Bright Star
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- May 28, 2011
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- Parrots
- Keats (budgie) born Feb. 18, 2011, and Raphael (budgie) adopted July 3, 2011. Finn, a Brown-Head Poicephalus, born January 4, 2010, has also joined the family!
I took Keats in for a nail trim this afternoon...and we came home with a new friend - a second budgie 
I've suspected that Keats really missed other birds. He was parent-raised and lived in an aviary and then in a cage full of other budgies before he came here. Our CD birdsong made him super-happy, as did birds singing outside. I didn't expect the reaction he had when we went to the bird store today though. He was very interested in the other birds.
I always like to visit them, so of course I checked them out. Turns out someone had surrendered a sweet, two-year-old budgie just 15 minutes before we arrived - because she didn't like his coloring I really don't understand that. He was so tame, he stepped right up on my finger, so we put him in the travel cage with Keats. They had some showing off to do and gave each other a few challenges, but every time the other bird turned away, Keats went right up to him and sat beside him.
So...how could I not bring him home?
Oh, and those colors? A beautiful sherbet blend of blue, yellow and green. He's a beautiful birdie! Now, we need a name. I'm trying to decide between Raphael and Pemberley.
I've suspected that Keats really missed other birds. He was parent-raised and lived in an aviary and then in a cage full of other budgies before he came here. Our CD birdsong made him super-happy, as did birds singing outside. I didn't expect the reaction he had when we went to the bird store today though. He was very interested in the other birds.
I always like to visit them, so of course I checked them out. Turns out someone had surrendered a sweet, two-year-old budgie just 15 minutes before we arrived - because she didn't like his coloring
I really don't understand that. He was so tame, he stepped right up on my finger, so we put him in the travel cage with Keats. They had some showing off to do and gave each other a few challenges, but every time the other bird turned away, Keats went right up to him and sat beside him.So...how could I not bring him home?
Oh, and those colors? A beautiful sherbet blend of blue, yellow and green. He's a beautiful birdie! Now, we need a name. I'm trying to decide between Raphael and Pemberley.
