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Cheeta
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| Galah/tiel hybrid..... |
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Hey Greg, I looked around the net, and I found these photos. It's pics that were on the newspaper.
It's a lot bigger and alot clearer for you to examine.  Have fun pulling it apart!!
Cheers
The parent birds....
The galah/cockatiel hybrid baby...
Here's another pic of the hybrid baby, but not a very clear one though...
I'm just wondering, is that a female cockatiel? Not really familiar with tiel unless they are normal grey!! LOL that's as far as my knowledge of tiel sexing go... hehehehe... I can tell them apart if they were normal grey.. hehehehe...
Cheers
Bih
P.s.... I still think that it's not a hoax... In fact after seeing that second pic, I'm more convinced than ever that it's real. Cheers |
Thursday July 28, 2005 5:21 pm |
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shells picasso
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Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 900
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Those pics are so much clearer. The baby looks like a mini Picasso! My kids were nagging me to get them a bird, I thought a cockatiel called "mini me" after Picasso who does this really evil laugh like Dr evil in the Austin Powers movies. |
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Thursday July 28, 2005 9:49 pm |
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Greg Sujecki
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Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 1650
Location: Australia,Melbourne |
thanks Bih for posting them  .Jury is still out on this one for the second photo looks like a clone and paste photo for the Hybrid is too out of focus compared to the cage which is so clear.First photo though looks good and the newspaper acticle is getting better...???Another question is why did the person wait till the hybrid left the nest before the photo was taken,l would off taken the eggs,parents with young and l haven't seen a photo of them all together.A young parrot would still need to be weened after it leaves the nest so there would of been plenty of time to take more family shots.Thank you again Bih,this is a very interesting topic  |
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Friday July 29, 2005 9:53 am |
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koukouvagia
Fledgeling
Joined: 18 May 2005
Posts: 300
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I don't know about the sex of the cockatiel, but the 2nd picture doesn't convince me  . One could easily take a picture of a cockatiel and photoshop those colors onto it. The orange on the crest and the red cheek patch don't look real at all, they're just too bright compared to what you'd expect for the light conditions of the photo IMO. Also the image looks much sharper around the gray wings of the hybrid compared to how blurry and slightly pixelated it looks around the red cheek patch and crest. I'm no photography expert but I do know photoshop and that photo doesn't convince me, it looks too much like a photoshopped cockatiel  |
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Friday July 29, 2005 10:07 am |
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Cheeta
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That's ok. I can understand why people would be so skeptical about it.
I still wanna believe in the good of people that it is real and not a fake. hehehe... The way I see it is that, why would two separate different paper print the same story? Oh, the third picture I posted was not of the same as the first two by the way. That was oh a Eastern State newspaper I think if I remembered it correctly. anyway, I just think as that there's two different pic of the one baby, it can't be too fake.. hehehe.. then again, I just like to believe in the good of people.. hehehehe.. Cheers
Bih
p.s. No prob Greg. It was interesting looking around for a better photo. |
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Friday July 29, 2005 10:27 am |
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Cathy
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Don't know if it's a hoax or not, but that bird sure is pretty !! |
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Friday July 29, 2005 12:15 pm |
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shirin
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[quote="Cheeta"]why would two separate different paper print the same story? quote]
Well if this person is making this up just to get her story in the paper, wouldn't it be natural that she would contact more than one news paper with her story?
One thing that makes me skeptical is that if this was truly the world's first hybrid then biologists all over the world would be talking about it and it would be in the news all over the world not just the local paper. There would be videos of the hybrid baby on the news or more pictures or something.
But eho knows, I guess anything is possible   |
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Friday July 29, 2005 1:54 pm |
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Tia
Fledgeling
Joined: 13 May 2005
Posts: 319
Location: Illinois |
I would think if this was a valid thing that we would be hearing about it here! But not a word. But I am of the skeptical type.....much to hubby's chagrin who is so gullible at times! This is more than a new color of bird if you ask me this is a whole new species! That would be news worthy if it was real..... |
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Friday July 29, 2005 2:32 pm |
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Cheeta
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Hey Shirin, I can understand where you're coming from with the hoax thing... But when I was searching for the pics, and found the ones I just posted, I am pretty sure and confident that the third photo was said to be taken by someone else. Meaning another photographer for the different newspaper. The first two were apprently taken by someone from the newspaper 'The Sunday Time'. It wasn't actually sent in by the woman herself.
and as with letting the world knows about it... To be honest, I think it wouldn't be such a big news as we have had hybrid that almost seems impossible before... you know such as a goat and sheep. I read somewhere that that's happened before... or a lion and tiger... or a dolphin and a whale... I didn't really hear anything about that until I did a search on the net. Beside, in the bird world people discourages hybrids between cockatoo species for the fact that it's not beneficial for the bird, I think to make it such a publicised news would harm the bird community than benefit it I reckon.
Then again, it is only my opinion on this subject. |
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Friday July 29, 2005 3:49 pm |
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shirin
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Oh I see, I thought I read that it was the world's first hybrid.. I guess they just meant between birds. I don't really know which side to belive, good arguements can be made to support both sides so I guess we'll just wait and watch for more info? |
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Friday July 29, 2005 4:21 pm |
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Cheeta
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Location: Australia |
Yeah sorry for the confusion Shirin. I think they were talking about the hybrid between a galah and cockatiel as being the first and only baby produced. Cheers
And yeah like you said, they can be good arguments made for both side. The only way anyone can tell if it's true or not is to see it themself. I might have to locate some my friends in that state to go for a drive!!! LOL.... I wonder how they'll feel about that. hehehe. |
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Friday July 29, 2005 4:31 pm |
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Greg Sujecki
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Location: Australia,Melbourne |
| re:Cheeta's cross topic |
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Yes  agree with Bih.For in the Cockatiel world they discourage cross breeding .It's the professional breeders that discourage certain colours for example.Today we have so many colours and variations in cockatiels that proffessional breeders are no longer recognized for the type they breed.Cockatiels are know just by their colours.Grey cheap/White expensive??? |
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Saturday July 30, 2005 11:45 am |
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Tia
Fledgeling
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Posts: 319
Location: Illinois |
I say road trip! I wonder what they would think if they saw folks were interested in coming to see the bird in person? |
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Saturday July 30, 2005 3:37 pm |
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Greg Sujecki
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Location: Australia,Melbourne |
I'd be in that ,just trying to find a contact address is the million dollar question |
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Saturday July 30, 2005 3:41 pm |
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Cheeta
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Location: Australia |
I wonder how big that town is? Just curious... do you know where the town is located? I'm not very familiar with anything out of Western Australia.. hehehehe.. We've got a big enough state.. |
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Saturday July 30, 2005 3:44 pm |
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