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This is
Stanley the Quaker Bird the inspiration of QuakerVille. Stanley is my
buddy and birdy companion for the past 14 years. At times he has been a
wonderful builder. All the time he is a little cuttie with a heart of
gold. i can't imagine life without my Stanley, he continues to amaze me
with his charm and love. he loves to cuddle with me and be with me
whenever he can.
This is one of my recent favorite poses of Stanley. Check out Tashy bird
peeking between the bars.
Stanley likes to make this Quaker OWL look, especially when I'm on the
floor taking pictures up at him. Sometimes I take so many pictures he
anticipates the flash and blinks his eyes so the bright flash won't
hurt. This little OWL face is so cute, he puffs up and glares at the
camera.
QuakerVille is all about our Quaker Parrot flock.
From Stanley, to Squirt both Jo and I really love our little companions.
We don't see ourselves as their owners, although legally we are, but we
see ourselves as their care takers, their slaves, their companions
and we feel we've have the privilege of living with them in our home.
These critters are extremely special to us and we take the best care of
them as we can.
One of the ways we care for them is to learn about them so we can make
their captive lives as enjoyable as they would possibly be outside in
the wild. Some people don't like the idea of keeping wild creatures as
pets or companions but I can tell you for certain that our flock loves
living with us, they enjoy our company as much as we enjoy theirs.
It's our role in this companionship to know as much about them as
possible so we spend a lot of time watching wild Quaker Parrots in our
area as well as around North America.
I believe that if it were not for people like my wife and I and
thousands of other people keeping these wonderful creatures they would
be hunted to extinction and killed by ignorant and greedy people just
like the Carolina Parakeets were in the late 1800's.
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Stanley turned 15 in
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This is Scooter, he's a little
over 10 years old and he has been with us almost all of that time. Click
his picture to see more information about ScooterBird, the lovable little
Quaker Parrot.
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Skippy is our "blue baby". Every
year she lays several clutches of eggs giving me some real good poses
for cute pictures and video. Skippy is a talker and is very smart. She
can be territorial but on the most part she loves to cuddle and make
cute noises.
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Miracle is our famous rescue
birdy. Miracle's story inspired the book "Parrots in the City" and is
such a pleasure to have in our home. He loves MAMA! Check out his You
Tube video sometime.
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Tashy bird
was not supposed to live with us when she came to the aviary, we
purchased her for a friend because she had some yellow feathers. After
the first molt she lost her yellow and we didn't have the heart to move
her to a breeding facility where she wasn't really needed.
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This is Squirt, our most recent
rescue birdy. When Squirt came to us she was almost dead after mauled by
a dog a week earlier. Squirt has an injured spine and she is a plucker
but she is a wonderful little green spirit and loves living with the
others in the flock now. She came to us at 72 grams and almost dead, now
she is consistently over 90 grams and is a little love.
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Featured Story:
Scooter's
New Stainless Steel Cage
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See Mommy Quaker feeding baby
Quaker Parrot
The QuakerVille aviary
presently has 9 birds. Our FIDS are:
Stanley,
Scooter,
Skippy,
Tashi,
Squirt
and
Miracle baby are Quaker Parrots, while
Max and Sarah are Eastern Rosellas and
Grace, a
double yellow Amazon.
Stanley the Quaker Parrot's web site is full of
wonderful places to go, things to see and
sounds to hear. For great
information about selecting your first Quaker Parrot, click
[FEATURES]
where you will locate a wide variety of information about Quaker Parrots.
The Quaker Information Center
is full of great Quaker Parrot
health and welfare information.
Learn how to raise your parrot and how to best care for your companion
bird. Also enjoy
over 50 Quaker Parrot web sites by clicking "Photo Albums"
. The site is east to navigate and fun to read.
Story of Angel and Jerry
Newest QuakerVille video
Parrots In The City, A Day In The Life Short #1
Low Rez
High Rez (may be
slow)
Wild Quaker Album
Check
out Miracle's Flying Slide Show
Black Footed Quaker Parrot Found!!!
Click to see this amazing
parrot.
Quaker baby being fed
Quaker Parrot DIET
Click
for more cool Parrot Photo Animations
STATE
LAWS
about keeping
Quaker Parrots
Updated list as of March 2004
Cutest Quakers Contest
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Stanley Builds Again
Check out Stanley building between two cages
Click here to see Stanley's Special Hatch
Date Slide
show.
SuperLinks
You want more links to more sites?
Here is a composite links page to other avian, vet, stores, avian food,
toys, personal, commercial and fun sites.
Back Yard Quakers
My friends have Quaker Parrots in their back yard. Here are stories and
photos.
Art Gallery So, you like neat Quaker Parrot art?
Here is a cool gallery of Quaker Parrot art.
[WING
CLIPPING] -
Why and How do you clip your
parrot's wings? Mattie Sue Athan explains. This will send you directly to
her site.
