Category Archives: Pearl the Cockatiel

For 10 years I have had a birdie companion. For 10 years that birdie companion has tried to bite myContinue reading “Beak to Beak”

IMO, you haven’t truly lived until you’ve taken a car ride with a cockatiel. I am going to spare youContinue reading “Are We There Yet?”

When I was 6 years old, I began begging my folks for a bird. By the time I turned 8Continue reading “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill”

The other day I tried to brown one of my mom’s homemade veggie burgers on my stove. I almost burnedContinue reading “Shiny Tasty Things”

I don’t know if all birds have the kind of love affair with the toothbrush that Pearl does, but thereContinue reading “My Toothbrush, My Friend”

As previously mentioned in detail, Pearl has a fondness for shreddable things. There is a reason my folks have nicknamedContinue reading “The Great Destroyer”

Like babies, puppies, and vacuum cleaners, you just never know what a certain feathery someone might decide to ingest. OnceContinue reading “The Mashed Potato King”

It’s an interesting contrast – to watch myself go through an average day…. And then to watch Pearl. Once IContinue reading “The Nap Champion”

Recently I started my pre-spring spring closet cleaning. I always travel around to colleges during the spring, usually starting inContinue reading “Spring Cleaning”

I suppose it’s awfully hard to believe that this: Could possibly be related to this: But according to Sy Montgomery,Continue reading “The Littlest Pterodactyl”

Here at Casa Feathers n’ Beak, we are not afraid of new, interesting additions to the household. I, personally, amContinue reading “There’s Always a Bigger Bird”

Bigger, more intelligent birds often bond with just one person in their lifetime. Cockatiels, luckily, are pure people-lovers. In otherContinue reading “Daddy’s Girl”

….is worth doing thoroughly. This is a cockatiel’s credo. Pearl is a credit to her species. Step One: Attack theContinue reading “Anything Worth Doing”

There it is. It is called a “cockatiel”. This one’s name is Pearl. When I first met Pearl, I wasContinue reading “The 8th Wonder of the World”

My mom is an excellent cook. Since Pearl and I both agree that Grape Nuts cereal is an excellent choiceContinue reading “St. Francis…..of Houston?”

As a singer myself, I love the show “The Voice” as much as the next never-gonna-try-out undiscovered singing sensation. ButContinue reading “The Voice”

I like cold weather as much as the next Houstonian (considering we get about 2.5 days of it each year).Continue reading “Warm Bird, Cold Bird”

I do NOT like to get up. I don’t care if it is noon. Or 1pm. or 2. I haveContinue reading “What Gets Me Out of Bed in the Morning”