Rose-ringed Parakeet - Coastal Bend Companion Bird Club

April 2013
Inside this Issue
Squawk Talk
Big Bloom Sale: Botanical
Garden
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Bird of the Month: Ring
Necked Parakeet
So you think you want a
bird: Diana Megginson
The Redhead and Rediwhip: Jessica Gilmore
General Meeting Minutes
Board Meeting Minutes
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Botanical Gardens
The Gardens are having the Big Bloom Plant Sale on April 13th and would like the club to take over the Bromiliad
house and show off our birds again. Anyone interested, bring your bird or birds and enjoy the day.
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Gardens & Nature Center turns into one
BIG BLOOM!
Mega Plant Sale, with day full of eco-activities,
is April 13 . . . DOLLAR DAY at the Gardens!
CORPUS CHRISTI--The BIG BLOOM!, South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center's mega Plant Sale and garden festival, will be
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, April 13, on Gardens & Nature Center grounds, 8545 S. Staples St. It's also DOLLAR DAY—visitors may both
shop and tour the Botanical Gardens for $1 per person—a great opportunity for truly affordable family fun. Parking is free; and entrance to
the BIG BLOOM is through the Rose Garden Pavilion. Members, who may begin shopping at 8 a.m., are admitted free and can enjoy their
10 percent discount on both Botanical Gardens plants and Nature's Boutique gift shop merchandise. BIG BLOOM activities and Dollar
Day are made possible by corporate sponsors Cheniere Energy, CITGO, FLINT HILLS Resources, H-E-B, NuStar Energy,
Port Corpus Christi, Jason's Deli and City of Corpus Christi Solid Waste Services.
An Eye on Water Conservation
Traditional BIG BLOOM activities include the orchid sale, plumeria, lots of bougainvillea and hibiscus, tropicals, perennials and
specialty vendors selling lawn, patio, garden décor and nature-related products. But this year, plant shoppers will appreciate seeing a
variety of landscape possibilities, with emphasis on Xeriscape and native plants due to our drought-induced water conservation
requirements. Nueces Master Gardeners, who help with BIG BLOOM staging, will be on site to answer shoppers' horticulture questions.
And to give first-time orchid buyers a 'comfort level,' Orchid Curator Sam Jones holds ongoing Orchidology classes, at 7 p.m. the
first Thursday of each month, as well as the Keeping your Orchid Alive seminar, from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 20—just a week
after BIG BLOOM.
Flora, Fauna, Eco-Fun!
The popular and educational interactive Butterfly Release is scheduled for noon in the Butterfly House! Beneficial ladybug
releases happen in three different gardens. Resident Reptiles shows will be at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.in the Eco-Fun Tent. The Companion
Bird Club & Rescue Mission's personally-owned, trained, talkative parrots take over the Bromeliad Conservatory from 1 to 3 p.m. Spark in
the Dark plays classic rock, reggae, folk and blues from noon to 3 p.m., also in the Eco-Fun Tent.
New In the children's play area is the delightful Tree House which opened in January. The storybook-themed playhouse sits
atop an eight-foot-in diameter 400-year-old oak tree trunk, shipped here from San Luis Obispo, California. The Tree House includes a
stairway to a high railed deck and tubular slide. At ground-level, kids actually can walk through the trunk, play on a creatively-built set of
monkey bars, or try their luck on a ground-level balance beam. Inflatables also will be on site for kids.
For their convenience, shoppers should bring their own plant wagons. Memberships, which include reciprocal privileges at more
than 200 other botanical gardens, may be purchased at the event.
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
The Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri),
also known as the Ring-necked Parakeet, is a
gregarious tropical Afro-Asian parakeet species that
has an extremely large range. Since the trend of the
population appears to be increasing, the species has
been evaluated as Least Concern by IUCN in
2009. [1]
Rose-ringed parakeets are popular as pets. Its
scientific name commemorates the Austrian
naturalist Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer. [2]
Female on left and male on right
(Psittacula krameri manillensis)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Psittaciformes
Superfamily:
Psittacoidea
Family:
Psittaculidae
Subfamily:
Psittaculinae
Tribe:
Psittaculini
Genus:
Psittacula
Species:
P. krameri
Binomial name
Psittacula krameri
(Scopoli, 1769)
This non-migrating species is one of few parrot
species that have successfully adapted to living in
'disturbed habitats', and in that way withstood the
onslaught of urbanization and deforestation. In the
wild, this is a noisy species with an unmistakable
squawking call.
