Featheredsamurai
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My friends have this awesome parrot book that came out in the 70's called Parrots of the world, unfortunately they put it in storage and I really wanted my own copy if I can find it affordable anywhere. I read it like 3 years ago. While reading it I noticed it was extremely out of date but I enjoy reading out of date things(gives a perspective of how people though) but this book had very off information. One thing was that at the time the book came out the majority of people didn't think parrots should have water, but rather bread soaked in water or milk. I read the date of when it was originally published and found out it was written in the late 1800's. It's kinda like reading a journal, the guy talks about his experiences with parrots. I remember he said that he didn't like galahs because his male killed his female in the aviary, and that while he was in Africa he was so excited to see the African grays he "couldn't help but shot one". He also knew a African gray with a extensive vocabulary that belonged to a family, and that he wouldn't let his hyacinth macaw out to fly in the yard because he feared what damage that huge beak would do.
It's really hard to find the book because I don't know the name of the author, and whenever I search parrots of the world the only thing I find is the book by Forshaw that I already own. It's possible I might have the name off, but even when I just search for old parrot books nothing that looks familiar comes up.
I'm crossing my fingers that someone here knows what book I'm looking for.
It's really hard to find the book because I don't know the name of the author, and whenever I search parrots of the world the only thing I find is the book by Forshaw that I already own. It's possible I might have the name off, but even when I just search for old parrot books nothing that looks familiar comes up.
I'm crossing my fingers that someone here knows what book I'm looking for.
