How did my choice fall on an eclectus parrot?
(eclectus roratus polychloros) First of all for some reason I started searching the net for parrots. Researching all the different species, what they are like and if they would fit well into our home. I finally arrived at the Eclectus. I loved the bright green coloring of the male, but also what a lot of people had been saying regarding them. I joined a couple of Eclectus Yahoo Groups on the web and started asking questions. There are at least 9-10 subspecies of eclectus and for some reason, can’t remember now, I decided I would like a red sided male Eclectus. Then one day I was looking at all my e-mail from ekkiechat and I saw the most adorable picture from Susie Christian of a red sided male that she had. Somehow I knew he was “the one”. My husband was like, “how do you know?”. I couldn’t give him a sufficient enough answer. The only thing I could say was, “I just know.” Finnigan’s little egg had been laid on December 22, 2003 during a 6.5 earthquake. Susie told me the hen’s usually
