Friday, November 20, 2009

Kitty N Budgies

Surprisingly, the kitty is only moderately interested in the budgies, and has made no attempts to stalk them. She does watch them from time to time, intently. We keep the doors to the room they are in closed whenever we (humans) are not home, and at night to avoid leading the kitty into temptation. However, last night, she was delivered from evil, as a door to their room was left open, yet she didn't spend time in there; she slept sweetly the whole night and did not vary in her routine of sleeping through the night, and awakening K with a sweet lick on the chin about 10 minutes before the alarm goes off. So far, so good.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Another Great Parrot Video

This parrot is just fabulous! I love the way he looks right into the camera at one point.

Easy Come, Easy Go

Gypsy is gone: I gave him, and the cage, to the guys fixing our fence. They are Hispanic; it seems, at least in our neighborhood, that a lot of Hispanic families like budgies. Budgies are a more common pet in Hispanic families, it appears, to me on casual observation, then in Caucasian american families. However, I don't have substantiated data on this; it is merely anecdotal.

Anyway, regarding Gypsy, and comparisons to Magoo, as "Reston" recently commented: both male, both "wild type" green, and both prone to flying away rapidly and getting into less than ideal situations. Both, apparently, in need of a mate. They are not the same bird; Magoo was more pale,a nd I would know him anywhere. Gypsy had more blue on the belly and tail. And Gypsy was not as sweet. However, both are evidence that testosterone can be toxic, especially in the large doses of which teenage birds (and humans? other species?) are exposed.

The Happy Couple

The Happy Couple
Sutcliffe and Maryann in early 2007