Lorius chlorocercus

Lorius chlorocercus https://scienceblogs.com/ en Meet One of My Parrots 1 https://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/04/28/meet-one-of-my-parrots <span>Meet One of My Parrots 1</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/lories" rel="tag">lories</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/loriinae" rel="tag">loriinae</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/yellow-bibbed+lory" rel="tag">yellow-bibbed lory</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Lorius+chlorocercus" rel="tag">Lorius chlorocercus</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/parrots" rel="tag">parrots</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/birds" rel="tag">birds</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/photograph" rel="tag">photograph</a></span></p> <div class="centeredCaption"> <p><a target="window" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84727393@N00/2450285705/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2310/2450285705_30ed177fd9.jpg" width="500" height="375" /></a></p> <p><i>Odysseus.</i></p> <p>Male yellow-bibbed lory, <i>Lorius chlorocercus</i>, April 2008.</p> <p>Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [<a target="window" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2310/2450285705_30ed177fd9_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768">larger view</a>]. </p> </div> <p>This parrot is a lory. Lories are a group of nectar-feeding parrots that are from islands in the south Pacific Ocean. This particular species originates on the Solomon Islands. When I lived in Seattle, I had a flock of 8 species (30 individuals) of lories that I bred, raised and trained for most of my life, and I studied the evolution of the lories for my postdoctoral work. When I left Seattle to pursue my postdoctoral work, I gave up all of my lories, except for a few birds, like this one, which I brought with me to NYC.</p> <p>I hand-raised this particular bird from a fluffy, blind chick that was so small he could sit on top of a quarter. Now he is a little larger than an American robin, and weighs roughly 130 grams. </p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Mon, 04/28/2008 - 17:07</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/my-pictures" hreflang="en">my pictures</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/parrots" hreflang="en">parrots</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/birds" hreflang="en">birds</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/lories" hreflang="en">lories</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/lorius-chlorocercus" hreflang="en">Lorius chlorocercus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/photographs" hreflang="en">photographs</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/yellow-bibbed-lory" hreflang="en">yellow-bibbed lory</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/my-pictures" hreflang="en">my pictures</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/parrots" hreflang="en">parrots</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2060363" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1209418087"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Very cute!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2060363&1=default&2=en&3=" token="xtfXm9SKOgVEY05a7GoyCO41HTCLYMA9huQJinsYbB4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dendroica.blogspot.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">John (not verified)</a> on 28 Apr 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/24345/feed#comment-2060363">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2060364" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1209423895"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>So that's the red lory. Do you have a yellow one to go with it?</p> <p>Last night I was thinking that we hadn't had any updates on your parrots, and here we go. This may not be entirely coincidental.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2060364&1=default&2=en&3=" token="8dvRj3_cdy_EffIV1T6m_LQq257-FhbciMLDChQ3SQQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/boboh" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Bob O'H (not verified)</a> on 28 Apr 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/24345/feed#comment-2060364">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2060365" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1209427807"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>That's a very, very pretty bird. What do you feed nectar feeders? (Waiting for the 'duh, nectar' :P)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2060365&1=default&2=en&3=" token="mbxiLsNHZdF_7lBlfhm4ZSHBUjI8Fe5-CYd_LvNJF9I"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.slybird.blogspot.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Nick (not verified)</a> on 28 Apr 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/24345/feed#comment-2060365">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2060366" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1209463148"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Whew...</p> <p>I was scanning over article headlines in my RSS feed reader, and clicked on through to this article when I thought the hed said "Meet One of My Parents."</p> <p>Imagine my surprise.</p> <p>Nice looking bird, BTW -- sure knows how to pose for the camera!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2060366&1=default&2=en&3=" token="3B9V7Zum0NBYz1AV0yPuWE1zh9TJ6Uj3a8UdVmSDAFc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sortingoutscience.net" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Sam Wise (not verified)</a> on 29 Apr 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/24345/feed#comment-2060366">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2060367" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1209471212"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Do you name all your birds? Is this the famous movie star Peter Lorry we've heard so much about?<br /> Ouch!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2060367&1=default&2=en&3=" token="tfsHDmtmObkVDRccvGxV9bENHENJN-_xJgeLoLN1Drc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bob levy (not verified)</span> on 29 Apr 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/24345/feed#comment-2060367">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="134" id="comment-2060368" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1209490792"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>actually, this is the yellow-bibbed lory. there is a red lory as well, but this bird ain't it. there are no yellow lories, though. </p> <p>i added the bird's name .. odysseus. the female (who is a little more camera-shy) is named calypso.</p> <p>i feed my lories on a diet of Nekton-Lori (a special diet for lories and other nectar-feeding birds), and chopped fruits in season and vegetables with real fruit juice (mango, guava, or passion fruit) mixed in, with a little ornabac sprinkled over everything (ornabac is beneficial bacteria in powdered form -- they revive quickly enough when sprinkled over sweet foods).</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2060368&1=default&2=en&3=" token="TX4Jc2nPq9m2B16AboDF3m2dtRbrX2ingNw5JLqcRHY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a> on 29 Apr 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/24345/feed#comment-2060368">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/author/grrlscientist"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/author/grrlscientist" hreflang="en"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/Hedwig%20P%C3%B6ll%C3%B6l%C3%A4inen.jpeg?itok=-pOoqzmB" width="58" height="58" alt="Profile picture for user grrlscientist" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2060369" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1209506119"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>What a handsome fellow! I was wondering when I was going to get to see some pix of your feathered housemates!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2060369&1=default&2=en&3=" token="puml7MLv2NfrnbTjzFikBFLeqaK4GJ25qwjBHXlwPTQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">themadlolscientist (not verified)</span> on 29 Apr 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/24345/feed#comment-2060369">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2060370" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1209511179"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>SOooooooooooooooooo cute</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2060370&1=default&2=en&3=" token="tpCDZj2z7ZQspgqVYQdypgTW2i6wE73o2VFdeHqL4dc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dorothea (not verified)</span> on 29 Apr 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/24345/feed#comment-2060370">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2008/04/28/meet-one-of-my-parrots%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:07:43 +0000 grrlscientist 86932 at https://scienceblogs.com