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| | From:  Delirious0 (Original Message) | Sent: 10/22/2007 5:11 AM |
I am a New Member here! I have been lurking for ages, reading all of the interesting topics, with all of your cute stories about your birds :-). I finally decided to be more active, and actually join the group so I can post. Some of you might recognize my name from Bird Lovers International, where I posted a few times, though lurked mostly there as well =P
My name is Amanda, and I am owned by a lovely 4 year old cockatiel named Dandy. I attached some pictures at the bottom, of her for you to look at.
When I say she, know that I actually really don't know what gender she really is, and have just decided to refer to her as a girl. When I first got her, for the first 3 months she was absolutely silent, which is when I first decided she must be a girl. Then all of a sudden she started whistling up a storm, and now has a repertoire of Row Row Row your Boat, Star Wars Theme Song and Happy Birthday, as well as plenty of variations mixing all 3 songs, along with her own made up tunes. She also imitates ripping paper towels (for the bottom of her cage), finger snapping, "clucking your tongue", and blowing a kiss. Her ability to imitate sound, interest in serenading her reflection, and tendency to try and impress me with heartshaped wings (don't know how else to explain that) makes me think she is in reality a boy. But two summers ago she got sick, and among other things had to get an X Ray, and at this point the Avian Vet mentioned to me that her bone structure seemed female to her. That, and a complete lack of beak banging, just makes me very confused, so for now she is a girl that acts like a boy sometimes, in my eyes :-P
Anyways, I hope to meet all of you (and actually be active and not lurk ;-) ). Sorry, that I wrote so much :-P |
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Hi Amanda. Dandy is a really pretty cockatiel. She looks like a pied, which are hard to tell male from female by their color. If she isn't rapping her beak like a woodpecker, I doubt she could be a he. The males also hop when they get excited. The movement with the wings might be like a female crouching down when they see a male? Momnoah has several cockatiels, so she will probably give her opinion also. I started with two cockatiels, a male lutino and a female cinnamon. At the present time I have 15 cockatiels: 2 females, 11 males and 2 unknown. Of the 6 babies that were hatched this spring, 4 are definitely males...when they start the chirpa chirpa chirpa song I know for sure. I'm really impressed with all the songs she is doing. The only thing any of my birds has said is "pretty bird." Anyway, welcome to the group! Kathy |
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Hi Amanda your cockateil Dandy Is a very pretty bird she looks Like she smileing I have 5 birds 2Conures 2Amazons and 1Congo African Grey I'm looking forward to reading all the stories about your bird she is obviously a very talented singer. One of my Amazon sings Opera beautifuly she loves to sing my Fiery shouldered conure love to sing too as long as I sing with her she seems to like deuts she's very good at harmonizing its very cute she likes to dance also. anyway I'm writing a book here so I'll just say welcome to the group I hope you will be very happy here. Pat |
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Welcome to The Group, Amanda! Dandy is gorgeous ... I really love her colouring. I share my home near Victoria, British Columbia with Basil - Indian Ringneck, Pepper - Cockatiel, Sage - White-Eared Conure, and Beau - Hahns Macaw. Basil, Sage and Beau are all females (dna'd), and Pepper is a male. Of the four, Pepper is the only one who says anything that I understand, and that is "Hi Pepper, Hi Pepper, Hipepperpepperpepperpepperpepper". He has a quite a repertoire of whistles, including Shave and a Haircut, Row Row Row Your Boat. My first bird, Cracker (she flew over the Rainbow Bridge in 2001) was a lutino female Cockatiel. I was told she was a male when I got her from the breeder, however, when she began laying eggs I knew that wasn't true! lol Glad you decided to pop in and introduce yourself, Amanda. We'll look forward to seeing you often? And don't apologize for writing a lot! You were introducing yourself, and very well I might add. As you can see, I "occasionally" have no problem talking a lot! lol Again, Welcome, Amanda! Abby |
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What a pretty little Tiel... great feather and colour.
What about the cheek patches? they look vibrant and deeper in colour than any females I've seen..
Pics can be deceiving (colour wise)
We hope you'll jump in on as many posts as you can so we get to know you better and
we expect lots of pics of Dandy |
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Amanda, Welcome!! The pics are gorgeous, especially the one on top of her cage. Her coloring is so pretty, but I think she's a boy bird. No scientific reason for my thinking this but boys are whistlers and so much more vocal than girls. Doesn't matter at all, because you love her and she's beautiful. Drop in often and talk to us. Annie |
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Hi Amanda ~ And welcome to this great group! Love the pics of Dandy! I'm a birdie newbie and have never seen a cockatiel with that colouring. She (he?) is beautiful! Hubby and I share our home with Boo, a male Hahn's Macaw. I only know that because he was DNA sexed. Boys and girls all look alike to me in the birdie world! I'm sure you'll enjoy belonging to this fun, wonderful group! |
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| | | From: momnoah | Sent: 10/23/2007 12:05 AM |
 Amanda. There is no need to apologize about the length of a post. Dandy is a very nice pied. Just off-hand, Dandy sounds more like a male. How old is Dandy? Does she have any dark feathers in her tail or wings? Females and juvenile males have yellow & black/grey barred under-tail feathers spots in the underside of the wing. Adult males do not. Females tend to whistle very simplisitc one or two note calls. It isn't unheard of for a female to talk, imitate noises, sing & whistle tunes like that, but it is very unusual. I have 20 tiels atm. 5 are definitely males. Smoke, 19; Flynn & Sonar, 4; Sonny, 8 or 9; and Gabby, 7 months. Smoke doesn't sing and whistle often, but when he does, he does it with gusto and in full display. He hops, bobs, weaves, flaps, sings and raps on anything he can reach. He also says "pretty bird" and once I think he said "good boy" but I'm not sure with this tinnitis. Flynn & Sonar sing and whistle often, but don't say anything (that I know was them for sure) and they too hop, bob, weave, and knock. They don't flap about like Smoke, but they do 'wing flip'. Sonar knocks more than Flynn. Sonny sings like a mockingbird and his own song, whistles Shave and a Haircut, Row Row Row Your Boat, Bridge over the River Kwai. He says hello, pretty bird, what are you doing?, Hi Sonny and a few others I can't understand.. He very rarely knocks or hops, but does bob, weaves, paces and wing-flips. Gabby, as you might guess by his name, rarely is quiet. Mostly he will weave a little, bob a few times and pace. I have not seen him knock or hop. At 7 mo, he still has most of his juvenile plumage, although his face is getting more yellow and cheek patches look just a little brighter. So you see, they are all individuals and can be very different. |
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