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Yeah I'm too close to ag land to trust the wild bugs not to have pesticide build up and stuff. I kinda meant pet store bugs anyway. I'll post some pics of the little shrieking avocado soon. Is any image host preferred over another? I've never posted a pic to forums from mobile.
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Jun 22, 2019 20:15
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Alright let's see if I did this right. I have several more pictures if this works. This my avocado Sinbad. It is very hard to get a picture where his feathers aren't ruffled because as soon as he notices a camera he goes starry-eyed and dearly wants to get up in it. SuperKlaus fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Jun 24, 2019 |
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Jun 24, 2019 18:12
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Thanks for the praise. He'd love to know. Here are more pictures illustrating how it's tough being his agent when he won't pose for a headshot right. 
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Jun 24, 2019 21:45
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Captain Log posted:Before and After, Birb Consequences Edition - This is familiar...
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Jun 25, 2019 15:47
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Haha actually I meant the phenomenon of sticking one's beak in goopy food and then getting confused about it.
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Jun 26, 2019 02:24
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Sinbad is 25. I've known him since he was a hatchling. Far as I can tell I've kept him healthy. Awful lot of those 90 years of avocado shrieking left... Peanut butter treat 
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Jun 30, 2019 19:12
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smh if u dont kiss birb
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Jul 1, 2019 22:01
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:The last thing a zucchini ever sees. Really? Were they cooked? My Senegal loves zucchini if (and only if) it is uncooked.
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Jul 8, 2019 06:06
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Is he reallllllly selective about freshness like someone I know?
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Jul 8, 2019 17:59
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Sinbad takes a dump promptly upon being uncovered every morning. It makes me feel bad if I'm late getting to him because I assume he's holding in a monster turd and waiting. That's my sleep ritual story. Thanks for listening.
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Jul 13, 2019 01:16
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Agent355 posted:Oh my god. Literally what I said right after seeing that
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Jul 18, 2019 04:59
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What's your favorite way to post those video clips to the forum from mobile? I have a couple of this guy. He had an oatmeal breakfast with me and got an "oatee."  
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Jul 21, 2019 19:47
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poo poo drat it I just fed my Senegal a small piece of fettuccine noodle that had some Alfredo sauce on it I am now told contained shallot. It was a very, very thin amount of sauce on maybe a quarter inch noodle I swear. No chunks of shallot or anything in what he got. I'll be watching him like a hawk. What signs might he display if something goes wrong?
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Jul 27, 2019 05:47
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OK thanks. I've kept the little bastard alive 25 years and I'm going to see it through.
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Jul 27, 2019 05:52
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Y'all kidding me if Sinbad outlives me he ain't outliving me y'hear my will's gonna have him in a little golden sarcophagus next to mine like the pharoahs did (yeah I want a golden sarcophagus). Or at least like the Simpsons anyway... (He's totally fine after the shallot sauce scare btw)
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Aug 1, 2019 15:53
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Those pictures were adorable. Condolences, but at least you have a lot of good things to remember.
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Aug 5, 2019 01:28
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Sinbad and I are amazed and relieved to discover that other Senegals get the "bird screen of death" and enjoy hanging upside down.
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Aug 19, 2019 01:15
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*ksht* Explorer to base. I've found the ruins. They look empty *ksht* Wait...something's moving inside.  Is that...? No, it can't...  My word! Base, I've spotted...  Good Lord! It sees me!  It's coming this way! Base, I *ksht crackle* *Silence*
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Aug 30, 2019 20:59
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:
I think they're Machiavellian geniuses. Sinbad dances the stately quadrille daily like 18th century France: today, we're enemies and he loves my housemate. Later today we are besties and my girlfriend gets growls. Tomorrow we again strive for dominance and chirping overtures go to whoever isn't me. Such a tangled web of diplomacy takes smarts.
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Sep 1, 2019 20:55
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:you are diabolical Hey when your Senegal gets real mad at u does it bite its own legs / feet? I can't get a picture of Sinbad doing it right now because he moves pretty fast but he is really telling me off right now and I'll regret what I did when he's a footless cripple!
