The week before Easter we acquired another macaw- he was a 4 month old macaw from Brisbane. Amy had contacted the breeder we got Bill's bird from last year to see if she had any male macaws available but she only had females. However she was able to source one for Amy from Brisbane and Hawk flew down ( on a plane in a cage) to join our menagerie A very excited Amy, accompanied by Bill headed out to the Qantas Cargo Depot to pick Hawk up. He has quickly settled it is a big baby- literally. He is slightly bigger than Budgie and she is nearly a year older than him. He is still growing into his body, like a gangling teenager- is clumsy and finds it a bit uncomfortable when Budgie is right next to him in his personal space. Budgie has been very curious, a bit mean, but as the weeks go by they are getting more and more comfortable with each other. Last night they were up on the stand together for a good hour or so and had little sleeps which means they are getting use to each other.
Last year we had to chop up a fallen tree and I saved this branch and have had it outside weathering for months. Finally I got around to setting it in concrete in a metal bin, then I called on Lachlan to use his tradie skills to fasten the horizontal branch for us. He did a great job, did a bit of trimming, chopping and screwed in the branch. We were not sure how the birds would take to it, anything different always takes a while, but within a few hours they had all checked it out. The macaws have had great fun chewing through the bark and chewing through the wood- so obviously not issues with this!
I think Beau has finally learnt his lesson and is keeping his distance from Hawk. With the other macaws he would start of being friendly then attack their tails or annoy them, only to find out they were bigger than him and they would drive him off if he was nearby!
I gave the birds a birthday sign to hold, didn't take them very long to chew it up but at least I got the photo to send!
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