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homebird
07-03-2006, 11:00 AM
I picked him up at the Animal Shelter Yesterday.
This is Laker.

http://www.talkbudgies.com/photoplog/images/305/medium/1_Laker_-_July_3rd_2006_002.jpg
Rosie
07-03-2006, 11:19 AM
:) aww..how adorable! I'm going to be getting a new budgie for the avairy soon and its going to be from the rescue home aswell. Which animal shetler did you get him from? I'm getting mine from the rspca :)
juliet
07-03-2006, 11:57 AM
What a gorgeous budgie!:)
homebird
07-03-2006, 01:37 PM
A lot of communities have small animal shelters around here. Although Toronto has many big shelters (sadly) I had to drive out of town to Birlington, about 45 minute drive on the Highway. That would have been OK but this is a great Holiday weekend for us & the people in the US. So the Highways were crazy - luckily I had my map book, detoured like mad & was able to get to the shelter before it closed - it took 1 1/4 hrs to get there - 10 min. before closing!

Here is a shot of his back - but you can't see the indigo tail with white under tail feathers. His blue is all over the place - it seems aqua, then cobalt, & some ultramarine or purple near his neck.

http://www.talkbudgies.com/photoplog/images/305/medium/1_Laker_-_July_3rd_2006_001.jpg
pal0m1n0
07-04-2006, 03:07 PM
Could you give me some info about the shelter, such as a phone number or the location or the actual name? Thanks
alicey
07-04-2006, 08:30 PM
Wow! I can't believe you got him from a shelter! What happened to him originally?
homebird
07-04-2006, 11:30 PM
I was looking at the petfinder ads (like on a weekly basis): http://search.petfinder.com/search/search.cgi?action=1&pet.Animal=Bird&pet.Breed=&pet.Age=&pet.Size=&pet.Sex=&location=M9A+4X8&preview=1&scope=2&x=16&y=13.
They post a lot of the shelter birds. He was at the Birlington Animal Shelter.

The Shelter didn't have a lot of info on him. Apparently he was a foundling. Then he was adoped out, but the lady brought him back, saying that she had intended to give him as a gift but it wasn't going to work out. Well whatever he has put up with he's still a sweet bird & intelligent. We think he picked up some Finch speak at the shelter. :) and my husband thinks he speaks Chickadee too.