The first pet bird that I can remember was a parakeet at my grandmother’s house. Eventually she felt the bird was lonely and went to the local department store to get a friend for her lonely bird. As it turned out she ended up with a pair that soon had babies (well first they laid eggs). I was only about 6 years old at the time but seeing these birds, and their babies was all it took to get me interested in parrots as pets.

As I look around the web trying to find more information about parrots, I will include the good stuff that I find when I have permission to share.

The following is a video that I know you will enjoy. You can read a transcript of the video if you scroll below the video.

About Parakeets

Hi, today we’re talking about Budgies and what they are, or parakeets. Parakeets come from Australia and Asia, and there’s many different species of Parakeets. The most common in captivity are Budgies. But, there’s also Rosella parakeets, often times, Quaker parakeets, also known as Monk parakeets, and there’s Plum faced, Plum headed, which are from Asia.

So there’s a lot of different species out there. This is the most common one kept in captivity. They are from Australia, and are, all parakeets are parrots, so they’re Psittacinae’s, they have a hooked beak, they’re Omnivores and mostly eat grains. They all have two feet, two toes in front and two toes behind, and a lot of them will pick up food with their feet, except for the smallest ones. They have a long pointy tail and generally are very, very strong fliers.

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