Not nearly enough threads about birds! (warning, tons of pictures)

wow amazing birds!! my faves were the hawks, canaries and hyacinths!! i love them :)

WOW Falcons and Owls! Very nice, I had a Panamaian Amazon for about 20 years (since childhood) and since then I have children of my own who I started off on African Greys. We have 2 (a pair of TAGs, different bloodlines) and ever since my daughter was born... Since then we had the unique pleasure of breeding 2 more into our collection. One of which my mother in law has and another we keep here (total of 3). They sure do keep us busy, but I must say it is our pleasure!

Here is a picture of my baby girl Juliet on my wife at roughly 6 months...

http://www.jkexotics.com/images/bird.jpg

Thanks for the pictures, they're gorgeous. What is Annie?

Wow this is old..

I want a parrot again. I need a new best friend! :tears:

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Originally Posted by spottysnake

Thanks for the pictures, they're gorgeous. What is Annie?

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Annie is an elderly red tail hawk. She's nearly blind but pretty sweet for a hawk.
YouTube - Annie 7/18/08

Thanks! Gee I feel stupid, I need to get better at that for sure ;) WOW, she certainly accepts that petting in an unorthodox way for birds of prey! I wonder, does she actually *enjoy* it? was she putting her head like a parrot to solicit it? Did she have some kind of brain trauma that put her in that facility? sorry for all the questions, I'm such a skeptic :P

She was found as a juvenile in someone's backyard wearing jesses. She was never released because she was imprinted on people. As far as she's concerned, she's one of us. For the last 21+ years of her life, she's seen people every day working in close proximity. She has no mental deficiencies that we're aware of, just enjoys people. She's pretty chatty too if you heard the audio. I like to get a conversation going with her. LOL She will put her head down to have the feathers ruffled, although she doesn't appear to enjoy it as much as the parrots do.