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So my dad is looking after Murphy while I'm living interstate. She really likes it when I come home.
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When I was living in Highgate Hill, we had snakes trying to get at the budgie. We had to peel them off the cage with a broomstick. That hardass loving budgie lasted another four years.
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Jan 2, 2015 08:48
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I got mugged by a Kookaburra once. Queensland.
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Sep 27, 2015 10:36
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My potato,
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Oct 9, 2015 11:57
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Thyrork posted:So I'm writing a fantasy story which birds will play a role. I'd appreciate any antidotes about "smart bird, best bird!", or... well, anything really! Plan to have them be one of my key fantastic creatures and they are based upon Magpies as a starting point. Obviously there should be something about the horror that is magpies in swooping season.
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Nov 29, 2015 02:07
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I tore some skin climbing, and apparently the resultant bandaid is the most terrifying monster to cockatiel kind. She refuses to take food from the hand that it's on, and flaps away in terror when it's anywhere near her. What a derp.
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Jan 23, 2016 08:13
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:One day, one day, Toast will remember that hot teacups are hot. Today, however, is not that day. Tomorrow does not look good either. Any decent Aussie battler knows that Toast gets dipped into tea. It's just how things work.
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Jan 26, 2016 05:09
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Sekkira posted:Brisbane. Cold. This is the only acceptable response to the heat:  If you haven't sprayed enough, she'll lift her wings to make sure you can get under there.
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Feb 1, 2016 11:06
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Bad news; We've had a few 45-degree days down in Melbourne too Melbourne 45 is not the same as Brisbane 45 
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Feb 1, 2016 13:38
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The Narrator posted:Not sure if non-Australians will be able to watch it, but have a ~half-hour documentary about a Corella named Ngarritj who's basically bird-king of Galiwin'ku in East Arnhem land of Australia's Northern Territory. This video is a pro-click. 
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Feb 23, 2016 10:22
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Queensland Bird Crazies road trip time.
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Apr 11, 2016 13:40
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The rules for fingers: Crooked finger: is for scritching. Is good. Straight finger: is Or: "I lean down against the finger it will maybe be for scritches anyway"
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Jun 29, 2016 11:37
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For what it's worth, Crows, both my current monster, and my previous monster were rescued escapees. Hopefully someone has picked him up. Here is the current monster, trying to eat my dinner when she thought I wasn't looking. 
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Jul 4, 2016 10:13
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East Coast best coast. Adventures in scritches: 
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Jul 5, 2016 08:11
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 Was cleaning the bird cage. Bird laid an egg so small it fell through the bars at the bottom of the cage. Patrovsky fucked around with this message at 07:07 on Sep 4, 2016 |
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Sep 4, 2016 03:09
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:So smol Kind of makes me wish it was proportional to the poopmonster. What's the market like for a teacup tiel?
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Sep 5, 2016 10:58
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Gaston posted:I have acquired the human's flesh. Form the circle of sacrifice.
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Sep 8, 2016 07:49
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 Murphy really likes it when I visit on weekends, because she will not let anyone else scratch her.
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Sep 11, 2016 02:39
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Join the potato cult. Speaking of bird places, though, I've still never been to Currumbin.
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Oct 1, 2016 11:08
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Tofu Terry posted:Someone (on a different forum) suggested I just get a dusky shipped to me but I'd definitely want to meet any bird before I get it. >_> Mail-order birdwife
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Oct 26, 2016 23:14
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It's really hot. http://gph.is/2jILVFF
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Jan 14, 2017 15:40
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 Murphy fricking loves scritches.
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Jan 26, 2017 11:55
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Captain Log posted:The angle there makes Murphy look like the world's smallest bare eyed cockatoo. What is Murphy? Other than cute. I get that. In addition to a screaming fluffmonster, she is a derpy l'il potato. Battle Pigeon posted:
I told her this, and she said she already knew. 
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Jan 27, 2017 10:39
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Murphy is finely tuned to the sound of a packet of chips opening. She will go bananas if she hears it. I absolutely do not just crinkle things to tease her.I'm lying, I do it all the time
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Feb 2, 2017 09:26
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It was ridiculously hot today, but someone needed a clean cage, so have a wet dinosaur chicken.
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Feb 12, 2017 08:36
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 Massive flock of Loris in the backyard today. Murphy was not impressed. When we lived in Canberra we got some pretty good cockatoo flocks to rival Gaston, but I'll have to find the pictures.
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Feb 16, 2017 01:44
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I found some birds on the internet
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Feb 23, 2017 13:29
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This is what happens when I say goodnight
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Mar 4, 2017 11:14
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Here's a video of a bird kissing a tangerine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R1btRr_F28
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Mar 20, 2017 09:26
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Birdoit B Mandelbird.
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Mar 21, 2017 08:08
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 Even with the enticement of millet, Murphy would not go near the pumice perch that I bought for her. Mum thinks it's the colour.
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Mar 25, 2017 11:45
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Boys more so than girls, I think. Boy potatoes are pretty vocal, whereas my girl will only scream when she wants something (i.e. only treats or scritches), which is always. Fun fact- auto correct tried to turn scritches into scrotum.
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Mar 28, 2017 11:26
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Ama is going to be everywhere and I love it.
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Apr 3, 2017 04:36
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 Stolen from reddit.
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Apr 3, 2017 13:46
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On the topic of crowdfunding, a car crashed into the Midwest Avian Adoption and Rescue Services, or so tumblr tells me. Their fundraiser is here: https://www.youcaring.com/midwestavianadoptionandrescueservices501c3-792239 LAB, if this is inappropriate for birdthread, let me know and I will remove.
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Apr 5, 2017 14:28
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 Murphy decides the new perch probably isn't going to kill her. She still hasn't figured out that she can actually use it as a perch, though.
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Apr 8, 2017 01:33
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Murphy knows exactly one trick, and it's "flipping for treats."
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Apr 15, 2017 13:35
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https://imgur.com/a/aAdAk So apparently they sell birds at the Rocklea Markets. The Galah's name was Sam, and he could talk. It was loud enough that I couldn't quite catch what he was trying to say. The corellas really liked to playfully bite my fingers while I tried to scritch them. I was sorely tempted to buy a friend for Murphy, but since she's living with my parents right now, I don't think I would've been able to get away with it.
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Apr 16, 2017 05:33
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I don't think I've said this yet but Murphy is extremely cute by the way, I love white/white and grey cockatiels I had her as the lock screen on my phone, but had to change it, because I would have to stop and stare every time I tried to unlock. She is cute, but she also knows she is cute, which means she knows that she can wrap me around her pinky claw   I don't think I could handle five of her.
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Apr 16, 2017 09:04
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Walking home from work today, I saw two dead galahs underneath a power pole  . I haven't really seen any wild ones around this part of town. Poor little guys.
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Apr 18, 2017 09:02
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