Visitors to My Garden . Part 3

Take the dog for a walk and the whole world goes right on bye .
kaperc's Link above tells exactly what it is .

The sound they make can send a grown man insane .
Women are already there .lol X2

Dogs, take the dogs for a walk. I so love having several on leashes out in the front yard at one time. It feels so wunnerful to have my arms ripped out of their sockets when they see a wascally wabbit and want to go after it. This evening they found a little snake. Twinkletoes elevated off the ground by about 3'. It never ceases to amuse me when one of my dogs gets spooked by something that it could swallow in one gulp like a snake or a frog. Last week Twinkletoes was afraid of a Bumblebee. I had 200+ pounds of dog cowering behind me poking his head out for a peek. Pathetic.

I clicked on her link and looked at the first few photos and figured I was wrong and that it wasn't a Mole Cricket but something very similar. I went back and looked at her link again and scrolled all the way down and Bingo! She got it. It is a Mole Cricket you lil stinker you!

Life wasn't meant to be easy . lol
You know I have never heard them being called Mole's here in OZ .
Must be an USA web site .

We have a macaw who acts the same way when the cockatiel says "peep." (Macaw = BIG bird / cockatiel = small bird) - flies all over the place screaming.

So what do they call them there?

Cockatiel is a Native to Australia .
Macaws come from south America .
Both called the same thing here .

Don't act blond Ginger, we all know you're a red head. She meant what do you call Mole Crickets down under big boy! Come on now, out with it and while you're at it, please provide a scientific name for Darth Vader while you're at it. I'd like to look him up.

When I was growing up we had a Blue Hyacinth. That was a very big bird. It used to chase my Mom and Dad's dobermans and corner them from time to time and the dogs would tremble and pee on the floor. Those dogs weren't all that big at maybe 90-100lbs but they could have had that bird for lunch and they never knew it. Animals sometimes do not know their size. I could definitely see a Cockatiel going after a Macaw. Gutsy birds.

What do you call the birds? Parrots? lol

Hyacinths are truly big. Saw a young one hanging from a perch one day by one toe and rescued him. Then he refused to go back to the perch. Seemed it was his favorite trick, as the next sucker came along and he did the whole thing all over. The are priceless companions. Don't let me talk about birds.

So, what is the mole cricket called there?

Ours used to tell people to "come on in" any time somebody knocked at the front door. There were a few times we had all kinds of strange people wandering around in our house. That habit that he picked up was what ultimately got him booted from our house. Another trick of his was to tell the dogs to go get the the rabbit and then when they'd go charging and sliding into the patio doors, he laugh a human laugh and dance back and forth shifting his weight from leg to leg cackling away on his perch. Needless to say, my Mom knew exactly what my Dad was doing to the dogs when she wasn't around. Buddy Boy was telling the dogs to go get the rabbits in the same exact tone of voice my dad would have used and he was laughing the same way my Dad laughed. He picked up other things from family members. One that was particularly funny was this, "Oh no, not the Jehovah's Witnesses again". No insult intended if anyone is a Jehovah's Witness because everyone I've ever met who is a JW has always been a very nice person but my parents didn't want any more Watch Tower magazines that they weren't going to read. My parents were always really embarrassed when the bird came out with that one when we had guests around. Birds are not dumb.

See Eqi .
It WAS the name of the birds .
Women ? can't live with them .
Can't live without them . lol

Serious NOW ,
kaperc Yes . We call Macaws parrots .
Cockatiels are considered the smallest of the cockatoo family .

And what's the scientfic name of that Australian Mole Cricket? Come on now, out with it if you know it!

I love birds! They always crack me up!! One of my grandmas used to own some and we babysitted them for a couple of weeks. We got veeeery attached. I can't remember what they were. They were small ones.

OK Eqi.
Waited long enough ?
Try this link .
http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_c/a_170.htm

There is Pep. typing over me again .

Yep!!

Arrrgh! I'm surprised it didn't say brown mole cricket.

Honestly, I had to read your message about the birds three times to get what you were saying. Words without inflection can be such a pain. Never mind. lol

for pepper:

Lady brings her toddler outside and meets me at the mailbox with my Amazon parrot on my arm. "What do birdies say, darling?" she says to the little tyke. Before he can open his mouth, Princess belts out "I can tickle your BEL-LY!" "Well," says mom, "most birds say tweet-tweet." Really happened. I gave her an extra almond that day.

LOL!! That's priceless!!

Great story kaperc .
Surprised it didn't bite her on the lip . lol
This one sure would have .

Actually, she has bitten me on the lip!

That one looks a bit like our turkey vulture.

It's not a vulture .

"I can tickle your BEL-LY!" Ha ha ha ha! Birds are a lot like kids, totally unpredictable. And let me guess, your bird picked up on you going after your kids to tickle their bellies! I know that our bird meowed. It also barked and made squirrel sounds because my Mom fed squirrels on her patio. That bird had quite a repertoire and much of it was full blown sentences complete with the proper tone and inflections. Pretty wild.

Actually, I was going after her belly! She would hang from the bars on the top of her cage and let me tickle her. She also does a cough I get with allergies - I call her Camille when she does that. I told my DH he'll be haunted by me. It is nice to get a "hello" every morning, too, along with "how are you?" The macaw has picked up "hey girly girl" which cracks me up; she and I have laughing contests.

Someone on a forum described the big parrots as feathered two year olds with can-openers on their faces. Pretty accurate.

Ginger: of course it's not a vulture - it's a turkey!



This message was edited May 25, 2007 9:34 PM

kaperc , I'm really glad you cleared that up .
I WAS getting a little nervous .

That's even funnier, you were going after your bird's belly! These birds can really pick up language quick. I don't think I'd want one around my house until the kids are all gone. I'm afraid this family is too silly and we might be taken out of context if a bird ever repeated some of the things we say around here on a regular basis. Other than that, my bet is that we'd end up with a bird that made very loud boy belches and boy fart sounds within the first week of being here and then we'd all lose it if a bird repeated those sounds in front of guests. Best for us to stick to mammals for the time being.

Good thinking Eqi .
Lizards don't make fart sounds . lol
Only when a Car runs over them .

Tee he, bet your daughter didn't emit those kinds of sounds when she was growing up now did she! Boys!

LOL. I need one now. Need one to copy my brothers when they come over.

Pep. You can have these four for nothing .
They live wild around here .

My cat would eat them. Otherwise I would.

You would eat a $8,000 Bird ???

LOL. No but my cat would. He loves birds. Especially colorful ones. lol

These are Rosellas .
They are only $ 2,800 each .
How hany would you like for your Moggie ?

I'd take at least one if I could afford it and make it my pirate's parrot. It would ride on my shoulders at work everyday. lol

I' helping a friend on a horse ranch at the moment .
And he has a Parrot on his shoulder almost all day .
He makes loud noises at the dogs .
and The horses don't like him .

he he...bet they respect that can opener on his face, though.
I'll go back to my perch now. :-)

lol

lol

A bird in the hand is Worth ????

A handful.

No Pep .
Two in the bush .