pat's day y'all

 

[FranC]

Same to you,CES

 

[TravTech]

Howdy Clowder! Happy Irish get drunk and party day!

 

[FranC]

Morning,Trav

 

[JoanJ]

 

[TravTech]

Gesundheit!



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