Photo shoot for “Living with a Cockatiel” book.
On Wednesday 5th April the birds were involved in a photo shoot with Julia Barnes, a photographer working with Sarah Williams who is writing the book.
The book is going to be published in America towards the end of this year or early next year - I suppose it depends a lot on how quickly Sarah can write!
Strange Noises in the Front Room
Sunshine and Rainbow have settled in now and I’ve moved them into the main bird room. They seem to be more used to us now and don’t scream every time I go near them!
Things have been really busy these last two weeks. The bird school has re-opened and there are now 7 students and two more starting very, very soon! Unfortunately I’ve had to cut back on my web-update time to make sure they don’t start behaving like the penguins! (Thank you Lauren for bringing this bullying problem to our attention)
Missing Updates - Part two
Things are still really busy. There are nine chicks in school each day - with at least 15 minutes to spend with each chick every day - that’s 2 and a quarter hours of training each day! Luckily I’ve got help and I’ve drawn up a diary so the ‘trainers’ can mark off the chicks they train each day. The bad news is that I’ll have to pay them as there’s an ‘official’ record!
Sunshine and Rainbow - Senegal Parrots Depart
Sunshine and Rainbow spent a few weeks in the bird room but didn’t seem to like the fact that the cockatiels get to fly around every evening.
They were overheard planning a ‘cockatiel toe tugging’ game. After some research I found out that this game involved the Senegals waiting for a cockatiel to land on their cage at which point they would race each other to see which one could bite the toe of the cockatiel. There were extra points awarded for loudness of cockatiel screams, amount of wing flapping etc.
Needless to say that I’ve had to accept Sunshine and Rainbows request for a transfer to a different aviary before they could have a go at this game.
Different Noises in the Front Room
After Sunshine and Rainbow moved into the bird room I thought that the front room would be left ‘bird free’. I’m obviously not built for thinking......living in the front room we now have Alfie - a three year old African Grey.
Alfie can talk and has a strong welsh accent as he comes from Rumney. He definitely prefers women and is very protective over his cage although he doesn’t bite hard he lets you know when he’s not happy.
He has already learnt cockatiel calls and can shout to them so they think he’s a lost cockatiel and they all call back! That can make quite a din!
I’ll try and get some photos loaded onto Alfies page soon.