Contents
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1 Description
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2 Phylogeny and distribution
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3 Diet
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4 Aviculture
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4.1 Mimicry
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5 Feral birds
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6 References
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7 External links
Description
Rose-ringed parakeets measure on average 40 cm
(16 in) in length including the tail feathers. Their
average single wing length is about 15–17.5 cm
(5.9–6.9 in). The tail accounts for a large portion of
their total length.
The Rose-ringed parakeet is sexually dimorphic.
The adult male sports a red neck-ring and the hen
and immature birds of both sexes either show no
neck rings, or display shadow-like pale to dark grey
neck rings
Original (wild) range
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The beak-lock, a common act among parakeet pairs.
Phylogeny and distribution
Four subspecies are recognized, though they do not
differ much:
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African subspecies:
African-ringnecked (aka ARN) Parakeet
(P. krameri krameri): West Africa in
Guinea, Senegal and southern Mauritania,
east to Western Uganda and Southern
Sudan.
Abyssinian-ringnecked (aka Aby-RN)
Parakeet (P. krameri parvirostris):
Northwest Somalia, west across northern
Ethiopia to Sennar district, Sudan.
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Asian subspecies:
Indian-ringnecked (aka IRN) Parakeet
(P. krameri manillensis) originates from the
southern Indian subcontinent and has feral
and/or naturalized populations worldwide.
In Australia, Great Britain (mainly around
London), the United States, and other
western countries, it is often referred to as
the Indian Ring-Necked Parakeet/Parrot.
Boreal or Neumann's ringnecked (aka
BRN) Parakeet (P. krameri borealis) is
distributed in Bangladesh, Pakistan, northern
India and Nepal to central Burma;
introduced populations worldwide in
localities.
A phylogenetic analysis using DNA (see Psittacula)
showed that the Mauritius Parakeet (Psittacula
echo) is closely related to this species, and probably
needs to be placed between the African and Asian
subspecies. Consequently, this species is
paraphyletic.
Diet
Chicks in tree hole
In the wild, Rose-ringed parakeets usually feed on
buds, fruits, vegetables, nuts, berries and seeds.
Wild flocks also fly several miles to forage in
farmlands and orchards causing extensive damage.
They have been found to feed extensively on pigeon
pea (Cajanus cajan) during winter in India. [3] They
also breed during winter unlike most other South
Asian birds.[4]
Aviculture
Rose-ringed Parakeets are popular as pets and they
have a long history in aviculture. The ancient
Greeks kept the Indian subspecies P. krameri
manillensis, and the ancient Romans kept the
African subspecies P. krameri krameri. Colour
mutations of the Indian-ringnecked Parakeet
subspecies have become widely available in recent
years.[5]
Mimicry
Both males and females have the ability to mimic
human speech. First it listens to its surroundings,
and then it copies the voice of the human speaker.
Some people hand-raise Rose-ringed parakeet
chicks for this purpose. Such parrots then become
quite tame and receptive to learning. They can also
show emotions similar to human beings and adjust
easily to family life. They take time to mimic.[citation
needed]
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Examples of Rose-ringed Parakeet colour
mutations in aviculture
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Blue mutation
Indo-Pak Parrot
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Several colour mutations
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Female is a Parblue Grey and the male is a
Parblue Pallid (uncommon mutations).
Feral birds
See also: Feral parrots
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Female is Lutino, male is Cinnamon Parblue
(both juveniles).
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A feral female in a garden in Bromley, London
Albino male
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Pallid mutations
The Rose-ringed Parakeet has proved to be an
adaptable species and its adaptations to cold winters
in the Himalayan foothills allow it to easily
withstand European winter conditions.[6] It has
established feral populations in India, a number of
European cities, South Africa and Japan. There are
also apparently stable populations in the USA
(Florida, California and Hawaii) and a small selfsustaining population in Tunis, Tunisia, and Tehran,
Iran (concentrated in the north side of the city).
