Bowie is simply stunning! I can certainly see why you couldn't resist. I've never seen a Capri before -- amazing color. Congrats!

With all those macaw ruffians, your house must be a rather boistrous place (especially around meal times, right?)!! LOL

Looking forward to hearing lots of Bowie stories!

Yes. He's still not weaned, nor is his sister. My friend and I are each handfeeding our own bird. Depending on his mood, he'll usually take one small handfeeding by day, and a larger one at night, but he's been known to take 3 big handfeedings, or just one small one.

He's beautiful! Now Bowie needs a friend.

Deb usually weans your babies, just wondered if you have taken the leap to do it yourself. Bowie is sure a cute baby!

Oh my if he isn't gorgeous!

I'd take another in half a heartbeat if I could find one.

Does the store have a website?

Suddenly I don't feel as special.

Tracy, they do have a website, but it's pretty crap, frankly. It's at PARROT PERCH: HAND-RAISED PARROTS and TOYS,FOOD,CAGES,PERCHES,EVERYTHING YOU NEED! .

Why wouldn't you feel special? Mango is one of the prettiest macaws I've ever seen, and I would have got HIM in a heartbeat if I could have. Yeah, he's not a yellow-dominant, but he is truly beautiful :-). I look at Mango, and see the rainforest and a tropical ocean in his colors. I suspect quite a few of us have hybrid macaws. Mango is prettier than my Kenobi, but I couldn't love Kenobi any more if he was the most beautiful bird in the world. I've seen yellow dominant macaws prettier than Bowie--but then, they were older, and had more molts under their belt. Bowie is in his "baby clothes" :-). I must admit to being partial to warm colors. Bowie certainly fits the bill!

Joyce, yes, I'm feeding Bowie, and Rowan is still handfeeding a bit each day, for that matter. Plus I handfed Ceilidh after Deb showed me how. I just refused to handfeed Mikey Blue at all--the thought of handfeeding something as delicate as a baby Hyacinth scared the crapola outta me!

Bowie's sister, Blondie, is still handfeeding on pretty much the identical schedule/amount of formula, and I assume their red dominant sister still at the bird store is, too. Don't ask me why--the vet says there's nothing physically wrong with Bowie aside from one very slightly elevated enzyme count, for which he's being treated. She seems to think it's ok, if a bit odd.... I have friends who hypothesize all sorts of reasons why, from the time of their development when they had their wings clipped in the store, to them just being spoiled. I figure they'll all wean when they're ready :-).

Congrats on another fabulous Macaw.

I don't know if i could stand to be near your place in the morning [i need more gentle sounds first thing]- how are the morning calls or evening ones for that matter?

.... i remember a thread a while back [somewhere else] that talked about buying a bird video/tape to play for their birds & they all got so excited they all started calling - when they were normally pretty quiet - so no more tape time.

"I don't know if i could stand to be near your place in the morning [i need more gentle sounds first thing]- how are the morning calls or evening ones for that matter?"

Noisy, of course :-). Not as noisy as when I come home from being somewhere else, though--when I walk in the door, it suddenly gets deafening! And as far as they're concerned, I'd better give them attention IMMEDIATELY, or pay the price :-).

They love watching bird videos, but they seem to get quieter rather than noisier. Arthur, especially, loves to watch his own kind. He is absolutely fascinated with other Greenwings. Someday, he may need a friend of his own species. It'll depend on his and Bob's friendship as they mature, I suspect.

Boy, you got that right! LOL! If people want a quiet macaw, they should get that new "Squawkers" toy :-).