My friends wear feathers
I've got birds. 17 of them. 4 species.
I have 2 budgies, I love them, they don't love me though, isn't it strange how that works?
Let me introduce them to you.
Summer - He was my first bird ever. Summer is a light green pied coloration. He is a tiny ball of huge energy. He spends the entire morning (at least, until I get out of bed lol) chirping and squawking his little beak off.
Rosie - She is a scared birdy. If you happen to be able to catch her, she bites. It was instant love between her and Summer when I brought her home. She will chirp also but not as much, though it may be a bit louder.
I wanted to tell you about this yahoo group I am a part of. IMO it is THE best group I have ever been a part of. First let me tell you how it came about that I found this wonderful place.
About 2 months after I got Summer, I decided it might be fun to try and find some other people who have birds, particularly budgies. So I got online and did a search on 'parakeet chat', 'budgie chat', etc. And came across a page detailing how to go about accessing a place called BudgieChat on mIRC. I downloaded the program and joined the room at the time listed on the page. Well I ended up meeting some great people from across the nation, and world, even.
For some reason, after attending the chats for a few months I slacked off and eventually quit going altogether....
After approx. 8 months to a year after that I re-joined a yahoo group I was a member of for a while called "BudgieList". My plan was to join for only a few days then quit again because I was pretty busy then. So I posted a message and after about 3 days it finally goes online :P
Anyways a day or so after the message went through I got a yahoo IM from one of the people I had met on the BudgieChat IRC room, saying she thought she should "bug ya" and let me know about this group called LittleFeatheredBuddies. I said sure I'll check it out and I joined and can you believe it after about a week they made me a moderator! (I guess they were hiring) :P
The thing that sets this group above the rest are the members. In other groups most members are just a name on a list. On LFB, each name means alot more than that; each is a real person, an individual who cares about others and their birds as well as their own. THIS is what makes a good group GREAT.
I am also a moderator on some larger groups, up to 600 members. That's nice and all, in its own way, but the good thing about a smaller group is its like family, people can get to know each other better than in a giant group. And let me tell you, if your concerned about message count, some days LFB moves more messages than the larger groups do!
Well, there's my rave about our group. I feel it is something all the moderators AND members can be proud of. I know I am!
Occasionally, I still take time and ponder the whole course of events that lead to this in the first place. I mean, to me, the whole thing is divine appointment. What are the chances that I would, after all that time, decided to join a group I left in the first place because of some problems I had with it for "just a few days"? And then my friend decides to 'bug ya' just then, and... well, you just read it. :P
LFB : Small Birds, Big Hearts
Wanna join? ;)
I have 2 budgies, I love them, they don't love me though, isn't it strange how that works?
Let me introduce them to you.
Summer - He was my first bird ever. Summer is a light green pied coloration. He is a tiny ball of huge energy. He spends the entire morning (at least, until I get out of bed lol) chirping and squawking his little beak off.
Rosie - She is a scared birdy. If you happen to be able to catch her, she bites. It was instant love between her and Summer when I brought her home. She will chirp also but not as much, though it may be a bit louder.
I wanted to tell you about this yahoo group I am a part of. IMO it is THE best group I have ever been a part of. First let me tell you how it came about that I found this wonderful place.
About 2 months after I got Summer, I decided it might be fun to try and find some other people who have birds, particularly budgies. So I got online and did a search on 'parakeet chat', 'budgie chat', etc. And came across a page detailing how to go about accessing a place called BudgieChat on mIRC. I downloaded the program and joined the room at the time listed on the page. Well I ended up meeting some great people from across the nation, and world, even.
For some reason, after attending the chats for a few months I slacked off and eventually quit going altogether....
After approx. 8 months to a year after that I re-joined a yahoo group I was a member of for a while called "BudgieList". My plan was to join for only a few days then quit again because I was pretty busy then. So I posted a message and after about 3 days it finally goes online :P
Anyways a day or so after the message went through I got a yahoo IM from one of the people I had met on the BudgieChat IRC room, saying she thought she should "bug ya" and let me know about this group called LittleFeatheredBuddies. I said sure I'll check it out and I joined and can you believe it after about a week they made me a moderator! (I guess they were hiring) :P
The thing that sets this group above the rest are the members. In other groups most members are just a name on a list. On LFB, each name means alot more than that; each is a real person, an individual who cares about others and their birds as well as their own. THIS is what makes a good group GREAT.
I am also a moderator on some larger groups, up to 600 members. That's nice and all, in its own way, but the good thing about a smaller group is its like family, people can get to know each other better than in a giant group. And let me tell you, if your concerned about message count, some days LFB moves more messages than the larger groups do!
Well, there's my rave about our group. I feel it is something all the moderators AND members can be proud of. I know I am!
Occasionally, I still take time and ponder the whole course of events that lead to this in the first place. I mean, to me, the whole thing is divine appointment. What are the chances that I would, after all that time, decided to join a group I left in the first place because of some problems I had with it for "just a few days"? And then my friend decides to 'bug ya' just then, and... well, you just read it. :P
LFB : Small Birds, Big Hearts
Wanna join? ;)
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