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The Serious Ringneck
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:57 pm
by wagnerov
For some reason, the picture of Bloobird facing the camera reminds me of those weird "serious" or "thinking" pictures you see of editors in newspapers or magazines. Bloobird, a blue cinnamon IRN, is exactly 2 years and 6 months old in these pictures from this past weekend.
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:10 pm
by Dani03
Ok so few IRNs or parrots for that matter will make my jaw drop...Bloo sure did that! What a handsome, gorgeous..I can't even find another word that accuratly desrcibes that bird.
STUNNING! I want more pics...
Dani
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:24 pm
by PETE's Mommy & Daddy
OMG!!! you're from campbell, dani from sunnyvale, and i'm in santa clara...we should meet up one of these days!!!
by the way, my pete exactly looks like your bloo...except for the ring!
ASHBURNE
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:33 pm
by Dani03
Oh my freaking gawd! I so did not notice that! Yeah we should! How awesome is this...more members here...*happy dances*
Ooo to meet such a handsome fid in person...can I?
Dani
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:26 am
by Mikaela
See Dani! Not everyone lives in Fla!!
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:30 am
by kosejentan
So handsom, so beautiful, so adorable...just love Bloobird!
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:08 am
by wagnerov
Thank you for the kind compliments.
It's neat to see other Ringneck owners from the south bay. I lived in Sunnyvale for a few years before moving to Campbell. The south bay rocks, I've been here my whole life and don't really want to go anywhere else.
Ringnecks are so misunderstood. I could go on for hours about the genus psittacula.
Bloo's ring started coming in around Labor Day this year. There were little very light traces of it before, but I knew he was a male anyway because he was DNA'd. He was going through a molt in September, especially on his head...the first charcoal (Cinnamons don't get a black ring from what I understand) pins started right behind his beak. And less than a month later the ring was complete! His head and rump are also a lot more blue than they were a few months ago. People always say they didn't know birds "came in those colors". I'll bet Mr. Pete will be just the same.
Here's some other pictures of my birds:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wagnerov/
I've taken hundreds of pictures, but Flickr will only accept so many before you have to pay. Argh.
Have fun!
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:01 pm
by PETE's Mommy & Daddy
Hi Wagnerov!
We actually had Pete DNA'd 'coz he's doing both male and female behavior...turns out that he's a SHE...so no ring for us! It still confuses me 'coz i can see a grayish outline on her neck and eyebrows...guess i better wait for another year to be definitely sure.
By the way, gorgeous pics...
ASHBURNE
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:29 pm
by xo Missi
Your birds are DROP DEAD gorgeous!
This pic is classic!!!!!......
Bloo's like "WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!" LOVE IT
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:29 pm
by xo Missi
Wonder why the img tag didn't work
Pretty birdies
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:25 pm
by Bird crazy
All the birds are beautiful but as you can see from the avatar and signature I must say I am smitten with Bloobird.
However I must say that derbyan comes in a close second.
What markings. It's fantastic.
Sue and Nila