I dont remember all the details...but a lost ad was placed in the paper, someone cut it out and saved it, then later found grey in the yard, remembered the ad,...
well thank you angela. I am curious to find out how much of what I remembered is accurate! amy ... it, ... ad, ... is ... a ... being ... too....well ... her ...
... Why do you think the people kept an ad for a lost Grey for two years???? Do you think maybe they had the bird since it was originally lost, and their...
janet, I dunno. I dont know the details matter anymore, or if they ever did. I think in any case gods hand was in it. who among us that have lost a beloved ...
... I think is is wrong for us to encourage people to hold out hope for the recovery of a long lost bird. There comes a time when the owner needs closure....
Living in that state of searching for your bird is absolute Hell. There comes a time when these grieving owners need to just let go for their own long-term...
life keeps rolling right along whether we want it to or not. but we still watch the sky, still follow up on ads, still wait and wonder. if my lost one surfaced...
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Amy -- I like your sentiment but it possibly not being the same bird is kind of a big detail to overlook. Perhaps someone else is still looking frantically? ...
It looks as if I am going to be able to buy a camera. A nice SLR camera, not one of those pocket point and shoots. Can someone help me with models and lens...
If your lenses are truly interchangeable (we thought that with my Canon and yet ended up not so) that is a HUGE factor on the plus side for Nikon. Ask the...
This might not be exactly what you're looking for, but here are my two cents. I've got pictures of Leo from 3 different digital cameras, as follows: Canon EOS...
... or you could get ticket to australia and look out my window. i see plenty of flocks every day. its not uncommon to see empty ovals with at least twenty...
... Now you guys are really turning the screws! Both of those are just about my top 2 places to go.... /emily PS: What's an oval Scott? [Non-text portions of...
We've had a number of discussions here about how animals have been shown to prefer "working for food". Can anyone provide any credible references for this? ...
This quote from Dr Susan Friedman has some references in it: Another relevant line of research is the free food phenomenon, also known as contrafreeloading....
Hi Sid, As I was in Dijon and had the pleasure - was able to, see Dr Susan Friedman myself and her presentation, I tought afterwards, really how imprortant it...
Thank you very much! And now that you've reminded me of the proper term, contrafreeloading, I can continue on with my own research. /emily [Non-text portions...
... The problem is that most of the sources are very esoteric and difficult to follow for the layperson. Susan's summary is the best I've seen yet for those...
Emily, That paper was published in 1986 in the journal "Animal Behavior" and the credit show Plymouth University, UK. The citation I have is: "Inglis and...
Hi Emily, LOL! I think you are just doing fine! for a """"layperson" I regard myself as such very much btw.... ! read every thing you come across please...
Sid,,, does it show """""where"""" the Study took place in the Paper? As I'm then, better eqiupped to help find it...UVOP LOL that sure rings a bell here LOL...
IF anyone is interested in anecdotes about working for food, I've seen this many times with my two Greys . They have food in their cage bowls. The cage is...
Hi Dot, let me ask one question please... Why do you say... """"> This isnt learned behaviour but something they will do spontaneously. ... Ok me here.... if...
... pulled ... Hi Susan No, not yet. Unhappily I cannot see any regrowth. But he is bravely flying more and more. The landing skills are very poor. He hops...
... Hi Isabel, this sounds very normal. They really need those wings for landing and maneuvering. My little Stumpy M2 has one long, lonely feather shaft on...
