senior cockatiel – Love & Feathers & Shells

Pearl the Cockatiel: Orange You Hungry

There is no doubt that, in the greater wild world of eat or be eaten, size matters. (To be honest, it also doesn’t hurt to have fangs.) But just because you didn’t pop out pre-equipped with a ready set of full body armor doesn’t mean you can’t be fierce. VERY fierce. In fact, being smallContinueContinue reading “Pearl the Cockatiel: Orange You Hungry”

Pearl the Cockatiel: Work Life Balance

Some mornings you open your (adorable, round, black) eyes and stretch your wings and look forward to a whole day of resting and relaxing. And some mornings you wake up and there is work to be done. Lots of work. Luckily, being covered in feathers automatically makes you an expert on “work.” You can workContinueContinue reading “Pearl the Cockatiel: Work Life Balance”

Pearl the Cockatiel: the Potato Pouncer

Potatoes are large. They are round. They favor earth tones. Suffice it to say, a potato can be a fearsome predator. That is, unless you know how to quickly dispatch one. (Here, it helps to have a large featherless chef who can, ahem, pre-cut each predator down to size. Preferably bite-size.) Even so, size isn’tContinueContinue reading “Pearl the Cockatiel: the Potato Pouncer”

Day 363: How to Cuteness Stun Anything

Everyone has heard of “cuteness overload.” Or at least everyone who keeps company with feathered beings has heard of this. Cuteness overload is a serious issue….but it is nothing compared to “cuteness stunning.” Huh? What? Yup. Cuteness stunning. Where cuteness overload is just being very very cute, cuteness stunning is using your cuteness to, well,ContinueContinue reading “Day 363: How to Cuteness Stun Anything”

Day 328: Cockatiel Plays Capture the Laptop

Having lots of flock members has its pros and its cons. On the cons side….well, “sharing” is never a favorite. On the pros side….why share when you can get whatever you want with “cuteness?” Of course, it can be fun to let your flock mates at least think they are giving you the desired itemContinueContinue reading “Day 328: Cockatiel Plays Capture the Laptop”