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!

Its a Start

With so many lovely webcams, pictures, and everything else imaginable out there, it is a bit embarrassing that I am having so much trouble with my set up. I don't find anyone else's stories of woe about usb cable length (or lack thereof), incompatability, and lack of adequate software too interesting, so I'll spare you mine. However, here is the first "test" picture of the budgie cam. As you can see, it is a picture of my finger, and a paper clip, in the nesting box, NOT Maryann nor Sutcliffe. (Boo is now in his own cage to avoid interference with breeding). I also made a video of, yes my finger in the nesting box. Testing, one two three. But, I didn't post it as J says it is more boring than watching one piece of grass growing. So, it is now time to put the box on the cage, and see what happens! Lets all keep our fingers, er, out of the nest box, and crossed. And remember, every journey begins with a single step. Lets also hope that I am not going to be marching in place!