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From: heneghan@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (joseph.t.heneghan)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Maroon-Belly Conure, Peach-Faced & Lutino-Peach-Faces Lovebirds
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Date: 1 Mar 90 18:22:32 GMT
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In article <5466@ur-cc.UUCP> pkoo@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Peter Koo) writes:
>I just recently purchased a Hand-Fed Maroon-Belly Conure,...I don't really know
>much about "Bob".  Actually, the perculiar thing about thing fellow is that
>it incessantly bobbs its head...that's where he/she got the name...  Anyway,
>I was wondering if someone out there could answer the basic questions obout 
>this specific species such as life-span, talking capabilities, and general>nature...
>Greatly appreciated....-Peter
I have a Nanday Conure and he Bobs. My kids call him Bobby, I call him
KOKO because I think animals shouldn't have people's names. I read
in a recent Bird Talk where someone had a 30 yr. old Nanday. My Nanday
says about 5 words, only 1 all the time, the word "what". They are
hardy birds and good with people (probably because it was hand fed
not so much because it's a Nanday). Just spend enough time with him
and talkk to him. My birds 5 months old.
					Joe Heneghan