Baby Is Boo-ish, Happy Boo's day and New Year

After a week away from the baby, we are amazed at how much he has grown! His coloring is clearly the same as Boo's (wild type). I suppose this shows that if you breed a yellow (Luteno, Mary ann) with a blue (Sutcliffe, white but in the blue family) you get green (Boo and baby).
We have several new suggestions for baby names, from B (Thanks!).
Rhino
Peet
Beady
Lovey (Mrs Thurston Howell III)
Antoinette (could be shortened to Antoine should the baby turn out to be a man)

C further suggests suggests
Biddle-Barrows (after the Mayflower Madame)
Strorks, after his 1st dog and the rhino in the just so stories
These will be added to the POLL and the poll will be posted de novo: so don't forget to vote!

Tuesday is Boo's Day

I have decided that it would be fun to make every (or at least Most) Tuesday's a "Boo's Day". The reasons are several:
1. Most of the blog focuses on eggs, but, Boo is also very interesting.
2. Boo is my adored favorite. (is that wrong?)
3. You gotta love him, he's the baby! (We'll see what happens when the next brood comes along though, lol!)
He is now in his own cage, and happy again, with Mia in a new cage by herself. She caused him to lose weight (a whole 2 grams, and he only weighs 32 grams!). She also stressed him out so badly that he went into a massive molt. But this morning, one week or so after Mia's removal, he was singing to his hearts content. She was eating some dill weed that I put in her cage, contentedly it seemed, though did I imagine it, or was she also doing it a bit grumpily?

Introducing: MIA

In order to discourage Boo's constant chirping to his mother (who is on another floor, but still, seems distracted), we have gotten him a new companion. Her name is Mia. She is lovely, white with a yellowish face, and a bit of other delicate coloring.
We were going to adopt, but, the hassle factor was SO high: we had to first drive to fill out an application. Then, when our application is approved, meet the bird. Then, get a home visit from some Takoma Park Hippie. Then, drive out and get the bird. All this for a budgie? I mean, yes, adoption is the right thing to do. But they need to lower the bar a bit, at least, on this. I mean, its a BUDGIE. And budgies are $25 at Petsmart. Which is where we got Mia. Walk in, get a budgie, walk out. I feel a bit guilty, but, hey, mission accomplished.
So far, Boo seems to hate her. At least, they spend a fair amount of their time pushing each other off of perches. He also pecks at her. But, he seems a bit deferential, as well. She comes in from the Budgie Bin, where it was a "Bird eat Bird" world, and he has known nothing but pampering and adoration. We will see where this goes, and, if it helps Mary ann and Sutcliffe FINALLY get the lovin' they need from each other.
On a general blogging note: I wonder if I should get myself one of these t-shirts for myself? http://www.onehorseshy.com/highbrow/no_one_cares_about_your_blog/.

Boo on a Sleep-Over

Someone told me yesterday that teenagers of both genders are enjoying sleep overs at each others houses. This is something that was not popular a generation ago, at least, with boys. Boo seems to be in the same mode as his human peers, having gone to stay with one our our parents for an extended holiday (about the next two weeks or so). The goal is, to give his parents a bit of alone time with each other. Of course, we miss him very much, and all his cute hoping, chirping, and other funny behaviors. Naturally I worry that he will not get the greens and all the attention he craves. We humans are so silly about our pets (and almost as much, about our children, I am sure--when we can tell the difference between the two categories!)

Boo

Boo was born, as many of you know, Feb, 2007. I believe he was conceived during a two week trip J and I took to Miami in Jan 2007 (but, not by us, of course, by Maryann and Sutcliffe). He is truly adorable. He is so playful, and while not completely tame, his lack of tameness seems to be more due to pure brattiness than actual fear of humans. This picture of him is as a baby, around early March 2007. He was the only one, of four eggs, to hatch/survive. Although we don't know exacty when he was hatched, we know it was around mid Feb. I like to think it was on Valentines day. Roo and PZ, O and O recently visited, and he and Maryann sweetly sat on their fingers. I was quite proud!