Thank you everyone,
Bourkes are known for their graceful and fast flight, Charlie was not gracefrul or fast, in fact he kinda juddered when he flew and he looked as if he would fall out of the air. They are also known for not biting and in that sense he was a true Bourke, we never had a bite from them ever, no matter how scared he got, and with his flight being so bad he did manage to get in some real awkward places. Both the Bourkes loved Luke (my son) but Charlie definately loved him. He would have flown around the world if Luke had asked him too, they had such a special and close bond. When Luke had been really ill with Glandular fever a while back Charlie would sit on the edge of his bed chirping away to him, I'm sure that helped Luke make his recovery, and all the while Luke was off school you could find the pair of them together.
I would always try to get them out of the cage just before Luke came home from School, but they weren't having that and Charlie would hide his head behind Harley and would not budge, but as soon as Luke came home from school and came up the stairs and said "Hi Charlie, Harley" that was it , you could see the excitement in them.
We never could find out why Charlies flight was so bad, but from the next pictures you can see his wing, it was permanently drooped, and never went back any further than you can see here. He is also missing claws on 3 toes, never able to find out how that happened either.
Charley is the one standing at the side of the car.
Harley loves to have Luke push her around on that car, but Charlie would just love to sit with him, either on his arm or his shoulder.
He may not have been graceful, he may not have been fast, he was even a bit of a scruff, but we loved him no matter what.
REST IN PEACE MY LITTLE ANGEL. YOU WILL BE MISSED BUT DEFINATELY REMEMBERED ALWAYS. :smile015: :smile015: :smile015: :smile015:
