catbirdseat Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 My wife's Goffin Cockatoo escaped and flew 30-40 ft up a fir tree. Is there anyone who can help us get the bird down? Does anyone have AlpineK's phone number? Quote
Dru Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 in an effort to answer your query i came across this Quote
catbirdseat Posted August 18, 2003 Author Posted August 18, 2003 It's good to know I have friends I can count on, Dru. Â I was able to borrow a set of climbing spurs from my friend Mike. I'll give it a shot tomorrow. Quote
EWolfe Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 catbirdseat said: It's good to know I have friends I can count on, Dru. Â I was able to borrow a set of climbing spurs from my friend Mike. I'll give it a shot tomorrow. Â The kind of spurious behavior I would expect from a climber Quote
AlpineK Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 Just so you know, spurring or gaffing up a tree you aren't going to kill is considered aid among tree climbers, and a generally nasty habit. However, throwing a rope over a limb up high in the tree and pulling yourself into the tree with the help of the rope is considered free climbing  I won't hold you to professional standards CBS.  this thread would be so super in THE NEW TREE CLIMBING FORUM Quote
icegirl Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 Sorry about your problem, I hope it is all sorting itself out... I have a couple of them, and imagine I'd ask the same in such a situation. SO, did you get that rotten bird out of the tree????? Quote
catbirdseat Posted August 18, 2003 Author Posted August 18, 2003 I'm going to try in the morning. The bird should be okay until then. It shouldn't get very cold. Quote
EWolfe Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 C: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique. Â O: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it? Â C: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it! Â O: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's pining for the fjords... Â Quote
Bug Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 If it's a hardwood you're climbin, be sure to set those spurs deep lest you be makin curly-ques all the way down. An hit the trunk, not yur leg. Like climbin a rock, you'll do well to relax and trust those feet. Lean back into the lanyard and watch where you put those spurs. Best of luck. Quote
ncascademtns Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 Just as a cat, I have never seen a dead bird perched in a tree. You'll get the spurs, climb the tree and by the time you get to the top you'll have flushed it out. Then, you'll be stuck up there. I think the dry icing technique was a better idea. Have fun Catbirdseat. Hmm...... this catbirdseat is all starting to make sense. Quote
AlpineK Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 Bug said: If it's a hardwood you're climbin, be sure to set those spurs deep lest you be makin curly-ques all the way down. An hit the trunk, not yur leg. Like climbin a rock, you'll do well to relax and trust those feet. Lean back into the lanyard and watch where you put those spurs. Best of luck. Â Relaxing and trusting your feet is the only right thing you said there. Â slamming your spurs in too hard makes them harder to pull out, and the only time I ever look at my feet is when I'm spurring up a hardened dead tree. Quote
Bug Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 AlpineK said: Bug said: If it's a hardwood you're climbin, be sure to set those spurs deep lest you be makin curly-ques all the way down. An hit the trunk, not yur leg. Like climbin a rock, you'll do well to relax and trust those feet. Lean back into the lanyard and watch where you put those spurs. Best of luck. Â Relaxing and trusting your feet is the only right thing you said there. Â slamming your spurs in too hard makes them harder to pull out, and the only time I ever look at my feet is when I'm spurring up a hardened dead tree. Hmm. OK. I wasn't able to get the spurs very far into the hardwood I was climbing. Getting them out was too easy. But I've only climbed one and hated it. As for not looking at his feet, would you really recommend that to someone who hasn't had spurs on? Just curious. Don't be offended, I've only climbed for cones. Quote
Figger_Eight Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 A fat ugly woman moved into a new apartment next to a pet shop. Every morning she'd have to walk out in front of the pet shop to get her bus stop, and every morning the parrot sitting in the window would say, "Squawk...you are the fattest and ugliest woman I've ever seen!...Squawk" Â After about a week of this, the fat ugly woman walked into the store and screamed at the owner, within earshot of the bird, that if parrot said that one more time she'd buy it just so she could kill it. Â The next morning she walks in front of the pet store and looks in the window menacingly. The bird looks back and says, "You know:" Quote
Sphinx Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 Figger_Eight said: A fat ugly woman moved into a new apartment next to a pet shop. Every morning she'd have to walk out in front of the pet shop to get her bus stop, and every morning the parrot sitting in the window would say, "Squawk...you are the fattest and ugliest woman I've ever seen!...Squawk" Â After about a week of this, the fat ugly woman walked into the store and screamed at the owner, within earshot of the bird, that if parrot said that one more time she'd buy it just so she could kill it. Â The next morning she walks in front of the pet store and looks in the window menacingly. The bird looks back and says, "You know:" Call me stupid, but I don't get it. Quote
catbirdseat Posted August 18, 2003 Author Posted August 18, 2003 The parrot was gone this morning when I went to check on it. I don't know where it is now. Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 Â Yer gonna be in the dogbirdhouse, catbirdseat! Quote
catbirdseat Posted August 18, 2003 Author Posted August 18, 2003 My daughter is going to be so happy when she returns from California. She hated that bird and it hated her. Quote
catbirdseat Posted August 19, 2003 Author Posted August 19, 2003 I got home from a bike ride and had just put my bike away when I heard the bird squaking across the street in the park. I went over there and it turned out he was high in a big cedar tree. Fortunately, there were branches low enough that I could reach them while standing on the fence. I climbed up about 30 ft and there he was. He hopped on my finger and up to my shoulder and stayed there as I climbed back down. He's back in his cage eating like a horse. Poor little Booger. No more outside trips for him until his wings are clipped. Quote
Scourge Posted August 19, 2003 Posted August 19, 2003 Damn, It would have made a delicious meal for a homeless old, crusty, smelly, hungry, climber like me. Thanks for public libraries. Quote
klenke Posted August 19, 2003 Posted August 19, 2003 Scourge said: Thanks for public libraries. Which taste better, the male pigeons or the female pigeons? Quote
catbirdseat Posted August 19, 2003 Author Posted August 19, 2003 That scrawny bird might have offered two bites. Ever had squab? Quote
Scourge Posted August 19, 2003 Posted August 19, 2003 Â [bfor public Which taste better, the male pigeons or the female pigeons? Never can get close to pidgeons, guess I need a shower. Quote
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