Birds

[Lepplady]

Okay - you changed it (I was going to ask you if you are in a time warp).

Wow - that is creepy - it looks up above like it says:

I spent a lot of time with her tomorrow

(but when I quote you to reply it comes up as "today")

It was tomorrow. I changed it quick.
LOVE that movie, btw.

 

[Neesy]

It was tomorrow. I changed it quick.
LOVE that movie, btw.

I saw your pics! (Ms. Dr. Frank-N-Furter)

Spoiler

 

[Dana Jean]

Poor El Birdo. One of the cats knocked our roasting pan off the table and made a huge racket in the middle of the night. I've heard that Cockateils can have night panics, but I've never seen one before.
After I picked up the pan, I heard a ruckus coming from the studio. It was so loud I thought somebody was breaking in. So, with my handy-dandy peacemaker loaded and cocked, I went in there. It was just the bird.
No. I didn't shoot her.
Poor thing was flapping around in the cage in full panic mode. I turned on the light and she froze. Have you ever seen a cat with its hair standing up on end? That's what the bird looked like. Every single feather was up on end, including her comb and tail feathers. If it weren't so frightening to see her in such a panic, it would have been funny. She wouldn't even move when I got up next to the cage and started bird-talking her. You know, making those clicking sounds with my tongue and smoochy-smoochy noises.
I finally reached in and got her on my finger. Nothing. Still frozen. I held her close to me, making sounds she knows and talking calmly to her, lovingly. Nothing. It wasn't until the dopey thing fell off my hand and thunked to the floor that she snapped out of it. Then, she reverted to "Oh. I'm out of my cage so I have to walk over to my person to get picked up and put back in" mode. She was a little shaky, but normal. I've never seen anything like it. I visited with her for a while before putting her back to bed.

Oh no! I hope she's okay.

 

[Lepplady]

I saw your pics! (Ms. Dr. Frank-N-Furter)

Spoiler

There aren't enough like buttons. LOVE that guy!

Oh no! I hope she's okay.

She seems pretty okay today.


She wasn't really diggin' the bath today, though.

 

[danie]

 

[Debbie913]

There aren't enough like buttons. LOVE that guy!

She seems pretty okay today.


She wasn't really diggin' the bath today, though.

I'm glad your bird is okay! One of my cockatiels has flipped out in the middle of the night a couple of times. It makes you feel bad for them. :-( El Birdo is beautiful.

 

[Dana Jean]

There aren't enough like buttons. LOVE that guy!

She seems pretty okay today.


She wasn't really diggin' the bath today, though.

She is lovely and her voice was very pretty.

 

[Lepplady]

She is lovely and her voice was very pretty.

Thank you. She's a talker.

Those sharp chirps at the beginning were her talking to her buddy outside. A crow hangs out nearby and I swear, the two of them talk. The rest was her normal chatter.

 

[Neesy]

There aren't enough like buttons. LOVE that guy!

She seems pretty okay today.


She wasn't really diggin' the bath today, though.

Have you ever taken her into the shower? Our birds liked the warm steamy water - they thought it was great!

 

[Lepplady]

Have you ever taken her into the shower? Our birds liked the warm steamy water - they thought it was great!

I wouldn't dare. The studio is a cat-free zone, but 7 cats roam the rest of the house. It's a gauntlet between the studio an nearest shower. Too scary! If she doesn't like a pool bath, there's always the option of a nice, warm spray bath.

 

[mcpon14]

I'd be scared too.

 

[blunthead]

 

[pegasus216]

Wow! What a smart bird!

 

[blunthead]

 

[Blake]

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) has a distinctive call and swoops low with wings back a family of them used to hang around a few years ago.

 

[Dana Jean]

I

loved that!

 

[blunthead]

I

loved that!

me too.

 

[Doc Creed]

This scene always reminds me of the school teacher that took off running and left those kids in her dust, lol.

 

[mcpon14]

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) has a distinctive call and swoops low with wings back a family of them used to hang around a few years ago.

Cute bird.

 

[no bounce no play]

There were a couple Mexican Eagles in our backyard yesterday. I'd never seen one before so I had to google eagle pics to ID it. I could tell they were some kind of raptor because of their giant claws and their ability to toss around one of our big heavy red-eared slider turtles. A turkey vulture hung around until they were finished but I don't think any leftovers were saved for the vulture.

Mexican Eagles are very pretty. They're actually crested caracara and are in the falcon family rather than the eagle family. The following photo is from online.