-=> Quoting Michael Hughes to Chris Roedocker <=-
 MH> 12? Man, how can you stand the noise? I love birds, but they do get
 MH> noisy! I have a couple parakeets, a male pearl cockatiel, and my
 MH> favorite - a Quaker Parakeet. 
 MH> The Quaker is Taaz. He talks, and lives on my shoulder. Man is he
 MH> noisy. I got him from a lady who was tired of the noise. I thought,
 MH> how noisy could a bird be? I found out real fast. 
 MH> I just built a playground for the 'tiel and Taaz. They fought each
 MH> other at first, but now play together quite well. It is so fun to
 MH> watch them chase each other around this jungle jim. 
On simple thing - earmuffs.  Nah just kidding.  I really don't notice the
genral noise except for when Baby (the cockatoo) starts her screaming.  That
gets the whole house a headache or when the 'teils start screacing their 
larm
all at once then we get a headache but generaly is all OK.
Chris Roedocker
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