Spock is a Blue and Gold Macaw.  He was from our first clutch of baby Blue and Golds hatched at our aviary.  His birthday is 3/02/01.  He is very talkative, with a vocabulary of approximately 40 words.  He uses his words appropriately.  He loves to play and interact with the family.

Jasmine is an Umbrella Cockatoo.  She came to us from a very large breeding facility in Florida.  Jasmine is 11 years old.  When she came to us, she was not used to being handled.  It took us almost a year for her to trust my daughter and I enough to step up on us.  It took and additional 3 years more for her to trust my husband.  Now she is all over us begging for that all important scritch.  Jasmine does not talk as her beak was damaged by an attempt to mate her in the facility we purchased her from.  Jasmine “knows” she rules the roost and struts her stuff around the living room, keeping everyone in line.

Paddy is a Patagonian Conure.  Paddy is 7 years old.  She is our oldest daughter’s baby; however, she lives with us.  Paddy is very sweet, loves children.  She too has a very large vocabulary.  She loves to show off and attends a lot of events with us.  She has gone to schools and demonstrated how she can wave and say hello to children, she plays peek-a-boo with children as well.  Paddy also attends the exotic bird exhibition at the N C State Fair and the Raleigh Durham Caged Bird Association Bird Fair, each year.  Paddy’s favorite thing is to lay on her back on one of our daughters and watch TV.  Paddy entered her first SPBE Contest at the 2004 RDCBS Bird Fair.  Paddy won first place in the Pet Division.

Graden is a Congo African Grey.  She is 9 years old.  Graden has an astounding vocabulary.  She greets us in the morning with “Good Morning (and the appropriate person’s name)”.  She learns new phrases or songs on a daily basis.  Graden can imitate each person’s voice in the house and her previous owners’ voice.  Her favorite thing is to swing; she will swing on anything she can find.  Her favorite person in the house is John.