Hello All!

[Monica]

Parakeet means any small parrot with a long tapering tail. This includes anything from budgies to conures, quakers, ringnecks, grass keets, etc. It however does not include poicephalus or pionus.

Matt, yes you are correct that a ringneck is a pheasent.... but it's also a parrot, too!

So for example, here's a ringneck pheasant


And here's a ringneck parrot/parakeet...


And here's some other species that are in the ringneck parrot family!










I agree though, the Gyrfalcons are gorgeous!!! Gotta be one of my favorites, if not THE favorite in falcons! Just gorgeous!!!!

How's the little Gyr settling in?

[Falconerwa]

Gyr is doing well! he sits on my finger when i put it to his lower body, and say up. hes realized that, oh hey, i can go back to my cage if i want to, and will go back. but i had him sitting on my hand preening while i played some Battlefield 2 with my buddy. Hes getting a bit more vocal, and a bit more active since ive had him. but not much. im really hoping he turns super vocal hehe.

[Monica]

He shall when he settles in more! A budgie was my first bird, and I still have 5 now! First got into birds when I was 12 (when I got my first budgie White Waters). Been nearly 7 years now and it just doesn't feel like it!