Category Archives: Pearl

Bird lover that I am, obviously I don’t often gravitate towards stories about pigs. But in a happy setup, “Birdology” by Sy Montgomery just happens to be one of my favorite books…so favorite, actually, that I eventually got curious if she had any more great bird stories in print. In the process, I discovered thatContinueContinue reading “The Good, Good Pig”

Some beings are just born pretty. It doesn’t make any sense to try to downplay it….the moment you make a move, there comes that large featherless creature with the iPhone camera again to snap-snap-snap and document all the cute things you do. See? For more, head on over to “Pearl on Video” for a liveContinueContinue reading “I’m Pretty And I Know It”

Recently actress Michelle Williams cut herself (well, probably had it cut for her) a pixie haircut. Fans went wild – so sexy! so sweet! so pretty! – they raved. Then suddenly we started to see pixie haircuts on famous actresses everywhere. So it just stands to reason that equally famous avians who have their ownContinueContinue reading “Wet Bird Couture: The Pretty Pixie”

My NCS (National Cockatiel Society) friend Sabrina Hull has solved the problem of the “only parrot.” When the parront (that would be me in this particular example) can barely keep up with one cockatiel, let alone two cockatiels, why not make the second one crocheted? Even better, Sabrina crochets “male whiteface” cockatiel buddies – ifContinueContinue reading “A Cockatiel for Your Cockatiel”

I often wonder what my avian thinks when he sees me sitting down with a plate of…..whatever-it-is. Take nachos for instance. Pearl knows chips. And he knows cheese. But will he recognize cheese-on-chips? As it turns out, yes! ps. these are gluten-free whole grain Whole Foods chips with kosher cheddar that is free of bovineContinueContinue reading “The Cheesy Crunchy Things”

I’m not sure why it took me so long to discover this book. After all, it has the word “parrot” in it. But somehow I missed it – in fact I don’t even remember exactly how I did learn about it. I think it popped up a sidebar somewhere (probably one of those mysterious andContinueContinue reading “The Parrot Who Thought She Was a Dog”

There is nothing wrong with having a favorite food. And no one can argue that waffles certainly deserve to inhabit that category – for life. But when someone with feathers develops a waffle-centric palate to the tune of 2 grams of weight gain (after 11 straight years at 75 grams), it may time for aContinueContinue reading “Challenging the Waffle-Centric Palate”

The great blue heron is a fabulous bird. Almost (nearly, well sort of) as fabulous as the parrot. One of the attributes that makes the heron so fabulous is a unique configuration of delicate white and deep blue-black feathers accenting the softer grey-blue of its body feathers. If you are lucky enough to actually beContinueContinue reading “Wet Bird Couture: The Fabulous Heron”

Fresh summer watermelon is delicious. For many different species. As well, each species has their own preferences in terms of which parts of the watermelon they enjoy the most. For some species (like humans for example) the red, juicy, sweet middle part is the favorite. For other species (in particular the ones that have feathers)ContinueContinue reading “What We Love About Watermelon”

For Easter this year I bought my folks a fun little basket and filled it full of yellow plastic “straw.” I added tasty goodies and brought it over on Easter morning. They emptied it out quickly….but it didn’t stay empty for long.