# OMG! a bird! what do I need to know?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-a-bird-what-do-i-need-to-know/358319>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 26, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-a-bird-what-do-i-need-to-know/358319 "2006-05-26T15:14:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-a-bird-what-do-i-need-to-know/358319/21 "2006-05-30T16:15:52Z")

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Congratulations! I’m glad you found him, and that he’s turning out to be such a lovely bird.

StG

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-a-bird-what-do-i-need-to-know/358319/22 "2006-05-30T17:20:50Z")

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> [@SurrenderDorothy](#):
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> His stripes go all the way to his head, his cere is light blue

Stripes going across the front of his head all the way down to thecere indicates youth, I believe.

Blue cere definitely indicates male.

You have yourself a yearling male, I suspect.

Do post flyers in vet offices and the like. Some folks never really give up on flyaways.

Sailboat

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**Author:** ![conurepete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@conurepete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conurepete)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-a-bird-what-do-i-need-to-know/358319/23 "2006-05-30T21:56:37Z")

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I wanted to name my small green bird “Zigafoo”, but he only answers to “George” and “Snotlocker”. See if he likes any of those

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-a-bird-what-do-i-need-to-know/358319/24 "2006-05-30T22:17:12Z")

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His name is “Petey”.

I was gonna offer some husbandry advice, but **Mangetout** beat me to it.😉

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-a-bird-what-do-i-need-to-know/358319/25 "2006-05-30T22:18:01Z")

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> [@Sailboat](#):
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> Stripes going across the front of his head all the way down to thecere indicates youth, I believe.
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> Blue cere definitely indicates male.
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> You have yourself a yearling male, I suspect.

Younger than that, possibly; I believe that in most varieties, the head stripes recede to about in line with the eyes well within the first year.

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-a-bird-what-do-i-need-to-know/358319/26 "2006-05-30T22:24:03Z")

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^correct

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