Author Topic: More of our lovebirds (Read 39089 times)

madelaide · « **on:** November 30, 2008, 20:12 »

Paula seems upset in the little cage she is sharing with her brother Antônio, who is recovering from a wound in his foot.

[youtube]http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=SVg3n8PP3qs[/youtube]

Ain't she cute?

Regards,
Adelaide

PS: In YouTube there is a high quality version:

<a href="http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=SVg3n8PP3qs" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=SVg3n8PP3qs</a>

vonkara · « **Reply #1 on:** November 30, 2008, 20:30 »

PS: It's pretty good in high quality, which camera did you used?

madelaide · « **Reply #2 on:** November 30, 2008, 20:59 »

Vonkara,

I use my Canon Powershot A620.

Regards,
Adelaide

litifeta · « **Reply #3 on:** November 30, 2008, 23:26 »

lovely things aren't they

shank_ali · « **Reply #4 on:** December 01, 2008, 02:54 »

parrot and chips washed down with a nice cup of tea

madelaide · « **Reply #5 on:** December 06, 2008, 23:17 »

[youtube]http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx427m_ee8M[/youtube]

<a href="http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx427m_ee8M" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx427m_ee8M</a>

Another one. These two adorable things moved today to a friend's relative. Available at high res in YouTube.

Regards,
Adelaide

stormchaser · « **Reply #6 on:** December 06, 2008, 23:46 »

The yellow one is just adorable. Have never seen a yellow one before. Have seen peach color, never yellow.

I also watched Curious Eduardo on YT - just precious

vonkara · « **Reply #7 on:** December 06, 2008, 23:47 »

shank_ali · « **Reply #8 on:** December 07, 2008, 02:01 »

The bird would look better if Long John Silver was in the video also. IMO

madelaide · « **Reply #9 on:** December 07, 2008, 12:25 »

Stormchaser,

These are more light green than yellow. The dark green ones are indeed more common. Eduardo was a lutino, a type of albino condition, but not so rare as we had 3 lutinos out of 19 chicks born from this couple. You can see more of them here:

<a href="http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=qwoHwefnA2o" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=qwoHwefnA2o</a>

Dimas and Edwiges are the lutinos in this video. Eduardo was sent to my nephew, but he died one week later, apparently due to the stress of the trip.

Vonkara,

I don't have their photos in micros. Most of them were shot in ISO200, as I didn't want to disturb them with strong light. I plan to have some of them as posters - I think they would do well for childrens room decoration.
http://www.imagekind.com/showartwork.aspx?IMID=161cce86-7ffd-4e7d-ac6c-54f38be59371
Hey, watermarks disappeared in Imagekind!!!

Regards,
Adelaide

JillLang · « **Reply #10 on:** December 07, 2008, 14:24 »

I've always loved lovebirds. They are sweet birds!

Gotta show my grey.... This is "Look out for the Cat".

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOOyZr2DkAc[/youtube]

madelaide · « **Reply #11 on:** December 07, 2008, 15:06 »

Jill, I didn't know this kind of parrot. Unfortunately lovebirds can't speak.

Regards,
Adelaide

JillLang · « **Reply #12 on:** December 07, 2008, 16:03 »

Lovebirds are very sweet little birds. The ones I handle at our local store are very gentle. They are babies or young birds used to being handled.

Greys are very good talkers.

madelaide · « **Reply #13 on:** December 07, 2008, 16:19 »

Jill,

If you take the lovebirds chicks from their parents at a very early stage, and then feed them, they become "domesticated". You still have to cut some wing feathers though, otherwise they may fly.

A friend of mine who took two of ours cut their wing feathers and they now walk and make only a few jumps, enough to play on her garden when she releases them once a week. This was more a preventive measure, as she has a 8-y.o. daughter who might eventually pick them in the cage and accidently let them loose.

I thought of cutting wing feathers of one or two of ours and keep them outside, but I find it a bit unfair with them, although they grow again. I prefer to set them free in a room once in a while, where they can fly free for some minutes, then when they get tired I catch them and put them back in their cage, which is big enough to allow them flap their wings a bit.

Regards,
Adelaide

stormchaser · « **Reply #14 on:** December 08, 2008, 20:08 »

OMG that carrot leaves video is hysterical because of the music. Good choice!

Sorry to hear about little Eduardo. So sad.

madelaide · « **Reply #15 on:** December 08, 2008, 21:00 »

Stromchaser,

He was the sweetest thing and a couple of times he slept on my hand when he was still young. After he left, I took Luciano as my favourite.

It's hard not to get attached to them, and it hurts a bit to see them leave. We only give them in pairs, so they hve company.

Regards,
Adelaide

stormchaser · « **Reply #16 on:** December 09, 2008, 13:24 »

I find the lovebirds to be very social, and I think one of the distinctions of this variety is if they are single, they feel out of place. I would never take a single, only a pair.

My brother has a very noisy Quaker parrot, and he is a bird that is very cage aggressive. My brother tried to introduce another bird, ad Elvis, the cage inhabitant, would have none of it

He is a fun bird though, knows a lot of dirty words ha ha. He likes homemade breakfast waffles and will will become very noisy if they are made. Silly thing will want a seat at the breakfast table if they are made, then he has his snack and is off for a long nap. He is really the strangest little bird ever.

madelaide · « **Reply #17 on:** December 14, 2008, 21:13 »

[youtube]http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=pIalQNJ_sJ8[/youtube]

Just like my nephews, our lovebirds destroy their toys in seconds.

Available in high quality at YouTube:

<a href="http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=pIalQNJ_sJ8" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=pIalQNJ_sJ8</a>

Regards,
Adelaide

madelaide · « **Reply #18 on:** February 23, 2009, 21:59 »

Two new videos.

Tails in fury:
Valentine's Day:

Both available also at high resolution.

Regards,
Adelaide

madelaide · « **Reply #19 on:** June 07, 2009, 17:50 »

Lovebirds feel cold.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FToNTrl3vXk[/youtube]

madelaide · « **Reply #20 on:** June 30, 2009, 17:04 »

Two more videos of our lovebirds. Click on the links to go to the site, where you will have an option for high quality broadcasting.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX8-A8erfMc[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okMHqY-dC2w[/youtube]

madelaide · « **Reply #21 on:** July 12, 2009, 20:54 »

New one, yesterday I gave them a strawberry.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU7goVTRSAU[/youtube]

Adeptris · « **Reply #22 on:** July 13, 2009, 02:42 »

I was watching one of your clips, and I heard a voice from the other room, "I can hear them birds having a go, but I cannot see them in the garden!"

LOL

madelaide · « **Reply #23 on:** July 13, 2009, 16:00 »

They are very noisy. When I get one of them in my hands, I often show them videos, and they get a bit wild hearing others, or even themselves.

MatHayward · « **Reply #24 on:** August 11, 2009, 16:23 »

I love Lovebirds! When I was in Tanzania last year there were thousands of Fischers Lovebirds everywhere! For the most part I was camping in a tent and would see them in massive flocks flying from tree to tree in the distance. One night I stayed at a very nice resort, sitting on my porch I poured a glass of wine and within 5 minutes I had about a hundred sitting all around me on the rail of the patio. I just sat still and loved every minute of it!

Here's a shot I grabbed later of a group that found some water in a rock.

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