Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!Teknowledge.COM!vaxc!wcapling From: wcapling@vaxc.ARPA (Wayne Caplinger) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Contributions from Exotic Bird owners. Message-ID: <28655@vaxc.ARPA> Date: 25 Sep 89 17:25:46 GMT References: <7995@cloud9.Stratus.COM> <10775@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Reply-To: wcaplinger@teknowledge.com (Wayne Caplinger) Organization: Teknowledge, Inc., Palo Alto CA Lines: 20 I wish to blur the distinctions between bird watchers and cagebird keepers, and between "captive" and "wild and unrestrained" birds. My SO and I go birding frequently. We also have brought birding home with us. We have a few cockatiels sharing our flat. They have full run of the place, and are never in a cage. If they wish, they can play with us, sleep on a knee, or ride on a shoulder. Some parts of the flat are theirs excusively, for sleeping, eating and breeding. They lead bird-like lives, except that they have no predators, and their jungle is small. We usually feel less affinity with "cagebird" people (emphasis on "cage") than with bird watchers. -- :: WCaplinger@teknowledge.com :: Cimflex-Teknowledge Corp., P.O.Box 10119, Palo Alto, CA 94303 :: (415) 424-0500 ext 423