They are also found throughout Lebanon, Israel,
UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman. There are a small
number of escaped birds in Australia.
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The European populations became established
during the mid to late 20th century from introduced
and escaped birds. There are two main population
centres in Britain: the largest is based around
London, where they can be regularly seen in places
such as Battersea Park, Richmond Park, Greenwich
Park and Hampstead Heath; the smaller population
can be seen in Surrey and Berkshire, and by 2005
consisted of many thousands of birds, known as the
Kingston parakeets. The winter of 2006 saw three
separate roosts of circa 6000 birds around London[7]
A smaller population occurs around Margate,
Broadstairs and Ramsgate, Kent. Elsewhere in
Britain, smaller feral populations have become
established from time to time (e.g., at Studland,
Dorset, Kensington Gardens, and South
Manchester). It has been suggested that feral parrots
could endanger populations of native British birds,
and that the Rose-ringed Parakeet could even be
culled as a result.[8] A major agricultural pest in
locations such as India, as of 2011 the Rose-ringed
Parakeet population is growing rapidly but is
generally limited to urban areas in southern
England[9] where their preferred diet of seed, nut,
fruits, and berries are available in suburban gardens
and bird feeders.[10]
In the Netherlands, the feral population in the four
largest urban areas (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht
and especially in The Hague) has been estimated at
more than 10,000 birds, more than double the
number of birds estimated in 2004. [11] There also
exists a feral population in Belgium, with as many
as 5,000 pairs estimated in Brussels. [12] These
originate from an original population that was set
free in 1974 by the owner of the Meli Zoo and
Attraction Park near the Atomium who wanted to
make Brussel more colourful. In Germany, these
birds are found along the Rhine in all major urban
areas like Cologne, Bonn, Ludwigshafen and
Heidelberg, Wiesbaden and in the northeast of
Hamburg. Other populations are found around
Paris, Rome – notably in the gardens of the Palatine
Hill and at Villa Borghese -, in Barcelona and in
Lisbon.[13]
The specimens in these naturalized populations
often represent intra-specific hybrids, originally
between varying numbers — according to
locality — of the subspecies manillensis, borealis,
and/or (to a lesser extent) krameri along
with[verification needed] some inter-specific hybrids with
naturalized Psittacula eupatria (Alexandrine
Parakeet).
However, in some parts of South Asia—from where
the Rose-ringed Parakeets originated—populations
of these birds are decreasing due to trapping for the
pet trade. Despite some people's attempts to revive
their population by freeing these birds from local
markets, the Rose-ringed Parakeet's population has
dropped drastically in many areas of the Indian
subcontinent.
References
1.
^ a b BirdLife International (2012).
"Psittacula krameri". IUCN Red List of
Threatened Species. Version 2012.1.
International Union for Conservation of
Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
2.
^ Jobling, J. A. (1991). A Dictionary
of Scientific Bird Names. OUP. ISBN 0-19854634-3.
3.
^ Sailaja, R., Kotak, V.C., Sharp,
P.J., Schmedemann, R., Haase, E. 1988
Environmental, dietary, and hormonal
factors in the regulation of seasonal breeding
in free-living female Indian rose-ringed
parakeets (Psittacula krameri). Hormones
and Behavior 22 (4), pp. 518–527
4.
^ Krishnaprasadan, T.N., Kotak,
V.C., Sharp, P.J., Schmedemann, R., Haase,
E. (1988) Environmental and hormonal
factors in seasonal breeding in free-living
male Indian rose-ringed parakeets
(Psittacula krameri). Hormones and
Behavior 22 (4):488–496
5.
^ Alderton, David (2003). The
Ultimate Encyclopedia of Caged and Aviary
Birds. London, England: Hermes House.
pp. 189–190. ISBN 1-84309-164-X.
6.
^ "How do parakeets survive in the
UK?". BBC News Online. 22 March 2007.
7.
^ London Bird Report 2006. London
Natural History Society. 2006. p. 93.
ISBN 0-901009-22-9.
8.
^ "Parakeet 'threat' to native birds".
BBC. 22 March 2007.
9.
10.
