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Pet Parrot Picnic

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:57 pm
by Datsun and Family
Well our day was fantastic! Weather was perfect, not too hot or sunny but no wind or rain. Datsun had a wonderful time, she chatted away and wowed everyone with her natural charms and cuteness :wink: Audi was a bit overwhelmed with all the BIG birds around, cant really blame him he was the smallest parrot there!

Now on to the piccies!

This was a gentleman playing a barrel organ which was over a hundred years old. He played throughout the day, sitting on the attatched perch is Chaquita, a 5 year old Harlequin Macaw.
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This is the stunning female Eclectus sitting next to us the whole day, she was such a poser, I couldnt resist a photo shoot!
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This is Tango a B&G Macaw who has a beak deformity, it grows too long and twists so she has to have expensive surgery every year to correct it. She is such a sweet girl.
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This is James and I talking to some people about Ringnecks and Lovebirds, so many people were interested to know how we had tamed them and taught Dats to talk. Simple answer, we didnt teach her to talk she just wanted to communicate with us and, well, they are tame because we handle them.... LOTS!
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This is James' little sister Lisa about to enter an egg and spoon race, only one catch... you have to be holding a bird! Datsun hung on for dear life!
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Chaquita and Tango with their Mums.
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Close up of Chaquita, isnt she beautiful!?!
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This is Oscar, he is 3 months old and is a Ringneck crossed with a Moustache. He was really confident, just ran up to me and chewed on my toes! He is quite a spunky wee guy!
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Datsun and Oscar made friends quite early in the day, they were so cute together. They played on the ground for a while, playing chasey mostly :roll:
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Then lastly another one of the stunning miss Chaquita, star of the show and a real darling. I was in love!!!
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So that was this years picnic. Its loads of fun, great people, beautiful birds and a sausage sizzle! Life couldnt get better :wink:

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:09 pm
by Dani03
That looks like it was lots of fun. *jealous* hehehe ah wish I could have been there with Prin. :wink:

Dani and Prinny

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:03 pm
by birdman5000
that eclectus and catalina where awsome, and of course datsun :wink:

my dream birds are the eclectus i want a pair of them :D more than any other bird.

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:01 am
by Mikaela
All of them were cute but ya gotta admit... Chamon was the cutest! :D

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:25 am
by Dani03
lol Of course Datsun and Chamon were the cutest and best there! Then again we're all kinda partial to them... :wink:

Dani and Prinny

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:08 pm
by ~*Gwennie*~
that is SOO cool! It looks like you hadda great time!

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:18 am
by Bryan
Excellent pictures, I would love to find out if we have a bird picnic in my area! :wink:

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:41 pm
by kyria
Chamon! what a fantastic day and wonderful pictures , thankyou so much. :D

What a great idea ! I would love to have come along and brought my girlfriend with her olive rainbow lori too.

Tell me.. were there any rules or special setup, who arranged it. Was it more like just a chosen park and a flier and ad in the local paper or was it a bird club ?

Would love to have something like that here in our Guide Park.

What about owners maybe walking their dogs etc. ?? Where there any difficulties encountered on the day ?

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:55 pm
by Datsun and Family
Well it was all organised by the Parrot Society of NZ, they hired a hall and its grounds. They sorted the games and prizes. All we had to do was show up with our babies, a picnic and friends.

It was $5 to get in and well worth it! We came home with two toys worth $30 that we won in the raffle. It was fun last year and this year was even better!

The Parrot Society advertise for the picnic by putting posters up at vets and pet stores and its on their website http://www.parrot.co.nz

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:51 pm
by Twinkelstar
Lovely Birds and Lovely Pictures :mrgreen: :mrgreen: