AUSTRALIA's WILD PARROTS & COCKATOOS - PBS SPECIAL - Part 1 of 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2008
- FLOCKS OF WILD AUSTRALIAN PARROTS (Part 1 of 2)
THIS IS WHAT THE PARROTS THAT WE CONFINE TO CAGES IN OUR HOMES LOOK LIKE IN THE WILD...WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE LEFT THEM...THOSE WINGS WERE MEANT FOR FLYING!!!!!!!
Condensed from a 2008 PBS SPECIAL:
"PARROTS IN THE LAND OF OZ"
Narrated by: F. Murray Abraham
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PARROT SPECIES INCLUDED:
Cockatoos (Black Cockatoo, Palm Cockatoo, Galah, Major Mitchell, Little Corella, Sulphur Crested Cockatoo)
Eclectus
Fig Parrot
Red-Cheeked Parrot
Rosella
Rainbow Lories, Lorikeets
Budgerigars, Budgies
Finches
For more Info, go to:
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?s=par... UNDER
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If you are considering sharing the rest of your life with a Parrot, please ADOPT one from your local Parrot Rescue!
To find out WHY so many Parrots (especially Cockatoos) wind up in Rescues, visit: www.mytoos.com/ AND
www.parrotsperch.com/rescue2.htm
So, PLEASE...'DON'T BUY, DON'T BREED,
A-D-O-P-T A PARROT IN NEED!'
I love how even the wild black palm cockatoo is saying hello!
I do agree,mine was already old and used to being cage raised, his owner an Aussie soldier, died and he needed a home.I battle myself everyday but what ever is best for them is the best decision. I love attracting wild birds to my garden by feeding them and offering water when it gets hot and dry here and then we both benefit from the relationship.They were given a Gift of flight, something God didn't even give us, surely then they are special in their own way and have a job to do of some sort?
This is such a beautiful documentary.
My budgie loved it (so did i)! He likes the bit with all the birds round the waterhole.
0:14 "Eeeraaaraauuu" so cute!
I think Parrots are wonderful and can adapt to our urban wastelands from LA to New York without displacing native species, It's a testament to the resiliance of nature. I wish they had more in Phoenix.
Watchin' this with my budgie. He loves it XD
You can find birds like this all over the continent. I live in suburban Melbourne, and daily have cockatoos, galahs, rosellas and lorikeets flying around my house. Outside my front door is a quince tree, and the cockatoos love the seeds, so I regularly see literally a few feet away. The only problem is, they have a tendency to give a very loud squawk as they fly off, and it frightens the daylights out of me.
little zebra finches too! it's heaven on earth! As far as making parrots pets being a sin, well, it would seem as though maybe you've never known someone who shared their home with one. I don't know about the rest of you but my birds use their cage as home base. They are not confined to it. They fly around as they see fit. I have at least two of each species I keep so they are not alone. I'd have to say that they all seem to be pretty happy here.
i am very happy to see the birds in air of australia
every one should allow their caged bird to fly freely indoor once or twice a day
so they are happy and feel independent
Now, i just have to save enough money to go to Australia.
Thank you :)
A Good spot to Sit Amongst 'Wild' parrots is Currumbin Sanctuary - Gold Coast [south of Brisbane] - Rainbow Lorikeets etc come in for free meals twice a day - they will land on you and eat from your hand ; and I believe that Australia-Zoo [Crocodile Hunter] at Sunshine Coast North of Brisbane has birds visitiing too.
I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE LEFT OUR PARROTS IN THE WILD. It is so sad to think of the comparison of birds in the wild and the ones stuck in cages. What a shame that the first person ever put a bird in a cage. I know many birds in cages are somewhat adjusted, but how very sad for their missing freedom.
Linda & Geronimo
Woah man take it easy, not all pet parrots are kept in cages, i have a pet Rosella and Cockatiel and they only go in their cages to sleep and eat. They both managed to get outside once but as soon as they did they came straight back. And thats quite a feat seeming our rosella was origionally wild-ish, we took him in after we found him during a heat wave he was so exhausted that he came to us for help. He may have been from an avary we don't know but he trusted us very quickly.
itsa great country with plenty of unique wildlife, but its also a very tough country. other countries have dangerous people, Australia has dangerous nature. We have most of the deadliest animals in the world and our country gets bush fires and floods every year at least. But i couldnt live anywhere else this is one beautiful land. One thing people forget to acknowledge when they come here is the Aboriginal history and sites.. I wish more tourists would learn about them they are unique themselves
AMAZING
I have been given a Galah from an old digger that died and i felt conflicted to have a bird kept in a cage. We have him loose on a stand in the house to stretch his wings and keep in a well feed well watered large Avery outside and cover him up if it is too cold. I felt like letting him go and then i watched the news where there were so many here in Australia they were keeping a whole town awake and they are seen as a pest.I took one look at Henry and knew he would never been seen that way by me
Yes it shows the plight of some of these birds yet folk still cage them I get heaps everyday where I live but they are free thank goodness
awesome
Hey! Dont forget the urban menace - the Ibis!!
You telling me you haven't seen a thilthy ibis or twenty picking rubbish scraps out of the city trash bins? They LOVE garbage dumps too. LOVE EM!
Their behavior makes their image associated with thilth and grime, well to me and many I know it does anyway.
Does anyone know where I can buy this DVD now? As the PBS website does not sell "Parrots from the Land of Oz" nor "The Real Macaw" anymore =(
LOL Patty melons. Haven't heard them be called that. We call them pig melons. Awesome vid though.
This guy's voice sounds like the guy who narrated Arthas's father, in WOW.
And what sort of a life are most of them going to.Shuffled around from one place to another.
Just a quick note, those that own parrots out of a love for the bird allow them to fly and have a relationship with their birds that allow them to be outside and cage free in the home. I do not promote captive breeding as they are sadly becoming over populated, nor do I promote catching parrots in the wild, however, when they are kept in a manner that puts their health and happiness first they quite enjoy being pets much like dogs. =)
3:23 My female 'Tiel does that too.
@werecatgirl
yeah and being a typical human, you'd probably also love to capture one of those wild parotts, lock it up in a 2x2 foot cage and teach it to mimic silly human words for the rest of its life...for your "entertainment". lol.
I fell bad that i put my budgies in a cage, they look so happy in the wild!
Actually you don't see hardly any parrots in the cities of Australia when compared to the thousands and thousands you see out in the bush. They don't fair well in cities at all even if there are plenty of trees and one reason is because many of them have very specific needs in reguards to nest for breeding. For example many of them require very old trees which have hollows in them and most trees of that age are removed from biult up areas. However Lorikeets fair pretty well in suburbia
Wouldn't that be nice...sigh...
@birdlady423
the ones that are companions are free to come out of the cage
Hey I saved my bird from being killed and he wanted to stay cause he didn't leave
My adorable snowythecorella adoped me as his Mum the moment he spotted me at Pets' shop!
He was hand-reared corella we were told. I did not know he is like a Child and demands a lot of Attention...... now he "owns" me, ha! ha! Lucky he is intelligent and loving!
Snowy's Mum, Nancy at....youtube.....cookingwithnancy/ Snowy loves watching me cooking and is always "noisy" when he smells cooked food or me talking on camera!
Today Australia and most countries with beautiful wildlife prohibit (or ban, precisely) exporting its wildlife outside of Australia, which means every parrot in a cage is locally bred, and even if you want to set them free, it won't survive in the wild as they get the knowledge of surviving the wilderness from their parents. The only way to escape a cruel owner is rehoming or adoption, and reporting the owner to a local wildlife rescue center to be charged with a handsome fee.
the //creator meant them to fly and its a travesty to cut their wings and put them in jail......on my birds cage, which is only in when outside...I stenciled the words bird jail..........................
its a bad thing to take flight away from a creature that the universe created for flight...once again....stupid human tricks