Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!bingvaxu!leah!jtb901 From: jtb901@leah.Albany.Edu (Jim) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: hookbills, you asked for it, you know, posting to rec.birds... Summary: Cages? Hmph! Message-ID: <1115@leah.Albany.Edu> Date: 17 Oct 88 16:59:56 GMT References: Organization: SUNY Albany Lines: 16 In article , pratt@paul.rutgers.edu (Lorien Y. Pratt) writes: > > I hate to throw cold water on this discussion, because it sounds like you > all love your birds and take good care of them, but I used to keep pet > birds, too, until I realized that what I loved about them was their beautiful > flight and how I dreamed of having an aviary of my own, and I realized that > what I was loving was birds in their natural state! Okay, I understand your point, but my Cockatiel, at least, is free to fly wherever he pleases. I got a cage with a removable top and the top is only on when I'm transporting the bird outside. -- | BITNET: jtb901@albny1vx | "I can see the future, | | jtb901@albnyvm1 | and it's a place about 70 miles | | INTERNET: jtb901@leah.albany.edu | west of here." | | | -Laurie Anderson |