dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sam Conway) (11/09/90)
In article <946@cfiprod.UUCP> susans@cfi.com writes: > >Lately they've been cruisin' the floor, following me from room to room. >Anyone who lives with a bird who walks on the floor can probably >identify with how silly they look. Yes, I can. Our peregrine falcon likes to come inside and sit on her ring perch in the office while we're working. Often, though, she gets bored, jumps down, and runs off to find something to do. We'll be working in the exam room and hear her talons clicking on the linoleum. *flutter* *thud* *ticktickticktickticktickticktickticktick* *flutter* Her favorite thing is to run into the exam room and jump up onto the windowsill so that she can watch us while we work. Amazingly, she never bothers any of the other patients, despite being an instinctive bird- eater. She seems more curious than hungry. Watching her run along, her wings held forward and her body swaying from side to side, is quite endearing. She tends to dash around like a little sportscar, so we are obliged to put a sign on the door lest she get trodden upon: "WARNING: WANDERING FALCON". (It's a joke. Get it?) > Susan S. (susans@cfi.com) > > Another Friend of Bill's Sam C. (Who doesn't know who Bill is). -- Sam Conway * What shape do you usually have? dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu * Mickey Mouse shape? Smarties Chemistry Dept., Dartmouth College, NH * shape? Amphibious landing craft Vermont Raptor Center (VINS) * shape? Poke in the eye shape?
sj1s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Sherrianne M. Johnson) (11/11/90)
Hi. I'm new to this bboard, and shouldn't cast stones, but... I'd just like to add a dampening note of caution about letting birds (or smaller species of birds, like parakeets and cockatiels) walk on the floor. I had a parakeet some years ago, and our family let him walk on the floor and do whatever he liked; he was a very sweet bird. However, one day he was puttering about on the floor, as usual, and my sister ran in the room and stepped on him. His back was broken and he died almost instantly. I suppose it wouldn't matter, if there were no young children around. I just loved him very much and hate to think of this tragedy happening to another bird lover. Sorry to add this morbid theme. Sherri Johnson sj1s@andrew.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University sher ********************* "One could do worse than be a swinger of birches." ---Robert Frost