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catbyte

(34,373 posts) Wed Jul 15, 2020, 06:25 PM Jul 2020

Marvelous facts about macaws.

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Marvelous facts about macaws. (Original Post) catbyte Jul 2020 OP

K&R & thanks. nt tblue37 Jul 2020 #1

My African Grey North Shore Chicago Jul 2020 #2

Have you read the book by Alex's trainer? Fascinating...she and an assistant would have a Karadeniz Jul 2020 #4

+1 North Shore Chicago Jul 2020 #5

I love macaws. grumpyduck Jul 2020 #3

I worked with Exotics, and I have lived with a blue-fronted Amazon, Dem2theMax Jul 2020 #6

tblue37

(65,328 posts)

1. K&R & thanks. nt

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 07:08 PM

Jul 2020

North Shore Chicago

(3,312 posts)

2. My African Grey

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 07:16 PM

Jul 2020

seems so dull in comparison. LOL

Just joking Chloe, we love you!

Karadeniz

(22,506 posts)

4. Have you read the book by Alex's trainer? Fascinating...she and an assistant would have a

Reply to North Shore Chicago (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 11:23 PM

Jul 2020

Conversation in front of Alex to help him figure things out. When she got a second gray to train, Alex would give him the wrong answers on purpose!

North Shore Chicago

(3,312 posts)

5. +1

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 11:28 PM

Jul 2020

grumpyduck

(6,232 posts)

3. I love macaws.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 07:53 PM

Jul 2020

Got to know one pretty well in Montreal about twenty years ago.

Dem2theMax

(9,650 posts)

6. I worked with Exotics, and I have lived with a blue-fronted Amazon,

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2020, 05:47 AM

Jul 2020

a yellow collared macaw, and two African grey parrots.

There's one thing very wrong with that video. It was way too quiet. Not nearly enough screaming and squawking for my taste. That's half the fun of being around them. All the noise!

I love birds.

And when you see their eyes dilate like they do in that video, keep your fingers away from their beaks! That's the bird version of a cat putting his ears back and flat against his head. You know what's coming when a cat does that. 😾

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