Great pics.

I grew up with dog buddies, tropical fish and parakeets my mother approved of (and just about everything wild in the Rockies I brought home that she didn't). But I have not had a dog living with me since the late 70's. Shana, my German Shorthaired Pointer (Shana Madel Braumeister) and Sniffles (Wei Tu Ta Tiffen) my ex's Pekingese were the last. My most recent pals have all been feathered ones.
Skipper - White-eyed Conure (Northern South America). I had raised him from the nest. He died a couple of years ago, was 31 years old.
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Binks - Sun Conure (Northeastern South America). Another my ex and I hand raised. When we divorced he went to live with her (I later heard he had died when he was 11 years old?).
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Bandit - Meyers Parrot (sub-Saharan Africa). Last one I hand raised. Next month he will be 13 years old. In captivity he could live as long as another 40 years. Since I am very near the end of my trail I made arrangements for him to live with a nice young couple who adores him and can out live him.
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Now days during every summer I share inside my place with uninvited Arizona Bark Scorpions as 'pets'. So far I have not been stung here, but in the dark of night at home I have stepped on dozens of them with bare feet and brushed one off a wall with a bare shoulder. Growing up in the SW as a very avid outdoors person my getting scorpion stings were common, but with those species no worse that a Bumble Bee sting. But when I was in my early 30's one of these got me while visiting Phoenix. It was not a pleasant experience, reaffirmed what had been said that their sting is legendary. But while they can be dangerous for infants and the elderly only a very few people have ever died from their stings.
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