If you send me images, I'll be happy to take a look at them.

Hi Kerry, I think it may be Jungle Jade, but honestly I didn't look at the tag on this one specifically. I was getting dizzy by that point from running around in circles trying to see everything (asking if it was for sale...) and get pictures. It was quite an overwhelming experience. However, I did happen to find that the one Jungle Jade that was for sale made it into my hands and they look quite similar. All of his magic happens in California. If I get home when there is enough light tonight, I'll try to get pictures of the beauties I was lucky enough to get. Today I have a hangover from all of the excitement and am regretting that I am on my way to work instead of playing with my goodies. Everyone left trying to figure out how to squeeze everything into our cars...this is probably less than half of what we left with:

Oh, Cheryl, you are not making waves with me. I'm just flabbergasted at the idea, is all. I'm trying to understand it. However, exotic birds moving into areas and disturbing the nesting habitats is very different from birds getting killed because of screeching parrots. Two completely different concepts. Exotic ANYTHING moving into the environment causes terrible problems, that's for sure. Quaker parrots have totally taken over areas in south Florida. The part I'm trying to understand is why your neighbor's birds screeching disturbs other birds. That is not a normal thing, and I have lots of experience of my own, plus bird breeders that says it is an unusual case. The noise alone should not cause any disturbances (except to humans) most of the time, so I'm very curious about why it would do so in your neighborhood. I am not saying it isn't happening there at all. I'm just looking for an answer as to why, because breeding exotic birds who are CAGED (and not loose in the environment) is not the kind of thing that impacts native birds in normal circumstances. Native birds actually get very fat and happy when they can flit in and out of the larger cages, stealing food. I just want to figure out why or how your experience could be happening. Like whether the macaws are doing something different that makes them seem more threatening. It normally doesn't take wild birds long to realize that the CAGED parrots are not a problem, and then they ignore them. So you can see why this is a puzzle to me. Please don't be offended that I'm asking questions. I only want to understand the mechanics of what is going on in your scenario. Marcia

Nice shot! I'm not hawk-literate enough to figure out what kind it is, but he sure is pretty! I've missed this place! I got kinda lost for a while when I finally got a new puter. Takes me forever to get caught up and back in the groove. This was a great re-start! 8-] ICA, Sophie ^i^