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| Liz |
Lovely, touching story...my condolences to you and yours...
Liz
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| Alex Clayton |
I don't care if anyone "hates these kind of postings", I'm glad you shared
it. Sorry to hear about the loss, but it sounds like the little bird gave
you tons of great memories. In exchange you both gave her a great life.
"Wheeler" <rivercst@pacifier.com> wrote in message
news:10eb092bhknlted@corp.supernews.com...
> Yeah, I know, I hate these type of posts but some of you were there, way
> back when:
>
> We want to share a bit with you all, Cricket the Pacific hen got Gloria
and
> I started with Parrotlets. She was a funny green bird dumped along with
> nearly 60 other birds on us oh to many years ago. A "sick" friend asked if
I
> would care for her birds for a little while, six months later she had not
> been seen anywhere. (finally found her and got a bill of sale for the
birds
> so as to allow placements and sales and.....) Cricket was the only little
> green bird in a larger group of Teils, Lovebirds and Budgies, I think
there
> were even a few finches in the mix. We did not know what she was, looking
at
> the books and asking around we decided she might be a Green Rump and some
of
> my early postings to rec.pets.birds are rather embarrassing today having
> been educated, we now know she was a Pacific hen. Cricket became Gloria's
> buddy riding around on her hair bun, traveling all over the farm, she
> tolerated me but plain out love the hell out of her Gloria. She let us
know
> when we brought in our first breeding pair of Pacific's that she wanted,
> needed a mate and we were able to trade a handfed baby for an old scraggly
> looking male named Freddie. Cricket and Freddie setup housekeeping and
> raised years of some of the greatest babies in the Pacific Northwest.
> Freddie passed a bit back and we were not able/willing to match Cricket up
> with a new mate. She was an old faithful critter who spent the last year
or
> so back with her beloved Gloria. Cricket passed last night, Gloria placed
> her under the new rose bush and we have agreed, no tears, I lied!
>
> Bob Wheeler
>
>
> --
> Check out our web site,
> A few new features and new pictures.
> http://www.onemorebird.com/
>
>
>
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| Starlight |
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 08:37:00 -0800, "Wheeler" <rivercst@pacifier.com>
wrote:
>She was an old faithful critter who spent the last year or
>so back with her beloved Gloria. Cricket passed last night, Gloria placed
>her under the new rose bush and we have agreed, no tears, I lied!
>
Awwwwww Cricket sure had a great birdie life!! She's so lucky to
have been adopted by your family. Peace.
Becky
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| Mamabird |
Goodbye, sweet Cricket. After reading your story I feel like I knew you.
--
Mama
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Photo Albums at: <http://photos.yahoo.com/iluvbirdz>
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"Wheeler" <rivercst@pacifier.com> wrote in message
news:10eb092bhknlted@corp.supernews.com...
> Yeah, I know, I hate these type of posts but some of you were there, way
> back when:
>
> We want to share a bit with you all, Cricket the Pacific hen got Gloria
and
> I started with Parrotlets. She was a funny green bird dumped along with
> nearly 60 other birds on us oh to many years ago. A "sick" friend asked
if I
> would care for her birds for a little while, six months later she had not
> been seen anywhere. (finally found her and got a bill of sale for the
birds
> so as to allow placements and sales and.....) Cricket was the only little
> green bird in a larger group of Teils, Lovebirds and Budgies, I think
there
> were even a few finches in the mix. We did not know what she was, looking
at
> the books and asking around we decided she might be a Green Rump and some
of
> my early postings to rec.pets.birds are rather embarrassing today having
> been educated, we now know she was a Pacific hen. Cricket became Gloria's
> buddy riding around on her hair bun, traveling all over the farm, she
> tolerated me but plain out love the hell out of her Gloria. She let us
know
> when we brought in our first breeding pair of Pacific's that she wanted,
> needed a mate and we were able to trade a handfed baby for an old
scraggly
> looking male named Freddie. Cricket and Freddie setup housekeeping and
> raised years of some of the greatest babies in the Pacific Northwest.
> Freddie passed a bit back and we were not able/willing to match Cricket
up
> with a new mate. She was an old faithful critter who spent the last year
or
> so back with her beloved Gloria. Cricket passed last night, Gloria placed
> her under the new rose bush and we have agreed, no tears, I lied!
>
> Bob Wheeler
>
>
> --
> Check out our web site,
> A few new features and new pictures.
> http://www.onemorebird.com/
>
>
>
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| Gloria Carr |
*Hugs* I remember meeting her when I visited. So sorry to hear she's passed
away.
Gloria (the other one)
"Wheeler" <rivercst@pacifier.com> wrote in message
news:10eb092bhknlted@corp.supernews.com...
> Yeah, I know, I hate these type of posts but some of you were there, way
> back when:
>
> We want to share a bit with you all, Cricket the Pacific hen got Gloria
and
> I started with Parrotlets. She was a funny green bird dumped along with
> nearly 60 other birds on us oh to many years ago. A "sick" friend asked if
I
> would care for her birds for a little while, six months later she had not
> been seen anywhere. (finally found her and got a bill of sale for the
birds
> so as to allow placements and sales and.....) Cricket was the only little
> green bird in a larger group of Teils, Lovebirds and Budgies, I think
there
> were even a few finches in the mix. We did not know what she was, looking
at
> the books and asking around we decided she might be a Green Rump and some
of
> my early postings to rec.pets.birds are rather embarrassing today having
> been educated, we now know she was a Pacific hen. Cricket became Gloria's
> buddy riding around on her hair bun, traveling all over the farm, she
> tolerated me but plain out love the hell out of her Gloria. She let us
know
> when we brought in our first breeding pair of Pacific's that she wanted,
> needed a mate and we were able to trade a handfed baby for an old scraggly
> looking male named Freddie. Cricket and Freddie setup housekeeping and
> raised years of some of the greatest babies in the Pacific Northwest.
> Freddie passed a bit back and we were not able/willing to match Cricket up
> with a new mate. She was an old faithful critter who spent the last year
or
> so back with her beloved Gloria. Cricket passed last night, Gloria placed
> her under the new rose bush and we have agreed, no tears, I lied!
>
> Bob Wheeler
>
>
> --
> Check out our web site,
> A few new features and new pictures.
> http://www.onemorebird.com/
>
>
>
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| Wheeler |
Thanks and heck no you do not get off that easy,,,,,,,,,,
job,,,,,,,application,,,,,,,,hear anything yet?
Bob W
--
Check out our web site,
A few new features and new pictures.
http://www.onemorebird.com/
"Gloria Carr" <platedlizard@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:ttOFc.4283$R36.3224@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> *Hugs* I remember meeting her when I visited. So sorry to hear she's
passed
> away.
>
> Gloria (the other one)
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