^ Rosenthal, Elisabeth (13 May
2011). "British Parakeet Boom Is a Mystery,
and a Mess". The New York Times.
Retrieved 14 May 2011.
^ "How do parakeets survive in the
UK? Parakeets are originally from India. So
why are they able to survive – and thrive –
here?". BBC. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 14
May 2011. "There is a stable and reliable
food supply in suburban gardens for their
diet of seeds, berries, fruit and nuts. And
there has been an increase in the number of
people putting bird-feeders in their garden"
11.
12.
13.
^ Aantal halsbandparkieten in
Nederland verdubbeld
^ Halsbandparkieten
^ Geraldes, Helena (25 December
2011). "Que misteriosas aves verdes e
estridentes são estas que invadiram Lisboa".
Público. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
So you think you want a bird..................
By: Diana Megginson
Hannah’s Perch
I am, by no means, trying to talk you out of wanting a bird. After all, I have about
14 or 15 of my own at this particular time, they are my entertainment, my
company, and they keep me from looking crazy when I’m talking to myself, well,
talking to the birds. I am just trying to give you a little bit of the very primitive
knowledge it takes to own a bird.
First of all, you must either sell or donate all “Non-Stick” cooking or baking
supplies you have in the house. Yes, that includes the very expensive brand new
George Foreman Grill you just bought. It seems that the chemicals put into the air
by these cooking items (PFOA and PTFE) are very toxic to birds. And then there
is your very expensive, brand new self-cleaning oven you just recently bought.
The oven is OK, but you cannot clean it using the self-clean feature, in fact, I
believe all oven cleaning products also put out toxic gases (to birds, that is). So,
that means you will always have a filthy oven unless you just don’t use it. If you
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choose to use your oven and just not clean it, when you use it there will be thick,
black smoke all over the house. This may be toxic to humans, whether or not it is
to birds.
I almost forgot one of the first things I learned about birds. You go and buy, and
I hope you don’t buy the grocery store stuff, the expensive stuff that is
formulated only for pet birds is what you must buy, you spend $25.00 on a bag of
feed or pellets, take half of it and throw it out into the wind and watch it blow
away. That, my friend, is your money blowing into the wind. Birds waste at least
half of all foodstuffs you give them. Seed catchers, hehehe, they are quite a
joke. A bird can throw food approximately twice the length of their body,
including their tail. I even have a Macaw who can hang on the side of her cage and
poop that far. I really think she aims it......at me. I know everyone tries to make
seed catchers, but they just don’t work, unless you could put them about ten feet
all the way around the cage.
You can never again wear cologne or perfume. It can be very toxic to all those
around you, but in particularly to birds, so either take a lot of baths or stink.
Period. Also, the scented candles you love so much, No, No, No. The odor, or nice
smell, they put out is toxic to birds. You also can never again use products such as
(just an example) Lysol spray to eliminate odors and germs - very toxic to birds.
As a matter of fact, most cleaning products normally used to clean your house are
toxic to pet birds. You may clean your whole house with either pure steam, or
vinegar, or rubbing alcohol or bleach, but nothing that smells good. Also, never
use the Fabric stuff you spray on furniture to eliminate odors, it is toxic to birds,
so if your furniture stinks, you can only hope the bird poop smell is stronger than
your furniture. Actually, once you get used to it, bird poop doesn’t smell all that
bad, that is if you let it dry up hard as concrete before trying to clean it up.
I know everyone tries to make seed catchers, but they just don’t work, unless
you could put them about ten feet all the way around the cage. Another lesson
about bird poop, it really does get hard as concrete as it dries and hardens. When
the bird poops down the back of your shirt, sometimes you forget about it and run
to the grocery store for a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk. You notice people
staring at you and you don’t understand until you get back home and look at your
back in a mirror, and there it is - three long drops of poop down your back. They
don’t realize it’s just bird poop, and in my opinion, baby poop smells much worse, it
just doesn’t usually run down your back. Never fear, however, there are cleaning
products, such as Poop-Off and others, that can soften the hardened bird poop in
about thirty minutes and you can wipe it right up. And, Poop-Off is not toxic to
birds.
