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Many beings can successfully claim something. Most beings also have similar aptitudes for ingesting what they claim. It is in the guarding phase where problems usually arise. Luckily, beginners can learn so many techniques to help them hold on to what they’ve claimed (at least long enough to ingest it!). Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: PearlContinueContinue reading “Day 218: A Further Word on “Guarding””

Life is full of surprises….especially if you are little and irresistibly feathery and cute. For instance, one moment you might just be sitting on your ladder (looking oh so cute) and the next moment a freshly toasted waffle might just appear! Here, you want to claim it ASAP. Then you want to guard it. OnlyContinueContinue reading “Day 217: Bringing Your A-Game”

When featherless beings are little, often when their servers deliver their dinner, they do so while saying, “Clean your plate!” Luckily, this issue tends to clear up on its own as the little ones get bigger and older and begin choosing their own menus. This is also good news for small feathered beings who are having troubleContinueContinue reading “Day 216: Cleaning Your Plate”

When featherless beings are very young, they curl up inside a round object that comes pre-installed with everything they could ever need – food, shelter, warmth. Even after hatching, their parents feed them through an easy-peasy process called “beak grabbing” – when the adult upchucks partially digested delicacies right into the baby’s open and waiting beak. ItContinueContinue reading “Day 215: Dining “in Shell””

Flock mealtimes can sometimes be challenging when different species cohabitate together. One flock member likes one kind of lunch, and another flock member prefers a totally different kind of lunch. And the one – and ONLY one – thing they all agree on is that all other flock members except them have terrible taste in lunch.ContinueContinue reading “Day 214: The Watercress Marauder”

When you have feathers and regularly dine with a featherless flock, it won’t take you long to notice how boring their mealtimes are. Where is the color, the movement, the interaction, the liveliness?!? They all just sit there on their respective perches, dining off their respective flat dishes. YAWN. But because they are creatures of habit (toContinueContinue reading “Day 213: Hash Browns Hopping”

Give any random featherless being a choice between a bowl of raw veggies and a thick slab of toast dripping in butter, and it won’t take a trained researcher to predict what they will choose. In the same way, if you give any random feathered being a choice between a dish of dry bird food andContinueContinue reading “Day 212: Bird with a Biscuit”

Being a recognizable public figure (with feathers) can sometimes mean having to battle and correct misconceptions. For example, let’s say everyone in your entourage knows how much you like toasted waffles. So one day, they are all standing around eating a delicacy that is not toasted waffles. They may automatically assume you don’t want anyContinueContinue reading “Day 211: Almond Cake for Two”

As far back as ancient Egyptian times, skilled artists have enjoyed reproducing images of food with paint on canvas. Within this tradition, the “fruit basket” has its own enduring appeal – perhaps because fruit is a particularly patient subject that is willing to sit still for hours and allow itself to be painted. Yet, howeverContinueContinue reading “Day 210: The Fruit Basket”

Occasionally it happens that more than one being in the same household becomes popular. This can create an awkward situation if the two popular beings are not friends. But when they happen to like each other very much, they can use this popularity to their mutual advantage. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts p.s. FREEBIE ALERT! Read theContinueContinue reading “Day 209: The Laptop Bodyguard”