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From: mary@dinorah.wustl.edu (Mary E. Leibach)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Zebra Finches
Message-ID: <1990Mar19.181251.12152@dinorah.wustl.edu>
Date: 19 Mar 90 18:12:51 GMT
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In-Reply-To: tjarc@sleepy.bmd.trw.com's message of 16 Mar 90 15:34:29 GMT

tjarc@sleepy.bmd.trw.com writes:

>I have had parakeets in the past, but my sister has zebra finches now!
>My observation is that they make less mess than parakeets and seem
>to have more personality.  

I beg your pardon!  True, zebras have personality, I wouldn't want to offend 
Dayna and Del.  But my parakeet, Blakey, is friendly, semi-tame, and
affectionate.  His vocabulary is quickly exceeding that of even Cally
the Precocious Cockatiel herself!  Granted, he is somewhat confused,
he thinks I am a bird.  How do I know?  He called me "Mary Bird"!  I
have never said "Mary Bird" to him.  Dayna and Del don't even have an
opinion on the subject.

	-Mary