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Published: 2010-04-01 05:21:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 159; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 1
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Description Young Sulphur Crest Cockatoo , Jaggan, Queensland, Australia.
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Comments: 19

SiteLine6 [2010-04-01 22:54:12 +0000 UTC]

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tablelander In reply to SiteLine6 [2010-04-02 12:32:12 +0000 UTC]

they bite HARD enough to take yer finger off though!!

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SiteLine6 In reply to tablelander [2010-04-02 20:18:50 +0000 UTC]

ya.. parrots are even nastier

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tablelander In reply to SiteLine6 [2010-04-02 22:49:17 +0000 UTC]

Cockatoos are just BIG parrots these are 2 ft high with a wing span of 3ft 6"& their beaks open to 2 1/2"

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SiteLine6 In reply to tablelander [2010-04-03 09:22:12 +0000 UTC]

the ones we get here don't get that big

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tablelander In reply to SiteLine6 [2010-04-04 05:34:52 +0000 UTC]

That's not the biggest Black cockatoos are Bigger & The Palm Cockatoo Even BIGGER

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SiteLine6 In reply to tablelander [2010-04-04 05:50:05 +0000 UTC]

hum... the one they sell on the pet stores here are pretty small some not much bigger then a budgie, others about the size of a small parrot

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tablelander In reply to SiteLine6 [2010-04-04 06:36:21 +0000 UTC]

Just ask for a Cockatoo they're the BEST at Mimicking--Talking--lol

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SiteLine6 In reply to tablelander [2010-04-04 20:27:58 +0000 UTC]

we had a budgie once! that was enough for me .. to noisy! as a house hold pet

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tablelander In reply to SiteLine6 [2010-04-05 05:39:22 +0000 UTC]

LOL---you have no IDEA of noisy my friend---when ya wake up to a Sulphur crested cockatoos squawking---OH BOY ---ear splitting---lol---& there goes one just now taking food to a baby cocky---they squawk continuously while the parent bird throws chewed Macadamia nuts down it's throat---& it makes a gagging noise & shuts up fer 2 seconds & starts Squawking again---TRUE BLISSFUL QUIET!! lol

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SiteLine6 In reply to tablelander [2010-04-05 23:46:32 +0000 UTC]

lol! by the sounds of it about as quite as a jack hammer!

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tablelander In reply to SiteLine6 [2010-04-06 05:57:48 +0000 UTC]

pretty CLOSE

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SiteLine6 In reply to tablelander [2010-04-07 00:46:03 +0000 UTC]

well a little more high pitched jack hammer, but just as noisy

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tablelander In reply to SiteLine6 [2010-04-07 03:10:15 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah I got em close in a hollow tree about 200 ft away-----------MARVELOUS

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SiteLine6 In reply to tablelander [2010-04-07 05:27:15 +0000 UTC]

lucky you.. I only get morning doves, finches, and black birds driving me nuts at 4 am ^^

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tablelander In reply to SiteLine6 [2010-04-07 05:36:35 +0000 UTC]

I guess we all have our probs

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SiteLine6 In reply to tablelander [2010-04-07 09:11:12 +0000 UTC]

yep! ^^

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tablelander In reply to SiteLine6 [2010-04-11 23:36:02 +0000 UTC]

OH well thats life

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SiteLine6 In reply to tablelander [2010-04-12 01:01:47 +0000 UTC]

it tis it tis

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