September 2019 POTM Contest!!

[Mitchan]

My official one is going to have to be this old favorite of mine, of me and Miley working together on grooming Alaska (both of whom have since passed away, RIP)

But I'll also have to include these more recent "just for fun" ones!

 

[Scott]

My official one is going to have to be this old favorite of mine, of me and Miley working together on grooming Alaska (both of whom have since passed away, RIP)

But I'll also have to include these more recent "just for fun" ones!

Beautiful images, so sorry Miley and Alaska have passed.

 

[Smerft85]

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I'll make this my official entry unless I get a better picture, I took this one a month and a half ago of branch and poppy taking turns preening each other as I got ready for the day. Cage was cleaned later that day so no judging the mess please!

 

[Anansi]

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Scott, I'm LOVING this month's inspired theme AND your JFF entry! Always a beautiful thing to see your 'toos, brother!

My official entry, of course it will be a video because I take tons of videos of Jacob, here he is giving himself a head scratch outside in the sunlight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV4s5TXT1zc

Hahahahaha! Jacob is enjoying the heck out of that self-applied head rub! Nice! Beautiful plumage too, btw.

Here is my babyKise grooming herself~ ^_^

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Great grooming shot of Kise handling her business! And, as always, I'm floored by the play area you've set up for her. Wow!

*~*JUST FOR FUN*~*

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Tami, your photography skills always make me swoon! Damn, you're good! And it definitely doesn't hurt to have such a beautiful subject, either! Please give Levi a scritch or three from me.

 

[Anansi]

The google translator says a synonym of "grooming" is "cleaning" - I think taking a bath also is as grooming?
Zenek w umywalce - YouTube


... and seing Jacob's vid I am little confused if petting also is as grooming?


Petting (for POTM contest) - YouTube
When I will be sure if videos of Zenek above show grooming, I'll decide which is my official entry

I loved both of these videos! Zenek is such a character! That petting vid is just the embodiment of bliss, though. Brought such a smile to my face!

Official photo

Gemma after bathing ��

This shot of Gemma is just stunning! Wow! My compliments both to the photographer and the VERY photogenic subject!

Just for fun, Jacob when he was a baby (I consider anything under 3 a baby) grooming his head.

What a sweet pic of Jacob! And you can tell he knows it, too! Showoff! Lol!

True to form...now that Levi is out of the Competition my Bertie was right on cue this morning in posing for his Mommy.

FYI - Bertie is 5 1/2 yo and has been home with us for 2 months today. Yipee. He had always made heads his favourite landing platform in the past. I bought a baseball cap and we have now been successful in ~95% shoulder landings. Mommy forgot her baseball cap this morning and my boy decided to take advantage of the opportunity!

Hahahahaha! Oh, I love this! Bertie just KNOWS he is a master hairdresser, doesn't he? Don't you love how they just swoop in at any given opportunity? Hilarity!

 

[Anansi]

My official one is going to have to be this old favorite of mine, of me and Miley working together on grooming Alaska (both of whom have since passed away, RIP)

But I'll also have to include these more recent "just for fun" ones!

Every single one of these is absolutely awesome, but that first one! Wow. That is just beautiful. Such a loving moment captured, frozen, in time. I love it. I'm so sorry for your loss of Miley and Alaska. As your photo most expressively shows, they both knew they were loved, and they loved in return. That is the hallmark of a life well lived.

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I'll make this my official entry unless I get a better picture, I took this one a month and a half ago of branch and poppy taking turns preening each other as I got ready for the day. Cage was cleaned later that day so no judging the mess please!

What a sweet shot of them both! They're really serious about their work, too! You can see that neither one is slacking in their grooming duties!

 

[Tami2]

Tami, your photography skills always make me swoon! Damn, you're good! And it definitely doesn't hurt to have such a beautiful subject, either! Please give Levi a scritch or three from me.

Thank you so much Anansi, I will certainly do that! 🥰

 

[Scott]

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I'll make this my official entry unless I get a better picture, I took this one a month and a half ago of branch and poppy taking turns preening each other as I got ready for the day. Cage was cleaned later that day so no judging the mess please!

Nice to see progress leading to grooming! And there are two kinds of cages.... those freshly cleaned, and a snapshot five minutes later!!

 

[Anansi]

Hahahahaha! So true, Scott!

 

[Smerft85]

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And of course I get a better picture for play time tonight, void the first picture please, and enter poppy enjoying her neck scratches, she has some itchy pin feathers coming in!

 

[Anansi]

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And of course I get a better picture for play time tonight, void the first picture please, and enter poppy enjoying her neck scratches, she has some itchy pin feathers coming in!

Look at the contentment on that face! Awww!

 

[Scott]

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And of course I get a better picture for play time tonight, void the first picture please, and enter poppy enjoying her neck scratches, she has some itchy pin feathers coming in!

Wow, the ultimate position of trust!!

 

[Terry57]

This month is already full of amazing pics, I love all of them!

 

[Rival_of_the_Rickeybird]

This is a collage I made of the Missus' sun-up photos of her stinker as he prepares himself for yet another day of her pesky adoration. Must be rough. I wouldn't know.
Oh and by the way, I do believe that this is the first time I have ever used the word collage, much less made one. :38:

 

[Smerft85]

Wow, the ultimate position of trust!![/QUOTE]

Yea she is a daddy's girl!

 

[Scott]

This is a collage I made of the Missus' sun-up photos of her stinker as he prepares himself for yet another day of her pesky adoration. Must be rough. I wouldn't know.
Oh and by the way, I do believe that this is the first time I have ever used the word collage, much less made one. :38:

The sarcasm is delicious, Rb would be so happy!!

 

[GaleriaGila]

At last! A contest has succeeded in calling forth an element of refinement in the Rickeybird's Rival. Collage, indeed. Well, lahhh dee dahhh!

 

[Anansi]

This is a collage I made of the Missus' sun-up photos of her stinker as he prepares himself for yet another day of her pesky adoration. Must be rough. I wouldn't know.
Oh and by the way, I do believe that this is the first time I have ever used the word collage, much less made one. :38:

Hahahahaha! Hilarity! Rival, you never disappoint! Great collage!

 

[CarolineBradley]

Soooo many contented faces.. I'll throw my little orange mans happy zone in the mix.
I can't pick what is his fav.. sleeping in my top, or head scritches! Head scritches while snoozing in my top is Sunny's idea of Heaven!!

 

[wrench13]

RivaL, I'm surprized you can even spell that, much less use it properly.
Well done though Sir, well done.