First Case

Here's the latest on the first case: Deferred Judgement.

Collectors

Image via Wikipedia

The Gabriel Foundation has recently taken in parrots from not one, but two, compulsive hoarders--if I am counting right, over 150 parrots in the span of just four months. They are swamped. The stories are awful, especially the second one: You may not want to read them or look at the photos. But if you can, please go to their website and make a donation.

On the Road - At Airport Security, Making Sure a Parrot Isn’t Loaded - NYTimes.com

On the Road - At Airport Security, Making Sure a Parrot Isn’t Loaded - NYTimes.com

Seriously. Security searched the parrot.

Eye

I love a good bird fair

Isn't he cute??

I went to the bird fair today to get the AGP a playstand. I got one from S&S Exotic perches (snsperches@aol.com) for $100. It's awesome.

It's got a hanging nut-log and food & water cups. It's on wheels, so we can set her up in other rooms in the house if we want. There's no toy hooks, but we can add those if it seems like a good idea later.

We were worried that she would be afraid of it, so I got her some pumpkin seeds for bribes. But The Birdfather's been gone all day, so she's sulking and wouldn't come out of her cage this evening. Consequently, we haven't had a chance to see if she'd panic or not.

The little guy in the picture was absolutely the cutest thing I saw all day. He was asleep in his little bassinet when I tried to take his picture, but the focusing assist lamp on my camera woke him up.

The AGP's little parakeet friend, who has never to my certain knowledge mimicked anything, gave us a crow call Thursday morning, and a Carolina Wren yesterday. Yay, Larry Bird!!

It's a lovely day out, here and so we took the AGP and the DOG outdoors with our book and newspaper for a couple hours this evening, early. It's the first day this fall it's been cool enough, and a small fan kept the 'skeeters at bay.

While we were sitting out, two hummingbirds, about a half hour apart, came to investigate the AGP's tail, just in case it turned out to be a big, red, flower full of nectar.