Now, many of us ladies like to wear jewelry. Once you get a bird you can no longer
wear jewelry. To a bird, it shines brighter than the sun and they just have to
mouth it to feel it, which means your jewelry is smashed beyond repair. My macaw
is particularly interested in rings. She, very quickly, faster than the human eye
can see, grabs it while it is still on your finger, and smashes it so it has to be cut
off quickly before gangrene sets in. It hurts like heck to have a ring smashed in
half over your finger. If your thing is earrings, well, DON”T. Unless you want to
feel your earrings ripping through your flesh, don’t wear earrings while with your
bird. Necklaces, all jewelry are a No-No with birds. We give them all these
sparkly toys to play with, then we wonder why they want to play with our jewelry.
Who’s the bird brain?
Also, buttons are a bird’s favorite thing to play with, especially the ones that are
covered with the same material as the piece of clothing they are on. Birds don’t
just chew on buttons, they rip them off the clothing, and then they play with
them in their mouth. Try and take a button away from a Macaw’s mouth when they
have 600 psi to keep you from getting it. You need to have a “bird shirt”. Birds
love to put tiny little holes in t-shirts, so to eliminate the problem have a shirt
that you always wear that is full of holes and let the bird have at it!
If you are a smoker, either don’t get a bird, or plan to quit smoking.....soon.
Cigarette smoke is toxic to birds. Not like it will kill them instantly, it’s more of a
prolonged, slow death. Since I am an ex-smoker, I guess I shouldn’t harp too
much on that subject.
Just a few more facts to consider before getting a bird: Birds must have baths,
even if you just spray them with a bottle of water. Birds bite (it’s not “if” they
will bite, but “when” they will bite). If a bird is mad when it bites, it can bite a
hunk of flesh off of you, they have very powerful beaks. Usually, however, most
birds do not intend to hurt you, they just peck at you for their own self
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confidence. Birds love music, just try keeping a CD playing for them at all times,
but not a Barbara Heidenreich tape, birds are not interested in those learning
tapes, unless you are in the room with them keeping them occupied by acting a
fool in front of them. Birds LOVE to watch humans act like fools. Any spare time
you have should be spent cleaning up after birds or cleaning their cages or acting a
fool in front of them. It can become a race, whether or not you can sweep up
their mess as fast as they are throwing food all over the floor. There is much
controversy over clipping or not clipping birds’ wings. The only information I will
give about this is my opinion. If you have small or even older kids that may leave a
door open, clip their wings (the birds, not the kids). If you like to take your bird
with you anywhere they are welcome, clip their wings. If there is any chance your
bird can get away from you, clip their wings. The other alternative is to put a
good harness on them and teach them to walk and behave in the harness. I keep
my pet birds’ wings clipped because they spend a lot of time out of their cages.
The breeders are fully flighted. That’s just my opinion.
That’s about all I can think of right now, other than some birds, mainly the larger
species, like to chew stuff up. They’ll chew up blinds, bedspreads, curtains, wood
window or door casings, some bird will chew up nearly anything they can get their
beaks on. Others don’t bother a thing.
I may sound as though I am trying to keep newbies from getting birds. Quite the
contrary, I love to see new people getting interested and getting their first bird.
I just feel that there are certain facts folks need to know before they get a bird.
Getting birds was the best thing I have done in my life. The people who love birds
are the greatest people in the world, they really are. Also, when your bird, after
a long evening out, leans on you and says, “I wub you mama”, if that doesn’t melt
your heart, nothing will. If I sound “anti-bird”, I shouldn’t, I love each and every
one of my birds like children. I also love everyone’s birds in the club, just as my
own. If only I had the resources, I would have a giant rescue and take in every
unwanted bird in the area.
I would love to see pet birds get more popular than cats, in the United States, as
most popular pets. Birds, despite what all I have said above, are a joy, they can
make you laugh until you can’t laugh any longer, and they also can make you madder
than anything else. But all-in-all, birds are a joy and I think everyone should have
one, well, almost everyone.............Tell me, out of dogs, cats and birds, which one
can say, “I Love You” like a bird can??? Which one can sing a complete song, word
for word and in tune? Which one can actually say they want their supper?
