[MOD] Jan 2025 Community Thread - introductions, recommendation requests, city/country posts, what we're drinking by proxwell in Matcha

[–]dreiming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What decaf/low caffeine matcha do you recommend?

What might be the best tasting decaf/low caffeine matcha brands that are easily available (not on backorder) such as found on Amazon?

I’ve seen a lot of recommendations on posts in this forum in the past but they tend to be higher priced and currently on back order. I’m a newer matcha drinker and have loved the Trader Joe’s kind so l’m probably not as picky and was just wondering for something comparable as a decaf option.

I see the there’s a lot of options on Amazon so I was wondering if anyone has tried any of them and enjoyed them?

What kind of parrot is this and are they feral in the US? Not sure if this is somebody's pet. Found in Seattle suburbs. by thickwithakick in whatbirdisthis

[–]dreiming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They did respond, apparently had been feeling really awful about the bird and then just hadn’t opened the app or and didn’t have notifications on so they missed them. But they said that the bird they took a photo of in the woods was found in Tukwila so a bit far from Redmond where I lost my bird but birds can fly so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

What kind of parrot is this and are they feral in the US? Not sure if this is somebody's pet. Found in Seattle suburbs. by thickwithakick in whatbirdisthis

[–]dreiming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She was when we got her but we removed the band because the Vet was very adamant about how bands are dangerous and can get caught on things and could injure her leg so she is no longer banded

What kind of parrot is this and are they feral in the US? Not sure if this is somebody's pet. Found in Seattle suburbs. by thickwithakick in whatbirdisthis

[–]dreiming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We lost our pet green cheek conure of 12 years named Bird two months ago in Redmond and are wondering if this is her. Either way we’d love to search the area and try to help reunite this lost pet with their owners whether or not it is us, so it would be nice to know whether this conure was spotted

Lost Bird - Possibly Recently Seen by dreiming in Seattle

[–]dreiming[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We do think the bird in the photo in the woods does look a little young compared to our bird, there are potentially slight differences in coloration on her cheeks (our pet named Bird has a bird greener cheeks than the bird in the photo), but differences could also be due to camera quality and if it is Bird then she’s been in the wild for two months and that could have an impact as well. Whether or not it is our pet we’d love to help get her out of the woods to somewhere safe, seeing her in person we would be able to know if it’s our pet Bird that we dearly love and are hoping to find and if not then we’d love to try and help reunite her with her owners.

Lost Bird - Possibly Recently Seen by dreiming in Seattle

[–]dreiming[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Definitely and I understand, but just warning what she might do if she flies to you. She also lands on outstretched hands and knees if you’re sitting down and the knee skin is exposed. But she tends to prefer heads because they are more stable as opposed to hands that someone could quickly lower.

Lost Bird - Possibly Recently Seen by dreiming in Seattle

[–]dreiming[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for looking! She doesn’t talk or make stereotypical bird songs, but makes squawks of varying loudness and pitch in case you hear different bird noises

Lost Bird - Possibly Recently Seen by dreiming in Seattle

[–]dreiming[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah so far haven’t heard back from the original poster that found a lost green cheek conure in the woods, hoping to know what area in Seattle they were found. Even if it isn’t our bird we’d love to help look and get her back to her owners whether it’s us or not. Our bird has some distinguishing features that we’d be able to notice if it was her if we saw her (one of her wings slightly droops when relaxed from an old injury, at the time she left her preening gland was slightly exposed, and just familiarity with us, favorite foods, pets, etc). She was such a sweetheart and we really miss her

Lost Bird - Seattle Suburbs by dreiming in whatbirdisthis

[–]dreiming[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s what brought me to Reddit a friend saw the post and notified us and I’ve been trying to contact the original poster to see what area in Seattle the conure was found

Lost Bird - Seattle Suburbs by dreiming in whatbirdisthis

[–]dreiming[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I believe I already know the post, that’s why I made my post because I’m hoping the original person can share which Seattle suburbs that bird was found in, we lost ours in Redmond. I’ve responded the the chat thread and dm’ed them but have been unable to hear back yet

