So, today I met a hyacinth.

[MacawBeaks]

My family and I went to Monterey, Ca for some whale watching and while we were there we wandered around the boardwalk. I saw one of those little set ups where there's a bunch of birds and people hold them and whatnot. I've done this many times before but this time a hyacinth caught my eye. I'd never saw one in real life let alone pet one so I walked up and sure enough got to hold the sweet thing. Makes me want a hyacinth more than a Greenwing haha. She was the sweetest thing at only 10 years old and everyone was scared of her but really- she wouldn't hurt a fly. Here's a pic, just trying to add to my macaw experience

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

They are quite impressive! The breeder/store where I got BB the cockatiel has one,sitting on a T stand...I walked up to him snd the breeder said " Watch it....he bites!" lol
Very pretty bird..with a massive beaky!




Jim

 

[MacawBeaks]

The one I met was a total sweetheart! She was falling asleep on three year olds. Yeah, haven't gotten bitten by a macaw yet. Just a matter of when, lol

 

[SailBoat]

My family and I went to Monterey, Ca for some whale watching and while we were there we wandered around the boardwalk. I saw one of those little set ups where there's a bunch of birds and people hold them and whatnot. I've done this many times before but this time a hyacinth caught my eye. I'd never saw one in real life let alone pet one so I walked up and sure enough got to hold the sweet thing. Makes me want a hyacinth more than a Greenwing haha. She was the sweetest thing at only 10 years old and everyone was scared of her but really- she wouldn't hurt a fly. Here's a pic, just trying to add to my macaw experience

It is very dangerous meeting sweetheart Hyacinth! They cause serious mental problems that turn into an need to own one! So take great care of the must have illness. NOTE: Commonly the illness is quickly halted with sticker shock.

 

[Luckyandjenn]

Thats so cute she really looks snuggly

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

My family and I went to Monterey, Ca for some whale watching and while we were there we wandered around the boardwalk. I saw one of those little set ups where there's a bunch of birds and people hold them and whatnot. I've done this many times before but this time a hyacinth caught my eye. I'd never saw one in real life let alone pet one so I walked up and sure enough got to hold the sweet thing. Makes me want a hyacinth more than a Greenwing haha. She was the sweetest thing at only 10 years old and everyone was scared of her but really- she wouldn't hurt a fly. Here's a pic, just trying to add to my macaw experience

It is very dangerous meeting sweetheart Hyacinth! They cause serious mental problems that turn into an need to own one! So take great care of the must have illness. NOTE: Commonly the illness is quickly halted with sticker shock.

10k for the "biter" I saw! He was 7 years young.


Jim

 

[MacawBeaks]

Yeah, hard macaws to own I hear. Wouldn't wanna have one unless I have maximum experience or something. They guy who raised her must've raised her right. You can tell he had to go through h*** for it though. He had a fresh looking bite wound on his lower lip and scars up and down his arms. He also had some 80 year old U2's and a bunch of Amazon's.

 

[Scott]

They are exceptionally beautiful birds!!

 

[mr.macaw]

Beautiful bird in a beautiful city. I love Monterey. We're headed to the aquarium next month. We'll keep our eye out for the Hy's!

 

[CPT4Wheel]

Such a beautiful bird. Looks like a real sweetie too.

 

[Sand1]

Cool picture, thanks for sharing. What is a U2?

 

[gavagai]

It is very dangerous meeting sweetheart Hyacinth! They cause serious mental problems that turn into an need to own one! So take great care of the must have illness. NOTE: Commonly the illness is quickly halted with sticker shock.

When I was first thinking about more getting birds, I saw an ad on Craigslist with a hyacinth for $200. I really hope it was a scam, and that's still a strong probability. Yet given that the author described it as a "colorful parrot" rather than a "hyacinth macaw," that I haven't seen a repeat of the ad (unlike the many ads with an African gray which I've seen over the past year with similar phrasing which I am fairly confident are scams), and that a friend of my aunt's runs a bird rescue which has an increasing number of macaws (they're the only birds she can't always find homes for, though I think her collection is all scarlets, greenwings, and blue-and-golds) I'm not 100% certain that it was.

I was tempted to respond and ask to visit the bird, but I knew that if it was real I'd almost certainly need to take it, and once I had it I'd have a hard time giving it up to someone who could care for it properly. So I just ignored it, and I feel kind of bad about now. I can tell myself it was probably a scam, but I know there's at least a chance that it was for real and if it was real there's a not-negligible chance that at that price, the bird went to someone even less qualified to care for a hyacinth than myself.

 

[gavagai]

Cool picture, thanks for sharing. What is a U2?

Umbrella cockatoo.