Our three parakeets all hang out together a lot of the time, and feed one another, but Belle and Striker are especially affectionate toward one another and groom each other quite a bit. (3/27/2008)
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Bird bath time
The birds took some time for a bath while I cleaned their cage. (3/24/2008)
perching parakeets
They like being high up as well as down on the low perch, but getting between them was made easier by the ladder–until beaky Belle starting going to town chewing the rope. So now that rope ladder is out and they have a new, fixed ladder with seashell steps to climb on. (3/20/2008)
Getting to know each other
Sparty was introduced into the cage after Striker and Belle, and hailed from a different flock–here they are getting to know one another still. (3/18/2008)
Sparty with Striker and Belle
Ohio, 3/18/2008 We got a third parakeet and they’re quite a flock with the three of them hanging out together! Sparty (yellow, far left) is a very wild bird! In this photo, they were all just meeting each other. (Striker is the green one and Belle is the blue one.)
Yellow bird in the house!
3/18/2008, Ohio We added another bird to our flock yesterday evening! A young yellow Australian-descended broad-tailed parrot (aka budgerigar aka parakeet) named Spartan Don “Buzz” Barksdale (or Sparty) joined our two other birds, (Blue) Belle and (green) Striker. These budgerigars are a small species of bird, but Sparty is definitely a big guy. He has… Continue reading Yellow bird in the house!
Belle and Striker
Jessica and I got new birds today. They were born some time around July 2007, and they are a pair of parakeets (aka budgerigars aka parrots). The blue or turquoise one is Jessica’s, named Belle, and mine is the green one which I named Striker.
barnyard in San Mateo County
C.J. the cat
Seattle, Washington, Christmas 2007, by Jessica
African elephants at the Cleveland Zoo
November 2007