Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!uhccux!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!spam!spam.ua.oz.au!wvenable From: wvenable@spam.ua.oz.au (Bill Venables) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Lorikeets, Senegal parrots Message-ID: Date: 24 Jan 91 10:34:06 GMT References: <21499@netcom.UUCP> Sender: wvenable@spam.ua.oz Organization: Adelaide University. Lines: 35 In-reply-to: jfh@netcom.UUCP's message of 21 Jan 91 04:01:53 GMT In article <21499@netcom.UUCP> jfh@netcom.UUCP (Jack Hamilton) writes: > ... > > The prices were $350 for the Goldie's, $395 for the Senegal, and $425 for > the Rainbow. Are those typical prices? > and in a reply, dbeedle@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Dave Beedle) writes: > I own a Red Lori and a friend of mine breeds them. He sells his loris > for around 3 to 400 each. The store he sells them to promply marks them up > to about 600! This is fascinating to anyone over here, and explains a great deal. At these prices I would have at least $10000 worth of Rainbow Lorikeets flying about my garden on a typical spring day! How much for a flock of 50 Sulphur Crested Cockatoos? When Jim Lee came over to visit last August, (how're y'goin' Jim :-) he said he knew he was really in a foreign country when he saw a pair of lorikeets playing in the tree just outside his motel window, which was right in the heart of suburban Adelaide. To be more serious for a moment, I really do hope you `INDOOR' folks are careful to detect not to accept illegally exported birds. It is a very serious problem for Australian conservationists, since several species are on the endangered list simply because of the actions of illegal trappers. Chances are that after the rough time they go through the birds will make lousy pets, anyway. Most wild parrots live in large flocks. Bill Venables. -- Bill Venables, Dept. of Statistics, | Email: venables@spam.adelaide.edu.au Univ. of Adelaide, South Australia. | Phone: +61 8 228 5412