FEATURE BY MIKE ROXX
PIONUS IN NUREMBERG
T
his article has been a long time coming for me, having never seriously thought about writing an
article before, but reading all the stories in the Parrot Society magazine I felt a little inspired. I hope some people out there enjoy it as I like reading most articles on Parrots especially true stories…
I have been a bird nut since my father
came home I presume drunk from the pub with 2 quail and a chicken that grew into a massive Maran rooster! He gave them to me in the morning I think a little confused as to why he had them but am sure he was happy with my reaction, I was about 12 and this was the start of my love of all things birds, they had a great life although they went to live on my friend’s farm eventually. I have kept many other creatures, fish, reptiles, mammals but birds are my true love. I’m a late starter to Parrots and they tugged at my heart strings as in 2010 when I visited the Peruvian Amazon on a tropical fish collecting holiday, this was great and
the really excellent thing apart from the fish was the birds, it left a lasting impression on me and I will look forward to going back on more of a birding holiday in the future. The parrots were out of this world as
anyone who has been to the Amazon will know, one species that I constantly saw was Brotogeris flying overhead, the American guide who was the only other bird man apart from me was always shouting out ‘canary winged’ ‘cobalt winged’ ‘white winged’ I seriously got neck strain looking up as well as eaten
Brotogeris
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