1. How long have you been a
member of the Catskill Exotic Bird Club?Since it began
2. How
many birds do you currently own?
2 in the house; 2 walking around
outside; 1 flying around basically wild to everyone
except me
3. List the species of each of
your birds and the birds' names.
| African Grey |
|
Firetail |
|
|
Umbrella Cockatoo |
|
Yo-Yo |
| 2 Peafowl |
|
No Names |
|
|
Crow |
|
VooDoo |
4. Which species
that you have owned or currently own is your favorite?
Least favorite?
| Favorite: Crow |
Least: That is
like asking which of your kids is your least
favorite |
5. If you were
to buy another bird, which species would you buy?
African Grey
6. At what age did you acquire
your first bird?
0 - 9 years
7. What do you feed your
bird(s)?
House birds get pellets and people
food. Peafowls get dog kibble, corn, and game pellets.
Crow gets Eukanuba Dog Kibbles, hard-boiled eggs, and
whatever else I have.
8. Describe the funniest
encounter that you had with one of your birds.
About 20 years ago, the crow I had
raised, named Quetzal, was playing with the laundry that
I had hung out on the clothesline - pinching off the
clothespins, yanking off socks, etc. (Yes, they do
respond to their name. The most awesome experience is to
see crows flying overhead, call "your" crow by
name, and have that bird leave the others and come
straight to you and land on your shoulder). Anyway, I
suddenly realized Quetzal was flying off with one sock of
my son's only pair of black dress socks that he had to
wear that evening. Quetzal took the sock to the top of
the tall dead tree, which was his usual stashing place
for that sort of prize! Well, this crow's favorite treat
was the cheese filling in a Katz's Pineapple-Cheese
Coffee Cake...thank goodness I had some in the kitchen.
So, I got a piece, came out by where Quetzal was still
playing with the sock in the tree. I could not show him
his treat yet because he would leave the sock and come to
me. I had to patiently wait until Quetzal finally decided
to take the sock somewhere else and then show him what I
had. So, when he was flying, carrying the sock, and saw
his favorite food that I had in my hand, he dropped the
sock and came straight for the cheesecake piece. Because
the piece was so big, I was able to run to the sock
before he could race me back to it!
9. What advice would you give
to a first-time bird owner?
Learn all you can before
you get the bird...except that you haven't a clue as to
what you ought to know. So, you should have someone
available who does
know.
Thank you Mary for
sharing with us!
