Greetings Shinies.
Wonderful picturesyes, all cockatoos
cockatiels being the smallest. They travel in large flocks through arid and desert areas
corellas are bigger, live in coastal areas down south
i also get yellow tailed black cockatoos, sulphur crested cockatoos, and an occasional gang gang cockatoo locally
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Thanks I lurk sometimes but usually I’m just super busy. we’re good and that’s only one family of bunnies I hang with. I have about 7 or 8 families of bunnies I am close to including the buns at my house.Hey mate. Good to see you again. I was wondering how you and the bunnies are doing. Gees you're one big family now I see
Welcome back buddy.
If Nikola Tesla vaped, he would use A.C. for sure, Westinghouse on the other hand....Since you can't have a frosty day and a new white mod, without taking a photo:
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If anyone's on the fence with getting this mod - here's my thoughts on it:
Handfeel is brilliant, whether you thumb or finger fire. It's lightweight, but still feels solid and sturdy. Battery life is hard to tell, as it's barely left my hand. But it does seem on par with my Mixxes, and it fires just as fast too.
I'd happily buy another one, even without the F0 technology. As for F0 mode - I absolutely love it. It's such a simple idea to use AC power instead of DC, and I'm glad Innokin came up with it.
I'm definitely going to need some more z80s![]()
I see that @Doffy has answered that on the money.
I know people all over the world keep Australian parrots of various types in cages - the cockatiel a case in point - but if they ever saw them in the wild they may re-think that. These birds need large social groups to thrive and travel great distances in their natural state. To keep a bird like that in a cage or even "free" in an indoor setting (usually with wings clipped) is cruel.
Budgies are another great example. They are also parrots native to inland Australia. I've been lucky enough to see vast clouds of them in the outback.
Just last Easter I was sitting quietly alone in favourite spot in far NW NSW (very remote - nearest neighbour about 30KM away), when a small family group of about 50 budgies buzzed down and had a drink at the gilgai (watering hole) not twenty feet away. I sat perfectly still in the shade and watched them drink and noisily socialise. Colourful, clever, busy and beautiful.
Galahs live in large groups too and once they mate, like many birds they keep the same partner for life. In their case as long as 80 years. More than once I've seen the sad sight of one of a pair sitting at the side of its road-killed partner, gently nudging and cajoling the lifeless body.
Sulfur-crested cockatoos have a very large brain size/body mass ratio and are renowned for their intelligence and sense of fun. Watching a group of cockies swing upside down off the power lines, clowning around and playing chicken with passing cars, never gets boring. These are smart, problem-solving animals that should never be kept as pets for the pleasure of their human owner.
Doesn't matter if they are bred in captivity, the practice is barbaric.
Pretty ironic there's a brand, Teslacigs, that uses DC.If Nikola Tesla vaped, he would use A.C. for sure, Westinghouse on the other hand....![]()
He judged that I judged that judging is a concept that can be judged to be useful in any kind of judgement situationI think the judge and jury is in recess due to the difficulty in judging whether judging is what actually was judgement in this adjudication
Maybe god knows![]()
Mine were ALL rescues. From people who just didn't want to be bothered caring for them
nothing better than a custom mod. I love it!
Love the birdy pics, PigsAgain apologies for the blurry cellphone camera.
Another two of Zazie's friends on the cherry tree just now. Adult kookaburra with last year's chick.
Frog pond larder just out of sight below.
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How wonderful he played such a huge part in your family. I think people would agree that birds in captivity cannot survive in the wild, so you have given him the best life possible and it seems he's pretty happy. Do you have any pictures?On birds... I don’t feel guilty for having my little Jesse bird. He was born in captivity, and he would have ended up in somebody’s home, and I like to think he got lucky to end up here.
He was my daughter’s constant companion. Every second she was awake and not in school, he rode around atop her head. He taught her to be gentle and compassionate. He was a wonderful companion for an introverted child, and I think he brought her out of her shell (no pun intended).
He was the only pet my kids had that I never had to tell them to feed or take care of. I only kept him after she moved out because she couldn’t bring him.
All the kids in the family have loved to visit Jesse, and they have enjoyed learning about cockatiels and other birds, and I think gained a great appreciation for nature. My granddaughters adore him and I think he’s the reason they like to sit on the porch and ask me about all the birds we see.
We don’t have wild parrots here, and most people don’t give a thought to our native birds, they don’t realize how cool and interesting and brilliant they are. Jesse showed these kids that birds are cool.
So it’s sad that he lost out on flying free, but he played an important role. There are a bunch of kids who are and will be more concerned with the environment and caring for all the creatures in the world, thanks to one little bird.
He’ll be 22 this thanksgiving.
I LOVE this story and what an amazing bird Jesse is. So what if he did not get to fly free. I bet other birds would trade that for being so loved by a family of their ownOn birds... I don’t feel guilty for having my little Jesse bird. He was born in captivity, and he would have ended up in somebody’s home, and I like to think he got lucky to end up here.
He was my daughter’s constant companion. Every second she was awake and not in school, he rode around atop her head. He taught her to be gentle and compassionate. He was a wonderful companion for an introverted child, and I think he brought her out of her shell (no pun intended).
He was the only pet my kids had that I never had to tell them to feed or take care of. I only kept him after she moved out because she couldn’t bring him.
All the kids in the family have loved to visit Jesse, and they have enjoyed learning about cockatiels and other birds, and I think gained a great appreciation for nature. My granddaughters adore him and I think he’s the reason they like to sit on the porch and ask me about all the birds we see.
We don’t have wild parrots here, and most people don’t give a thought to our native birds, they don’t realize how cool and interesting and brilliant they are. Jesse showed these kids that birds are cool.
So it’s sad that he lost out on flying free, but he played an important role. There are a bunch of kids who are and will be more concerned with the environment and caring for all the creatures in the world, thanks to one little bird.
He’ll be 22 this thanksgiving.