Cockatiel News 12-07-2004

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Cockatiel News & Information for 12-07-2004

Cockatiel News from Yahoo.com

Stranded cockatiel on the move (WKYC 3)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"CLEVELAND -- Last night we told you about this cockatiel stuck on the seventh floor ledge of the Justice Center ... Well, the bird has moved. It's now on the fourth floor."

Cockatiel stuck: Have an idea to save it? | wkyc.com (WKYC 3)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"Cockatiel stuck: Have an idea to save it? CLEVELAND -- A bird is in a precarious situation at the Justice Center. The cockatiel landed on the ledge of the 7th floor recently and cannot get down. It s believed to be a pet that escaped from its owner s home."

MEMBER EXCHANGE: Weirton landlord owns 69 birds; some pets, others breeders (Ohio News Network)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"WEIRTON, W.Va. -- "Knock it off!" the voice says with irritated conviction. "You knock it off!" Don Tharp volleys back the order."

Cockatiel News from NewTrove

Kamloops This Week News Story
From: NewsTrove.com

"By DANNA JOHNSON I couldn't have been the only one a little saddened watching Jeopardy play out Tuesday night. Ken Jennings - the champion of nerds, the defender of dweebs - was toppled from his game show throne after stuffing $2.5 million in his pocket. Since he began his reign over the 7:30 p.m. time slot in June, I've watched him with a mixture of admiration and fear. How could one man know so much? How is it I know so little? Tuesday night, I wondered aloud, how he could eventually be brought down in such a lacklustre way."

Peterson Defense Begins Fight for His Life
From: NewsTrove.com

"The witnesses, he added, will create themes that will be "repeated over and over again." Among those themes is the idea that "this is a man who constantly put others first," Harris said. The defense strategy is to call about 20 witnesses, including relatives, friends, co-workers, employers, teachers and neighbors to humanize Peterson — a man prosecutors have vilified as a liar, philanderer and brutal murderer of his 27-year-old pregnant wife. "I think the defense is trying to put as much time as possible between the retelling of this horrific crime and yesterday's testimony," legal expert Jim Hammer said."

Cockatiel Blogs from LiveJournal

Helloooo!
From: www.livejournal.com

"Hi everyone! My name is Meagan and my Aunt and I bought two birds. They are both a little over 4 months old now. We have had them since they were 9 weeks old. Their names are Gordi and Quark. First, we got Gordi but after a week we realized he needed a buddy so we bought Quark. They are just now starting to really get along, playing together, grooming each other etc. They are from the same hand-fed group so they only were apart for about a week anyway. Enjoy the pictures! :)

Quark:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v368/mugwamp83/justgordi.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v368/mugwamp83/quarkandtoy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v368/mugwamp83/quark.jpg

Gordi:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v368/mugwamp83/gordiandcomputer.jpg

Playing king of the honey stick:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v368/mugwamp83/bothlookingateachother.jpg"

Newbie!
From: www.livejournal.com

"Just joined my name is Ceci and I come with pictures of Yoyo (the first one) and Kiko (the second one)

I wonder why the picture of yoyo came out so big?
"

1 Second Destruction
From: www.livejournal.com

"I decided to make some of our own toys based on some posts in the cockatiels forum. I wanted to save money and have toys that Couscous could play with in her cage.

After spending a LOT of time going around to several stores trying to find everything yesterday, we spent the afternoon today painting wooden beads and little squares of balsa wood with food coloring. The balsa wood we got was so thin (I didn't know!) We should have got the really thick wood. After much frustration, I got these cute little thin pieces of balsa wood and beads strung on this jute. I don't give up on things easily, but I just didn't like this after the balsa started breaking and the stringing became hard. It went from fun to not fun very fast.

Looks ok, right? This one is for my sister. It will suffer the same consequences as Couscous' toy (see below) but well...don't they say that it's the thought that counts?

And here's a closeup of the detailed stenciling:

I put it in Couscous' cage and two seconds later it was like this:

Um, the food-coloring painted wooden beads are cool, but where are the stenciled balsa wood pieces? Snapped into pieces at the bottom of the cage. 2 seconds flat. Snap snap snap.

OK so well...that was frustrating but at least we have a cool beaded jute toy. Play play.

I'm not going to go back and get thicker balsa wood or anything; I won't do this again. (at least I tried, though, right? And no one told me to paint cutie pictures on the balsa!) :-) I know those toys in the stores are like, $3.99 to $5.99 for the smaller ones. But my time is money too, and it is quite valuable to me. I spent an extraordinarily amount more in money and time than the $5.99 retail for a toy from PetSmart that I might twice a year.

Anyway I have lots of jute and some beads left, so we can make some more beaded things quickly if need be. But no more taking exhorbitant amounts of time trying to make crafty birdie toys. I learned a lesson today too about spending my time more wisely.

And we have another tiel that might be coming to the house Tuesday. I made him a plain ol' jute and beads toy. Took me only a few minutes.

posted to cockatiels and meadowflower"

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