When your reputation as .007, pint-sized super spy, precedes you, you can count on getting called in to consult on some pretty strange cases. Since every one of these cases is unique, often you have no precedent to refer to – just your own gut instinct to guide your recommendations. This also applies to theContinueContinue reading “Day 118: Cockatiel Discovers Mystery Muffin”
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Day 115: Cockatiel Trains Large Featherless Waitress
Training a large featherless waitress can feel like a long (oh so long) and uphill road. You may have to send your order back once, more than once or many times before she finally gets it right. But when she does at last master a lesson, you want to be sure to let her knowContinueContinue reading “Day 115: Cockatiel Trains Large Featherless Waitress”
Day 112: Parrot Builds Nest for Ladybirds Only
Discovering a new nesting site with great potential is so exciting! You can already visualize your feathery other half moving in, settling down, popping out a few eggs and raising chicks that look exactly like you! But while you are working away to get your new nest ready, you also have to keep your eyesContinueContinue reading “Day 112: Parrot Builds Nest for Ladybirds Only”
Day 109: The Cockatiel & the Crinkly, Crackly, Bobbly Bag
As all feathered beings know, every snack tastes better with sound effects! Unfortunately, the large featherless beings tend to be somewhat unimaginative in this area, so it often falls to the feathered flock member to instruct flock mates in the art of multi-sensory dining. For example, let’s say your personal Small Chef has selected aContinueContinue reading “Day 109: The Cockatiel & the Crinkly, Crackly, Bobbly Bag”
Day 106: Cockatiel Explains Flock Dining Protocol
When you are dining with your flock, it is important to make sure everyone in the flock knows and follows the proper dining protocol. The “alpha” flock member always gets to dine first. Always. No exceptions. Ever. If you are unsure which flock member is the alpha, just look for the member with the mostContinueContinue reading “Day 106: Cockatiel Explains Flock Dining Protocol”
Day 103: Cockatiel Builds a DIY Nest
In these budget-conscious days, the do-it-yourself approach to home renovation is all the rage. Why pay top dollar to have someone else renovate your cozy nest-to-be when you can do it yourself, save a bundle and have some extra left over to pamper the love of your life when she arrives? All it takes isContinueContinue reading “Day 103: Cockatiel Builds a DIY Nest”
Day 100: Cockatiel Digs Into Tortilla Chips for Two
Fully furnished nests are a rarity in the world of feathered beings, especially as the spring nesting season really gets underway. If you want to find the best real estate, you need to start your scouting early. But occasionally, even late in the game, a true gem might suddenly appear. When this happens, you wantContinueContinue reading “Day 100: Cockatiel Digs Into Tortilla Chips for Two”
Day 97: Cockatiel Claims One Found Mouse
If you live in a flock where you have many flock mates yet only one rectangular shiny device with the crispy keys, sometimes you have to get creative about claiming your turn. Rather than whine about how your large featherless flock mate is monopolizing the device yet again, you can challenge yourself to find anotherContinueContinue reading “Day 97: Cockatiel Claims One Found Mouse”
Day 96: The Best Shell Color
Being a card-carrying shelled member of the food chain can give you a lot to think about, evolutionarily speaking. You really, really, really want to make good choices. For example, let’s say you choose to be born with a certain type of shell coloration. This coloration, while clearly edgy and fashion-forward, can look rather oddContinueContinue reading “Day 96: The Best Shell Color”
Day 94: Emotional Support Birds R Us
The large featherless beings think they are so clever, with those bumper stickers and t-shirts proclaiming “Who Rescued Who?” But when you have feathers, fur or a shell, you don’t even have to ask that question, let alone wait for an answer. Rescuing. It’s just what you do. Of course, if someone absolutely insists onContinueContinue reading “Day 94: Emotional Support Birds R Us”
Love & Feathers & Shells 