One other, and the last thing I will say, is that every new bird owner should buy
Bobbi Brinker’s “For The Love of Greys”. Her book covers nearly everything you
need to know and not just for greys, but most of it covers all species of birds. I
must go now, three of my birds are screaming, “Mama......mama.......mama”, “come
back.......come back”!!!!
Thank you,
Diana Megginson
Hannah’s Perch
The Red Head and Rediwhip!
Carmen, my red eclectus, has grown use to standing on my left shoulder in the car. She likes to wear her
dark sunglasses so she can look cool as the barista from Starbuck’s hands me a latte with redi-whip cream on
top out of the drive through. The employees always come to the window and say hello to Carmen and ask if she
knows how to talk. Which she normally gets shy then says “Hello” as we drive off. (Timing is not her long
suit.) The redi-whip habit has been going on now for years. And has grown into an evening ritual before bed.
Kind of like a small child asks for glass of water.
It started with those little diets you get from HEB. Peel back the foil top and place a dollop of redi-whip
on top. As long as Carmen has it front of her she is very pleasant and happily eats her yum yum. But when I’m
ready for a bite and start to scoop out Jell-O she becomes impatient and pulls on my glasses and making them
sticky in the process. So I quickly reward her for pulling on my glasses by holding up the redi-whip to her
again. Not a problem and she and I have a system down minimizes getting sticky glasses and maximizes rediwhip intact.
That was until Tico Tico, our green eclectus, came along. Who at first couldn’t give a rip about rediwhip. Until the last December. Carmen has refused to give up my left shoulder and like all new members of the
family you are told where to stand. This for Tico is my right shoulder. This of course places my head in the
middle, like an oversized pin ball, banging from side to side. So when the Jell-O comes out and the redi-whip
takes its place as the center of our “creamy goodness world”. Each of us takes their place. Carmen gets the first
bite followed by Tico Tico then back to Carmen and then for me. But now the time is longer between bites. So
this gives Carmen more time to spread redi-whip on my glasses and in my hair before she gets rewarded by me
giving her more. Tico has since learned this trick and when it comes to my bite each parrot grabs each side of
my glasses frame and pulls. This makes me feel like a horse with two people pulling in the opposite direction
from each other on my reins. Redi-whip begins to cover each side of my head, face, and glasses until the last
bite is finished.
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Then it’s off to the cage for the birds and lights out. I slip into the bedroom where my loving wife
Jessica lies reading her book. She glances at me and says “You really should go take a bath, you’re a mess!”
Lost Bird Alert!!!!
I still have not heard an update on this poor lost soul so we’ll keep it running until there is
one.
Lost female Rosie Bourke AKA a PINK PARAKEET named Sally lost in
flour bluff, Between First National St, Compton, and Stone St.
If you see or hear of him, please give a call or send and email to me at jvan0608@gmail.com
Please call the number below if you find it.
Thanks!
Coastal Bend Companion Bird Club & Rescue Mission
http://www.cbcbirdclub.com
PO Box 6023
Corpus Christi, TX. 78466
(361)673-4629
The Aquarium's Trumpeter hornbill, Piper, was caught by the wind and flew off Sunday, March
10th during a routine training session. The Aquarium has been and continue to search for her
but have not yet been able to locate her. If you see the bird, please contact the Aquarium to let
them know where immediately at (361) 881-1215. Please only call this number if you have
information as to the hornbill's whereabouts. All other calls should be directed to the aquarium's
main number - (361) 881-1200.
Here is a link to a photo:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151328979633015&set=a.84166113014.83468.8
3477018014&type=1&theater
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try to spread them out so I have new stories for each newsletter. Thanks again.
Please make your submissions to John Van Effen
jvan0608@gmail.com
Don’t forget that April 27 is the Spring Bird Mart.
We’ll be at the Al Amin Center.
Help is needed and appreciated from anyone that has some time to provide a helping
hand with setup on Friday afternoon at 1:00pm.
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CBCBC & RM General Meeting Agenda
March 21, 2013
Opening: Marcia Schultz – President
Meeting called to order @ 7:20 pm
Reminder – Please turn off cell phones or place them on vibrate
Welcome & Recognition of visitors/new members – Visitor Ray Thomson from Ohio
Officers Report:
President – Marcia Schultz - Welcomed everyone for coming.
