cracker39 wrote:Kids today for the most part, find life boring without their walkman, playstation, computers, video games, DVDs, etc. Back then, we were never bored, and didn't have any of those things, because none of them had been invented yet. What we had to keep us busy was an imagination. We could stay busy, turning pieces of wood and cardboard boxes into cars, houses, or whatever. We made "telephones" out of tin cans and copper wire from an auto ignition solenoid that would keep us occupied for quite a while. We made wooden guns (HEAVEN FORBID) that shot rubber bands cut from tire tubes. We didn't depend on "things" bought for us, other than our bikes...we made most of our "toys" from whatever materials we found and that rarety these days...our imaginations.
Sorry to get off on such a tangent, and I know I showing my age, but I just resent some of what has been done in the name of progress.
Sorry Ira missed this til now, my roommate has a sun conure Spanky (he's 4) and is a bartender. One of her customers inherited a blue fronted amazon and didn't like birds so he gave her the bird. Paco is about 16 and still adjusting to us (we've had him about 3 months). Him and the cat who is also 16 don't get along but the dog Sidney ( she is 11) gets along with all.IraRat wrote:Bobgorilla wrote::I may not see certain animals, with a dog, cat, parrot, and conure anything that is the least bit shy probably doesnt get within 100 yards!
What kind of parrot, Bob? I have an African Grey (Congo), Cockatiel, and 6 lovebirds in the backyard who FINALLY stopped having babies!
We're pretty lucky in Florida when it comes to the wild birds—I love 'em. My favorite "sightings" are of purple galinules (really colorful glades bird), and once, I saw a flock of wood storks feasting on bugs (I guess) on some freshly landscaped ground. (They're either endangered or threatened.)
Tons of woodpeckers, hawks, cardinals, bluejays, herons, ibises, and there are a lot of eagles, mostly Golden, I think, down in the Keys.
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