[Ashling]

I get the eastern varient around here. I think I like them best, but I've grown up with them, so it's what I'm used to I guess!
Oh, the sulpher cresteds are SO LOUD! They fly over calling to each other and they're so big. I saw some today at 7:30 in the morning... weirdly enough, I was at a friends house in the outer city suburbs! They go into the city too, and have been destroying the lights that light up the art centre, so they have built an aviary there with a peregrine falcon and wedge-tailed eagle to scare them off. I think it's worked so far... but if my memory served me, they destroyed up to $20,000 worth previously! The Little corellas, gang gangs, yellow tail blacks, galahs and sulphurs are all a delight to see... I wish they would let you go up and pet them though! They look so friendly and social together... it's tempting! In relation to this post though, I clipped my tiels and budgie, and nearly cried doing so. I'm doing it because I found that I hadn't been taking them out as often, or as long as I should, and when I did, they would just sit on the curtains by themselves. I had them out-clipped- today for 5 hours, as opposed to the usual 1! They even came into me and Ashling's room and played on her cage, and her playbranch. We shred apple and broccoli and preened and Peanut let me scritch his head for the first time in a year! Even the budgie let me scritch her head, and she is usually afraid of my hand! The next few months will be full of vigourous re-hand taming for the tiels, so they (crosses fingers) learn recall! Ash has it down pat, Peanut usued to follow me everywhere when it was just us two, but now he has his mate! And his mate Indi couldn't care less about where I am, or what I am doing, as long as I don't come near.
Regardless, I must say there is no greater sight than watching the large wild parrots unfurl their full wingspan and take off unrestrained into the sky, calling to each nother and feeding wherever they please.