Vice President – Lori Cave – The speaker for next month April 18th, 2013 will be Dr. Pigott.
Secretary – Marie Koubek – Minutes were motioned and approved from February 21st, 2013 meeting.
Treasurer – Jessica Gilmore – Balance as of February 28th, 2013 is $33,398.75. Raffle for February took in
$110.00.
Membership – John Van Effen/ Allison Page – Encouraged members who haven’t renewed their membership
for 2013 please do so.
Membership dues are is still coming in.
Marcia made mentioned that in May 2013 the club hopes to have a club membership roster for all members.
Mart Director – Jim Harmon – The grand prize for April 27th, 2013 bird mart is an African Grey with cage.
For each $50.00 book of raffle tickets sold for the grand prize your name will be entered into a $100.00 prize
drawing.
AFA Representative – Ellen Mass – Not present
Committee Reports:
Webmaster – Jim Harmon – Nothing to report.
Rescue – Jim Harmon – We have the following birds in rescue:
Cramer an African Grey unfortunately has no feathers … 2) Peanut a Blue Fronted Amazon … 3) Tike the Sun
Conure is back in rescue … 4) A Myers Parrot who has only his back toes.
Newsletter – John Van Effen – Not present- Please send any articles or pictures of your birds to John @
jvan0608@gmail.com
Hospitality – Butch Allen – Not present.
Old Business – Marcia Schultz – Nothing to report.
New Business – Marcia Schultz – For the April 2013 bird mart the club will not host a BBQ on Friday the night
before the mart.
There will be a snack bar the day of the mart.
The mart video for commercials will be distributed to the different T.V. stations; this video is in English and
Spanish.
April 13th, 2013 the Botanical Gardens is having their Big Bloom Plant sell; the gardens has invited the club
members to please come out with their birds to show to the public.
The time for the Plant sell is 9:00 am to 5:00 pm however; the time for the club members to be there will be
announced.
Meeting adjourned @ 7:45 pm.
Allison Page gave a presentation on the National Parrot Rescue Preservation Foundation Conference held in
Houston, TX on January 25th, 2013.
Thank you Allison for the presentation; it was very informational.
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Board Meeting CCBC Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Members present: Marcia Schultz, Lori Cave, John Van Effen, Allison Page, Jim Harmon
Meeting called to order 7:10p.m.
All in attendance welcomed!
Officer reports:
Vice President: Lori reports Dr. Pigott scheduled to speak at April 18 meeting
Secretary: not in attendance
Membership: Roster complete for membership
Treasurer: not in attendance
Bird Mart: set up for Mart can begin by 1:00 p.m. April 26
Board members proposed and approved providing pulled pork sandwiches Friday evening of
Mart set up. Joan Latham will check into providing items for both vendors and club members present. Thank you Joan!
Marcia will contact Linda at AL Amin regarding noon snack bar at Mart April 27. Taquitos will be ordered for
the morning of April 27 and provided for vendors.
Jim will have our new computers in use at the Mart for visitors to use for registration rather than white
mailing cards. Door prizes for $25 Visa both morning and afternoon will be selected via computer registration.
Assistance will be provided at club membership table for those not familiar with the keyboard.
Raffle wheel will be used for Grand Prize tickets only!
Committee Reports:
Rescue – Jim Harmon: Kiki, sun conure
Blue fronted Amazon
Female Eclectus, 10 years old
Newsletter-John Van Effen: welcomes pictures and articles about your bird
Hospitality: nothing to report
Old business: Botanical Gardens Big Bloom function, Saturday, April 13 at Botanical Gardens. Bird Club is scheduled to
be in the Bromeliad House from 1-3 with their companion birds. This is a great chance to provide educational
information to those in attendance as well as promote the Bird Mart. Members are encouraged to attend if possible
with your companion birds. Any member wishing to may attend the function earlier in the day promoting the Bird Mart
and selling tickets for the grand prize which is an African Grey along with cage.
New Business: We are scheduled for the Kiii Early Morning Show with John Thomas Wednesday, April 24 at 6:30a.m.
and need a few volunteers to appear with their companion birds. Please contact Marcia if interested.
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