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Published: 2010-07-18 21:04:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 482; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 15
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Lanner Falcon(Falco biarmicus) sitting out on it's block at Trotters World of Animals.Not quite sure what it was going to do but whatever it was, it clearly required it to lift a foot XD
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I adore Falcons. This is a wonderful photo, I love that the eyes are so clear. Falcons are one of my favorites because of their eyes.
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I love them too! There's always an air of grace and seriousness aroung these birds - I think it's, as you said, their eyes.
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Looks like it's just relaxing. Birds lift one foot and tuck it into their belly feathers to regulate their body temperature when they relax. 
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I thought it was something like that.
I love birds too but I'm better at identiflying birds because I don't own one I'm not so good on behaviour.
But I think my parents are going to let me have one for my birthday. I'm thinking about getting a Cockatiel.
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Cockatiels, budgies and lovebirds are good first-time birds. My first-time bird was a cockatiel. I still have him. He's seven years old this year.
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Awwh ^^.
I'm thinking Cockatiel or Budgie.
But the question is one or two?
If I get budgies I'd probably get two but I don't know if I'd be allowed two 'tiels cause they're more expensive.
I also saw some Rosellas in a local petshop, they're very pretty but I'm rather sure they're not good first-time buys.
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Rosellas can be hand aggressive, especially if the babies were parent-raised rather than hand-fed. But even then, rosellas can be aggressive. Rosellas definitely need an experienced hand. If you get a budgie, I'd suggest getting two because if you can't spend a lot of time with a single bird, it'll get lonely and bored and may resort to screeching for attention (which from a small bird can be surprisingly loud) or feather plucking. If you can't spend a lot of time with a single bird (of any kind), I strongly suggest getting two so they can keep each other company. But also make sure they've already been housed together and are still housed together, because you don't want any fights.
I also very strongly suggest not going to a pet store, but a breeder. Animals from pet stores are more often than not pretty poorly cared for because the employees don't have a clue what they're doing, and don't give the animals the attention they need or proper nutrition...which is why you see a lot of parrots in pet stores that either look too skinny or too fat, and appear desperate for contact. I can't go into pet stores because all the birds I see look so depressed and forlorn that I end up leaving in tears and wanting to strangle every employee... So I really suggest you look for a local breeder of the bird you want and talk with them.
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I'v heard of Rosellas aggresion since then and they aren't really the kind of bird I'm looking for.
If I get budgies I'll certainly get two but I think, if anything, it'll be a Cockatiel. I can only get one but I can spend 3+ hours everyday with it out of the cage.
There are a two one-off petshops near me one is part of an animal park, takes in rescues, is very knowledgable of correct care and is in contact with a breeder. And the other specilaises in hand-raised birds and their proper care, it will only sell pairs of some species such as lovebirds and budgies and cares for it's birds.
I'm still unsure if I'm going to be getting a bird as we're thinking carefully about it first.
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I spent over a year thinking about it and discussing it with my parents, before I visited a small, family-owned exotic pet store local to my area that takes in rescues and sells the babies of their own breeding pairs of exotics (snakes, lizards, fish, birds), as well as being in contact with multiple breeders. I got my cockatiel from them. I picked him out when he was still being hand-fed. I knelt down beside their display pen and he came waddling over to me. He actually picked me, so I got him. 
I still visit that exotic pet store if I can, because they moved to Sandy, which is an hour away from me but closer to the owners' home.
I also have a Jenday conure. I got him in 2005, when he was 4 years old. I adopted him from a woman who couldn't care for him properly anymore, so he's my first rehomed bird.
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Sounds like a great shop.
It so cute when animals pick you to take them home, that's what our dog did. I hope that'll happen if I get a bird.
Aww, Jenday Conures are so cute and it's really kind to rehome a bird.
So that'd make him about 9 atm.
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Yeah, he's 9. He's a sweetie, when he wants to be. >_> He's a noisy brat most of the time.
I had a blue-headed Pionus before I got my conure...I brought him home in 2004, when he was weaned. He picked me, too. I sat down at the table next to the bin that he and his siblings were all in, and he wobbled over to me, so I picked him. In June 2005, when he was just barely a year old, I took him outside for some sun and he got spooked and flew away. A couple weeks later I met my conure's owner and brought him home the following weekend.
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Awwh, I'm sure he just likes messing around XD.
I'm sorry to hear about your Blue-headed Pionus, it must have been devastating to have him disappeare like that.
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It was... Been five years this past June, and no sign of him. I still cry about it every now and then, but the break in my heart left by his disappearance has mostly healed since Tipsy (conure) came into my life. It still bleeds, though...
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I know the feeling, when you lose someone close to you(human or otherwise) the feeling of loss never entirely goes away.
At least you have you're little Tipsy, thats an adorable name by the way XD
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Becky (his previous owner) got him as a baby and named him that because whenever he would walk, he would tip over. XD
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Awwwh, that's cute ^w^
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