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Baby (pictured) has been cruising with us for 10 yrs. They go outside in the morning and stay on their perch at night. They are a joy to have aboard but they dont let me sleep in ever. As soon as it gets light they start going Hey baby good morning. If I dont get up to the polite wakeup they start screeching. They ask to be let in in the evenings and when storms approach also. Not too visable in the pic but theyve built themselves kind of an elaborate nest in the top of their outside habitat. I went ashore 3 days in a row and got large armloads of small branches and they condensed it down to almost solid wood. I had a trampoline setup for them up in the canvas part, but I guess it wasnt high enough to keep them out of sideways rain, with their nest their heads are just below canvas. Ive still got some major work to do on magic before Im ready to leave for parts unknown so Ive only been around bahamas and east coast and gulf so far. The birds sure get a lot of attention back there. Seems theres always a boat with kids in it behind the Magic looking up at the birds, Do you have a pair? Ive found having one bird is not good for the birds mental health. They require constant company and even shore trips are too much lone time for one bird.
Steve
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