This male coopers hawk was picked up by a police officer in Manhattan then brought to animal control.
Animal control in Manhattan drove to Bobby's fire house where Bobby was working to deliver the hawk.
He has some kind of motor grease all over himself . He smells like a car repair garage.







Animal control brought this coopers hawk to Bobby's fire house. The bird was covered in some kind of motor grease . Bobby and his coworkers gave him his first dawn dish washing liquid bath at the fire house. I picked him up the next morning and this is the pictures of his next bath. Hopefully after a few more baths we will be able to get all of this stuff off of him and he will be releasable.

Two names embedded in my head, John Glenn and JFK. Big talk about both when I was a kid. I'll never forget listening to my am radio and hearing "President Kennedy has been shot, OMG, the President has been shot"! The announcer was crying!!

Thanks jeanne!

Didn't read this before I posted to Janet.  How did this subject come up?     I just mentioned these in my post.    I was in gym class, sitting in line; sun streaming through the gymnasium windows.   Announcement over PA that President had been shot; followed by his death.  We all walked home crying; teachers and principal crying.  We sat in front of  small black and white TV and watched it unfold.  Reality TV.   That's why we are who we are NOW!  It was real then,  but now we show  "falsehoods" and pass them off as "realities".    Maybe that's why we like the reality of nature and the falcons?   It's honest, real, and unscripted?   What was that commercial?   Never doubt Mother Nature?   A butter commercial?   Help me out here...

  Here ya go! We go from John Glenn to Mother nature!!  We so go off, don't we?

Two names embedded in my head, John Glenn and JFK. Big talk about both when I was a kid. I'll never forget listening to my am radio and hearing "President Kennedy has been shot, OMG, the President has been shot"! The announcer was crying!!

Thanks jeanne!

Poor Beauty, she's hanging in there. Thanks for the update!

126 now

 

Just shows to go you..........some people should NOT keep birds.

All good birdkeepers KNOW the birds are 10 times more clever than us
and will always "have it their way"!

If he wants information.....

http://www.cockatielcottage.net/index.html

a tiel expert answers questions.

Now that's funny, I sent him that link a few weeks ago and the last thing I clicked on is still highlighted! Cockatiels that scream!!

I agree with you both! I sent him off an email with basically what you and nyc said. He's not really my friend, my daughter's but I know him from her. NO PATIENCE!!

Gregg needs to act very soon or he is going to have possibly 8 more "problem" birds on his hands. It's very hard to sell or even give away "untamed" pet birds.  Those eggs could hatch even before Cricket is weaned.

FYI: I am not a breeder, just a birdkeeper with a 16 year old Quaker that all my friends call "Dracula" because he has gotten a bite from them all and me too!

He doesn't think any of the eggs will hatch, lemon's been off them more than on. He got mad at me for giving him some advice and killed his thread on FB. He's taking Perlie and putting him in a cage by himself. Guess he has no patience. (Either do I at this point) Stubborn man!!

My Moe loves Kara and bites me! I'm with him all the time, not her! Pffft!! "Dracula" lol!! 

Y'all know what Murphy says......with all that lovely camera set-up at Times Square....
she will probably choose the Powers nest!!

Seems like I've read here that the tiercel chooses the nest site.  It that's the case, maybe Archer will introduce her to TS.   

Or he'll say, "hey you don't belong here, I'm taking you back to KP"! Off they go! Wishful huh?

Thanks nyc, I'm trying to keep him calm over all this, he is frustrated with Perlie. He just tried to get Cricket out and Perlie went after Gregg and spooked Cricket, who flew into the walls. Maybe he should just leave them alone for a while and stop going in the cage after cricket.  He said Perlie was nice at one time but no more.

OK question for any bird breeders out there. Gregg is having problems with Perlie the dad Cockatiel. I say he has not interacted with him enough over the years with Perlie and Lemon, (mom). He brought in a new female last week, who is gentle as a Peach and he can hold her and she is calm. He used to be able to let Perlie out and he was nicer but not now. He wants to get rid of him, I say no. Any ideas?

From Gregg,

 Yep. It's time. This is not mating season hormones, and Storm, the new female has nothing to do with it. Perlie has been like this for well over a year. I can barley maintain the cage or interact with the birds at all. He attacks relentlessly without interruption. I can't even LOOK at the cage, he will come to my face and try to bite through the bars to get at me. I barely get to handle or interact with my birds because he turns it into a screaming, biting, flailing warzone. I sure as heck don't want Cricket growing up like this. Every time i try to take Cricket out, or check on anything, it's SCREAM & ATTACK. Plus, even when I'm not in there, Perlie screams so much that I often don't even want to be in the house anymore. I had no idea that Cockatiels could be gentle, till I got Storm. Lemon never comes near me, and Perlie is nasty. Storm, at least let's me take her out and put her on the cage to hang out. Cricket would, but Perlie makes it a nightmare to get to Cricket. I've tried everything from an expensive new cage, to fancy toys, to birdy snacks, and everything in between. The last thing I am willing to try, is to quarantine him for a bit. I've read about this in several places. I will let him be in his own cage, on his own for a bit. I will let him be covered longer to sleep longer, and other details I've read, to see if it works. I will also continue to look into any other possible causes. But, ultimately, a bird is not going to ruin my ability to be comfortable the house, or to enjoy my other pets. My patience is extreme, and Perlie is luck for that, as I doubt many would put up with a bird who treats them like this. The ball is in his hands.

90 candles this morning. I think she deserves 100.

Last count, just at 101!  Keep the flame burning for Beauty.  

102 

http://youtu.be/N2vARzvWxwY Turn off this feature.

Just a reminder that Archer came home last year on March 12, it's coming fast. Here he is on the 13th.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-17029136 It happens more than we know! Cut them up!!