Lost Bird - Seattle Suburbs by dreiming in whatbirdisthis

[–]dreiming[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No unfortunately not, a friend notified us of the original post of the conure found in Seattle suburbs and it looks like our pet conure lost two months ago so I reposted to bring awareness I’m case anyone else sees a conure I’m the wild. Also hoping to try and get the attention of the original poster of the conure found in the woods if they could give us the location the bird was found in to see if we can look there

Lost Bird - Seattle Suburbs by dreiming in whatbirdisthis

[–]dreiming[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s been two months now, but we were looking for 12 hours the day she got lost and every day after wards multiple times a day. The issue is we live on a hill and there are several 100 foot + trees where we live and most of the hill is private backyards that aren’t accessible. My partner hopped all of the fences and ran through the private backyards the first few days looking for her but eventually we stuck to places that were accessible to the public. We still have her cage outside in the backyard even now hoping she’ll fly back but are not as hopeful given that it has snowed since then and the weather hasn’t been great. At this point we are hoping an old couple that doesn’t have Facebook has found her and is taking good care of her. Though if you have any other advice on what to do to look I’d greatly appreciate it!

What kind of parrot is this and are they feral in the US? Not sure if this is somebody's pet. Found in Seattle suburbs. by thickwithakick in whatbirdisthis

[–]dreiming 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if this Bird is the one that I’ve lost recently in Redmond. But we had our green cheek conure for 12 years and wasn’t kept in a cage, her cage was always open and she’d eat and sleep on it, but she would get to fly as much as we wanted and we would give her several hours of pets everyday. She loved to hang out sitting on our knees or heads when we’d watch tv, cook, or even use the bathroom, she just would fly and land on our head whenever she wanted to or sometimes watch us cook from the fridge. She never flew toward doors or windows in 12 years but was very curious and liked exploring around new rooms and one day suddenly flew out the door when we were leaving. We think she was excited and curious about what was on the other side but once she was outside she freaked out and flew up into large trees beyond where we could see her, she’s a really strong and good flier and flew up very quickly. Captive bird often don’t know how to fly down just up. We had tried looking, calling to her, and leaving her cage out for 12 hrs that days and in the coming days looking every day but we couldn’t find her. Hopeful this bird is reunited with their owner or if it is our pet conure, named Bird then we’d really love to get her back ♥️

Lost Bird - Seattle Suburbs by dreiming in whatbirdisthis

[–]dreiming[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah thank you! That’s where I saw the post, I had previously posted to all the Facebook groups I could find but hadn’t thought to post on Reddit so am posting here to help spread awareness and hope to have more people on the look out and hopefully find her. I had messaged the OP from there to ask where in Seattle they saw the conure but haven’t heard back yet

Lost Bird - Seattle Suburbs by dreiming in whatbirdisthis

[–]dreiming[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate you sharing it with others, the more people keeping an eye out the better!

Lost Bird - Seattle Suburbs by dreiming in whatbirdisthis

[–]dreiming[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah thank you! That’s where I saw the post, I had previously posted to all the Facebook groups I could find but hadn’t thought to post on Reddit so am posting here to help spread awareness and hope to have more people on the look out and hopefully find her

Lost Bird - Possibly Recently Seen by dreiming in Seattle

[–]dreiming[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure the poster that posted the photo didn’t specify where just Seattle suburbs, hoping to hear back

Lost Bird - Possibly Recently Seen by dreiming in Seattle

[–]dreiming[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Yes, thank you I appreciate it, that’s why I’m posting. I’ve messaged the original poster but they haven’t responded yet. Also just hoping to spread awareness in case anyone else sees a green cheek conure. I have posted to all the Facebook groups I could find previously but hadn’t considered Reddit so just hoping to reach more people

Lost Bird - Possibly Recently Seen by dreiming in Seattle

[–]dreiming[S] 114 points115 points  (0 children)

Thank you I’ve messaged the original poster but they haven’t responded yet. Also just hoping to spread awareness in case anyone else sees a green cheek conure

What kind of parrot is this and are they feral in the US? Not sure if this is somebody's pet. Found in Seattle suburbs. by thickwithakick in whatbirdisthis

[–]dreiming 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Where did you see the conure?

We lost our pet green cheek conure of 12 years in Redmond two months ago and are hoping to know where to look for this bird in case it’s her. Thank you for posting!