If there is one thing every feathered being wants to avoid at all costs, it is having to share your personal large featherless assistant. There are several reasons for this, the most pressing of which is that the large featherless beings are challenging enough to train when there is just one VIP client to serve.ContinueContinue reading “Day 175: Parrot Perils – Shared Service”
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Day 172: Cockatiel Is a Featherweight
In the world of top secret “black ops” agents, it is very important to know your correct measurements so you are issued the right gear. Too light, and the gear won’t be sufficiently intimidating. Too heavy, and the gear will make your job harder rather than easier. So when you go to the agent headquartersContinueContinue reading “Day 172: Cockatiel Is a Featherweight”
Day 169: Cockatiel Explores Nature Versus Nurture
Whenever possible, it is nice to woo the ladybirds with the most authentic and natural-looking nest. But this isn’t always possible. Plus, as great as nature can be, it doesn’t always provide for the most posh nesting experience. Let’s say you happen to be an “indoor nester” and you chance upon a wonderful little boxContinueContinue reading “Day 169: Cockatiel Explores Nature Versus Nurture”
Day 166: Cockatiel Supersizes Pancake
In the culture of the large featherless beings, there is such a thing as “supersizing.” Victuals are a particularly popular choice for supersizing. The theory seems to be that if it is small and tastes delicious, it will taste even more delicious when you make it bigger. In practice, however, supersizing is not for theContinueContinue reading “Day 166: Cockatiel Supersizes Pancake”
Day 163: Cockatiel Gets His Own Back-up Dancer
Pretty much everyone knows that having feathers automatically makes you an excellent singer. But one of the best kept secrets few fans realize is that feathered beings are also excellent dancers! It makes sense, when you think about it – singing and dancing both require the same basic level of sensitivity to tempo, rhythm andContinueContinue reading “Day 163: Cockatiel Gets His Own Back-up Dancer”
Day 160: The Cockatiel & the Cantaloupe Caper Gang
One of the most exciting things about being a famous and feathery actor is that no two days are ever alike – you can make sure of it! Thanks to a heaping dose of good old-fashioned avian ingenuity, you will never run out of new compelling characters to create and gripping dramas to build aroundContinueContinue reading “Day 160: The Cockatiel & the Cantaloupe Caper Gang”
Day 157: Cockatiel Hands Out Pink Slips
When you are born with soft feathers all over your body, it is vital to keep them looking and feeling their best. Sometimes, this means setting aside some extra time in your (already packed) daily schedule for personal grooming. And sometimes, it means sending out the pink slips. But feathers that don’t make the cutContinueContinue reading “Day 157: Cockatiel Hands Out Pink Slips”
Day 154: Cockatiel Makes the Hop
There is a definite art to plate surfing. Even the most skilled plate surfers occasionally fumble it. No matter how susceptible your fellow (large, featherless) diners may be to “cuteness,” you still have to time it just right to nab the delicacy you have your eye on while keeping its owner successfully distracted. In otherContinueContinue reading “Day 154: Cockatiel Makes the Hop”
Day 151: Cockatiel Visualizes for Success
Great teachers from all walks of life (not to mention all species) recommend the powerful practice of visualization to get what you want. While it sounds easy, the actual visualization process can take some work! For example, you want to “set the stage” (a technical term) for your dreams to come true. Here, it isContinueContinue reading “Day 151: Cockatiel Visualizes for Success”
Day 148: Cockatiel Goes Nest Shopping
When you care for an interspecies family, going shopping is always eventful. As the official rent and grocery money-earner (as well as the official shopper – everyone voted and you were, well, “it”), the whole flock gets excited when you return home with bags full of intriguing things. Some flock members are excited because ofContinueContinue reading “Day 148: Cockatiel Goes Nest Shopping”
Love & Feathers & Shells 