exciting show on pbs tonight!

[ittyandrita]

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/parrotsinoz/ :clap

[Janie]

Oh Rachel, thank you so much for that link! :) I'm sure I would have missed it but now I'll be sure to watch or TiVo or both! :D

[wilkiecoco]

thanks rachel!!! i will certainly be watching that tonight!! :happy:

[ittyandrita]

my bird-hating boyfriend actually told me about it! i would have missed it too! i can't wait now (and i'm making him watch it with me :) )

[LauraO]

Thanks for the info. I'm with the others and would have missed it, but now I'm all set to record:happy: .

[Kathryn]

Good thing we have two tvs in the house.. I'll be watching too. I saw the ad clip earlier today on our educational channel. Nature series always is one of my favorites. They usually rerun the same show on Tuesday or Wednesday in our neck of the woods.

[Z28Taxman]

Thanks for the info. I'm with the others and would have missed it, but now I'm all set to record:happy: .

I'll be recording it too. Another show Ditto won't let me delete, along with the Nature episode about Macaws and the Sunrise Earth with the amazon parakeets.

[Janie]

Wowzier! What a great show! I think I want a Palm Cookatoo now! :D

[ittyandrita]

footage of parrots in the wild is like porn for me :whistle:
i just wish they would do one on African parrots!

[LauraO]

I was happy to watch the show, but really expected it to be a lot better. It was kind of scattered in its approach and I felt some time was really wasted with other birds and the whole predator thing.....I did love the huge flock shots. I really felt bad for those farmers and can't even imagine wrestling with 30,000 cockatoos:omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: .

[ittyandrita]

yeah i could have definitely done without the predator shots

[dani]

The Palm Cockatoos were amazing... the best part of it was the actual images of all those gorgeous parrots, but i feel as if it could have been better organized myself. i was glad i watched it though! did u see there's a parrot picture contest related to it on the pbs site?

[Janie]

Since I'm a back yard bird watcher first, I didn't mind the predator part. It's the food chain and there is no way around that.

I loved the part about the Ekkies and how one female had sex with several males AND accepted their regurgitated food but that 20 out of 24 babies belonged to the same male.....also a two-timer who was feeding other Ekkie females! :rotfl

I was also amazed at the budgies and their mating habits. :omg: And those cockatoos, just WOW! I loved it and the only problem I had was that I wanted at least another hour. :)

I will admit that it made me feel very guilty to see those birds in their natural habitat....they've never seen a cage and they were happy just being birds.

[thebubbleking]

Yeh i feel like that sometimes janie but then i remember they dont have to deal with predators or cold and we give them so much love, from play time to millet to homemade bread, just look at the forums pictures and our avatars and you can see the huge smile on those little beaks:)

[Janie]

Yeh i feel like that sometimes janie but then i remember they dont have to deal with predators or cold and we give them so much love, from play time to millet to homemade bread, just look at the forums pictures and our avatars and you can see the huge smile on those little beaks:)

I know, I know. :) Our birds were born in captivity and don't know what they're missing and I would imagine they live much longer in captivity and lord knows we are good to them. :D There is just something about seeing them in their natural habitat that makes me feel a little sad for our caged birds. Not that Oliver is in a cage except at night. :rolleyes:

[Sweetpeaches]

i loved seeing the birds in their natural habitat also...i did think the show gave to much history on the seasons of austraila and not enough on the birds tho. could've been a little more informative about the different species.
definetly could've used another hour..devoted to the birds. i kept wondering if the people there capture those 'toos and keep them as pets? must be so weird having them as "problems" when people over here buy them for thousands of dollars. can you imagine having those parrots as your "backyard" visitors?

[lemonypickett]

I missed it so I signed up for an email reminder when it plays again later this week. Thanks for the post.

[LauraO]

Since I'm a back yard bird watcher first, I didn't mind the predator part. It's the food chain and there is no way around that.


I don't mind predator shots, it just felt out of place in this particular show. I also loved the Ekkie part and found it very informative. The palm cockatoos was interesting but I thougth there would be more about tool use, intelligence, habits, etc during the show.

[Janie]

I don't mind predator shots, it just felt out of place in this particular show. I also loved the Ekkie part and found it very informative. The palm cockatoos was interesting but I thougth there would be more about tool use, intelligence, habits, etc during the show.

Thinking about it a little more, I would imagine that most viewers are not parrot people like we are. (THAT is an understatement! :lol) We could probably have spent 6 hours watching every detail about the Oz species while most casual nature watchers who tuned in got as much from that show as they wanted. My 25 year old son called me right after the show started to tell me he was channel surfing and saw it was on and knew I'd be interested. He ended up watching most of it and found it fascinating but would never have wondered about tool use, intelligence, etc. since he's not really a parrot freak like his momma is! :D

What WE need is a 24/7 parrot channel! :clap

[Eliza]

For an hour long special I thought that it was well done. A nice overview that would be appealing to those without a lot of knowledge of parrot species in Australia. I would have liked to see a bit more on cockatiels, though.

And bonus having F. Murray Abraham narrate! He's got SUCH a great voice.

Let's hope that Nature does an African parrots special as well!

[LauraO]

We could probably have spent 6 hours watching every detail about the Oz species while most casual nature watchers who tuned in got as much from that show as they wanted.

Good point! I guess most of us know more than the unbird lover:rolleyes: :rolleyes: .

I think birds who have great homes don't so much miss the wild. They are socialized for captivity and wouldn't know how to survive in the wild. I remember a couple of years ago when our lovebird Katsu chewed a whole in the bird room screen and got out. He was fully flighted and all he did was latch on to the bird room screen from the outside trying to get back in. He would fly down the street and back to the house. Luckily, he never went far from the house and we coaxed him back in with his chirping mate. Whether we got him back or not, it was obvious he wanted nothin' to do with the outside:rolleyes: .

[Janie]

Good point! I guess most of us know more than the unbird lover:rolleyes: :rolleyes: .

I think birds who have great homes don't so much miss the wild. They are socialized for captivity and wouldn't know how to survive in the wild. I remember a couple of years ago when our lovebird Katsu chewed a whole in the bird room screen and got out.


Laura, I remember that story! :omg: It was soon after that that I asked you what your hubby used to re-screen your windows and then I replaced all screens in my bird room with the same type screen. Good news, they have not been able to chew through it! :D

The day the Oliver got out and was missing for the longest 45 minutes of my life, he actually looked like he was smiling when I found him, as if to say, "thank God you found me, mom!" I know he was scared to death out there and to this day if I walk to an outside door to open it and he's on my shoulder, he flies off me and back to his cage. 45 minutes of "freedom" in the big bad outside world was enough for him!

[ittyandrita]

if anybody is interested in getting a little closer to australian parrots...
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=10019208

[thebubbleking]

Itty that was evil!!!!
You didnt say they were aviliable for purchase!!
Gawd like i dont have enough temptation already with all the baby feather butt pictures!!!!