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Sep 6, 2019 16:34
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"I'm a POLITICAL PRISONEEERRRRRR!"
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Sep 7, 2019 17:58
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Sinbad's grooming my hair but I can't get a picture or he'll notice and it's YOU DIED for me.
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Sep 26, 2019 22:11
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I side with the advice that a conure-type parrot isn't well-suited to an owner that works full-time and lives alone. However, over my years with Sinbad, there have been periods where we've lived like that. It helps a lot to do things like setting up his cage where he has a view of the world outside, I think.
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Oct 16, 2019 02:10
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Tsaedje posted:This can't go un-crossposted What's the sparkling adoring anime eyes emoji? A friend of mine visiting once said "Sinbad's almost always making noise." I didn't even notice but I was kind of staggered to think it would bother anyone. He is almost perpetually chirping or something but screams aside I think it's all cute.
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Oct 18, 2019 19:36
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I'm working hard on getting Sinbad to say "doot doot doo" like that bird. He cocks his head at attention every time I do it so I think progress is being made.
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Oct 22, 2019 05:56
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Pookah posted:Pookie does big lip-smacking, open-mouth chewing sounds when she's either happy with what she's eating or suggesting that you give her some of what YOU are eating. Sinbad does the same thing. You're eating and making lip smacks, so if he's making lip smacks, maybe he'll get to be eating too. It's sound borblogic.
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Oct 28, 2019 06:01
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Sinbad's being a pill while I'm trying to change his papers and it occurs to me that Untitled Parrot Game would be a killer sequel.
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Nov 15, 2019 18:35
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Sinbad learned a long time ago to shout my name as he noticed my parents would shout it and I'd appear soon after. Do you suppose his flock call for me is just that then?
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Dec 19, 2019 06:35
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Charlie knows my actual name too! He will use it in varying tones of voice -- YELL to get me back in the room, whine if I'm ignoring him, gentle murmur if he's just enjoying my company. I respond pretty promptly to it since I enjoy that he uses it, but occasionally if I'm stoically ignoring him he'll try out "Baby!" instead, which is what Ama uses. drat smooth operators, those two.
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Dec 21, 2019 18:35
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subpar anachronism posted:...it's weird if I just eat the bird treats isn't it Hey, one of the neat features of parrot ownership is how what's healthy for them and what's healthy for you has like 90% overlap. Lots of bird treats are just healthy fruit and seeds. You remember those nostalgic Americana paintings of boys sharing ice cream cones with dogs? That's me but the ice cream is mashed potato and the dog is Sinbad. I take a lick, he takes a lick, I take a lick, etc.
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Dec 28, 2019 19:52
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We doing roll call? Sinbad's 25, still here in 2020, still wondering A) what I am eating and B) why he isn't getting a cut.
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Jan 4, 2020 18:06
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HEY GUNS posted:absolutely no idea, i just love budgies You make good posts. Anyone ever tell you that?
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Jan 5, 2020 18:07
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Well that might strictly speaking be for the birding thread but I for one fuckin' love owls and welcome the post. Pics next time!
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Jan 9, 2020 16:36
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He doesn't want Christmas to end.
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Jan 20, 2020 18:56
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Not lovebirds, but lovebirds.
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Feb 17, 2020 03:15
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 WHOAH. A shoe!  Hmmm...a shoe.
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Mar 15, 2020 04:02
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Plant MONSTER. posted:I did not learn when they found the millet earlier. You've killed me. I'm dead.
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Mar 16, 2020 23:16
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Give me that feather touch please. Also that bird collecting job looks so cool. I knew someone once who helped save a colony of burrowing owls from a development as a volunteer project. They saved the owls by literally grabbin' 'em and dropping them in wild space a few acres away. My friend had some really entertaining pictures of her plucking owls from the dirt like Mario 2 vegetables...I'll see if she can't send me one for posting.
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Mar 24, 2020 03:33
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Love that comfy bird.
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Mar 29, 2020 05:51
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