Margaret wrote:I ordered set of all your 4 DVDs a while ago. They came fast and I have to say I'm spending a wonderful time watching them. Yes, I keep playing them over and over
I could recommend this set of your fantastic movies to everybody. I learned a lot- didn't even know that they're so many types of cockatoos, now I like even more Scarlet Chested.
Thanks for detailed information and good luck with your next documentary(I hope)
Q: Your nickname on this forum and the business name: Polytelismedia.
The first part: Polytelis is coming from one of the Australian parrots species: Superb Parrot, Regent Parrot or Princess Parrot. Why
Margaret so delighted that you are enjoying your DvD set! One of the most rewarding parts of the adventure is simply sharing it with others.
Here is the brief story about my name on here and also why my business name is Polytelis Media.
The Polytelis parrots: Superb, Regent, and Princess to me are the epitome of grace and beauty in a parrot. A major reason for choosing this group lies in my love for the Princess Parrot.
I owned a male and a female kept in my aviary back in Canada many years ago. I was so intrigued by them. Their beautiful calls back and forth and that graceful but powerful flight. Not to mention their stunning patterns and colors.
Having had a fairly long (17 years) career in wildlife research I wanted to know about this species in the wild for decades. My pair motivated me to intrigue. What habitat did they live in? What did they eat? Did they sound like my captive birds? How did they avoid predators? etc. etc. There was some information... ie. Australian Parrots by Joseph Forshaw etc. but overall very little.
When the internet came around my intense curiosity about Princess was fueled even more. I learned that they were found only in deep desert regions and that basically next to nothing was known about their feeding habits, breeding and overall biology. Not only that I learned that many people paid up to $3500.00 or so to travel on a Princess parrot expedition to search for this rare gem. I didnt have that kind of money so I did a great deal of research and found remote areas where the species was found. That was all I needed to kick me into adventure mode and off I went, with a mate from NSW into the extreme wilderness of Aus. With an amazing turn of good fortune after searching for a 10 day period I not only found Princess but filmed them. The amazing thing is that when you watch your copy of the DVD series on Princess you may be looking at the first-ever moving footage of this species on the planet. So you can see how inspired I would be to name my company Polytelis Media.
Thanks for your great comments Margaret!
Don