Re: [Freeflight] Re: Lesser Sulphur 'toos?

[Emily <toozoo@...>]

At 01:06 PM 4/1/2005, you wrote:
>I don't have much experience with lesser sulphurs, but I can say from an 
>outsider's perspective that Emily's description of her Citron is dead-on. 
> From what I understand, they can be somewhat sensitive birds (a 
>generalization, I know), but when it comes to flying, I have never seen a 
>bird like 'em. I cannot keep my eyes from a flying citron. They are so 
>light, and they flit like butterflies and "roll" like a sparrow 
>(flapflapswoooop, flapflapswooooop...); they hold quite a presence in the 
>air. Nothing like the quick, abrupt movements of the corella or 
>energy-saving floating of the Greater sulphur crested subspecies.

Yes, they are amazing flyers. Totally different from any of the other Toos 
I am used to. Their flight style is very difficult to describe but I 
thought Katy hit the nail on the head when she called it "hummingbird-like".

I find that personality issue intriguing: what you refer to as "sensitive" 
and I called "high strung" and I think Dean was referring to when he wrote 
they "lose their heads". I've known a few almost phobic Citrons as 
well. (And a few mature, very mellow seeming Citrons too.....) Katy, do 
you have any theories on this trait in Citrons? I don't even know if it's 
solely a tendency of C2s, or of LSC2s in general.

/emily