Acronyms, Abreviations and Nicknames

OK, if this has already been done my apologies, I try to catch on to the lingo wherever I go. Managed to understand shorthand like "Zon", "DYH", "BFA"; but, I have manged to get confused a time or two. At present, I can only recall one ... what is the reference to "fids". (In nursing home talk "fids" would be Friends In Diapers, LOL) In birdspeak I'm lost

Any other newbies here confused with Bird Talk?

Thanks,

Gabby

G'day Gabby. I think it's 'feathered kids'. Another one that took a while for my penny to drop was 'parronts'. LOLOLOL! 'Parrot Parents'.

I think it's interesting how we nickname our birds. What I'd call a cockatoo (cocky), someone else would call a 'too. What most people seem to call a 'tiel is what I'd call a quarrion. Most of the south american parrots are mysteries to me, since I've never seen or heard of them. The acronyms are hard to learn, but it's been so interesting, finding out about conures and caiques and the many kinds of macaws.

Just loving being here!

G'day back at you!

I might be geographically off; but, America has a facination with Cockatoos (only exceeded by America's ability to lose interest in them, based on the numbers of them in rescue centers.)

I seem to recall footage of thundering flocks of Cockatoos in the Australian wild, to a point that they are a nuisance. Am I correct?

The footage I saw was more impressive than some of the wild goose migration videos I've seen.

Gabby, there is a list of bird acronyms that was updated several months ago & because of forum size constraints, it's in 3 parts, but you could easily combine them into one file on your computer, if you wished.....

http://www.parrotforums.com/general...8-parrot-acronyms-abbreviations-part-1-a.html

http://www.parrotforums.com/general...9-parrot-acronyms-abbreviations-part-2-a.html

http://www.parrotforums.com/general...0-parrot-acronyms-abbreviations-part-3-a.html

And G'day right back again!

Yeah, we have awesomely large flocks of cockies here in Oz. I live in a suburb of Newcastle and even here, we have flocks of between two and five hundred birds flying overhead. When they do, you can't hear yourself think! In terms of nuisance, have a look on YouTube for a video called 'Australia Land of Parrots' or similar. It shows how a flock of cockies can strip a wheat crop, a grape harvest or the insulation of your electrical wiring in no time flat. They're very destructive. (But I admire them for it).

One thing I've noticed is the change in cocky composition, at least locally, over the past ten years or so. When I was a kid back in the seventies, you simply *never* saw a parrot in the wild. Gradually, Galahs started coming back into the suburbs and then Rosellas. In the last five years or so, Lorikeets have reappeared and now we have the large Cockies: the Sulphur Crests, Corellas and Yellow-tailed Blacks. Mind you, I still throw a party if a YT Black appears, but we do see them fairly regularly. They have a mournful, soulful cry that makes you think they're lost and calling for their family. I do love that our native parrots are back and I never get tired of watching them wheeling in the sunlight against a sharp blue sky.

I'm not much of a "world Traveler". I managed to visit Victoria Island, Vancoever, Canada and the Aleutian Islands (both courtesy of the United States Marines). On the Aleutians, Bald Eagles were scavengers.

I would, someday, like to visit Australia for just the variety of wildlife and landscapes. I think the line came from the movie "Quigley Down Under" ... "God made the rest of the world ... and with what was left over he made Australia!"

Either way, many of Scotlands descendants either went to the Americas or ended up in Australia. It kind of makes us Kin!



Forbey

Sigh. I'm highly unlikely to see anything beyond the shores of Oz, but if you're able to travel, you really should come. Our wildlife is just different. From the fishes, through the reptiles and birds, right up to the vastly different hopping mammals, our stuff is great for spectating. Do come! I'll fire up the barbie...

Oh, and of course we're all Kin. My forebears were impoverished Irish convicts, so we're near as dammit from the same stock.