Check out
Max's Bath, This Rosella is a
HOOT to watch!
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Bathing is a "social event"
with QPs, they like to
bathe in groups. In the absence of a second quaker or parrot then YOU
have to be that social companion, that is the role you took upon
yourself when you got the bird. So, here is how to get your new
companion to get used to the water and take baths which are good for
them and help them bond to you.
For quaker bathing fun check out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1h-TmvIoVM in YouTube. You will be
able to see all six of the QuakerVille flock enjoying their bath.
Things to remember when setting up your bathing
training:
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Be prepared to establish a routine. It's best if
you can get your bird into a bathing routine with similarities like
the same time of day and week and same location.
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Prepare a safe location. This a place that your
companion has been to and is not afraid of being there. The area is
usually open for 5 or 6 feet around it and close to "higher ground"
for escape. Your bird will rely on YOU to keep him safe, you have to
train him that you WILL keep him safe at all costs. He will then be
able to bathe without too much fear of something creeping up on him
and not being able to get away, especially if he is flightless. Most
flightless birds will only bathe close to home or in a really
familiar place.
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Always try to use the same surroundings, again,
your companion thinks of safety before being clean or having fun so
he will ALWAYS be looking for intruders and an escape route as he
gets bathed so the better prepared you are to provide a familiar and
safe area for him to bathe the better chances you will have to get
him to bathe outside his cage. When birds only bathe inside their
cages it's because they are afraid to do it anywhere else.
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Encouragement and
companionship is usually necessary to get bathing going too. When we
first started getting the birds to bathe, and we still do this now,
we have the most energetic bird start bathing and it draws the
others to the bath, so we do "cycle" bathing where we start with one
bird and let the others WANT to bathe on their own. They usually
come down and jump in on their schedule after the first one. If you
only have one bird then YOU have to be the first. We
prepare the room with a plastic under layer, place dirty or wet bath
towels (ones ready to be washed) on top of the plastic then their
pretty red Tupperware baster pool on top of that with plenty of room
temperature water. Use a pool that has a low enough wall for them to
see out and be able to escape whenever they want. The water is up to
their bottom so their leg feathers float and their tail can lay on
the water.
The first thing we do is stick two fingers into the
water and start splashing, this usually perks up the bird, they react to
sounds and will start to see this as someone else bathing and,
hopefully, get excited about bathing and join you. Talk to them and
sound excited about bathing. You may have to do this several times
before they get the point and waddle over for a try. Sometimes you have
to stay right with them, paddling as they bathe, that's OK it's good
bonding time for everyone.
If after 5 or 6 times they are still too afraid to
join you, move the entire process closer or even Into their cage if
there is room. In that case we have a fairly large dog water bowl that
works well for "cage only" bathers. Again, be that bathing companion and
help start the process with splashes and verbal encouragement until your
Quaker Parrot jumps in and starts to enjoy a bath.
The Quakers really need to bathe and anything you can
do to help and encourage them to get wet, and enjoy it, will help them
lead a more full and happier life.
Jon-Mark 2007
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This is a pictorial of a very clever set of parrot home
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Brooklyn Parrots
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Special Features
Learn how to choose a Quaker
Parrot or how to feed them.
Quaker Photo Albums
Visit the sites of over
50
other Quaker Parrots
Quaker Information Center
This section is full of information from well know writers about caring for
your Quaker Parrot.
Quaker TV
This section is for those of you with
broadband connections. Enjoy the videos.
Desktop
Art
Backgrounds, screen savers, Theme for
nature and Quakers.Wild
"Country" Quakers
Check out these sites of Quaker Parrots living
wild.
Colored
Quakers. Tom Nemerovsky is a
breeder of mutation colored Quaker parrots. Tom has been breeding birds for
over a half century and has significant breakthroughs in Quaker mutation
colors. Check out his site.
Rosellas
We also have Rosella parakeets. These guys are
beautiful.
Wild
Quaker Parrot Information
Click to read
about the Edgewater Parrots
Click to read about the Brooklyn
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GRACE
the latest addition to the QuakerVille flock.
Scooter's
cool web pictures and stories. cool web pictures and stories.
Skippy's Pages
Skippy is our blue Quaker Parrot and
these are some really neat photos.
Stanley's
New Nest
Check out Stanley's newest nest building techniques.
Stanley's Pages
Enjoy Stanley's photos and sounds.
VROOOM!
Miracle Takes OFF! A really cool flight startup
shot.
Miracle's Story -Miracle
is a very special Quaker Parrot. He was born in the glove of a utility
worker as we we rescuing a nest of babies from peril.
Quaker Parrot Photos Slide Show
- This section is full of Quaker Parrot picture sequences highlighting some
really neat flying shots of the Davey flock. There are new shows weekly.
A Parrot Christmas
A special story from Stanley about the Christmas season.
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