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Raising Hawk--headed Parrots: More Questions than Answers
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Rind, Sherry |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Abstract | When Anna Colbeck purchased a young pair of Hawk-headed Parrots nearly ten years ago, she thought to herself, ' 'This pair is going to breed.'' Not long out of quarantine, they w ere wild but not frightened of people, having been partially hand fed but not socialized as pets. Due to their mostly brown foreheads streaked with white, they are possibly of the subspecies Deroptyus accipitrinus fuscifrons (according to the description in Forshaw's Parrots ofthe World). She named them Maggie and Jiggs and, not having a cage ready at the time, released them into an 80 by 30 foot greenhouse where they have remained ever since. Their ''L" shaped nest box, about 18" by 24" deep, hangs from the ceiling. They make a game of dive-bombing any strangers who enter the greenhouse, coming close enough to touch the people with their wingtips, making them duck. When Anna comes in with the food buckets, they come down to investigate what's for dinner; otherwise they keep to themselves. |
| Starting Page | 4 |
| Ending Page | 7 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 19 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://journals.tdl.org/watchbird/index.php/watchbird/article/download/558/542 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
