A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush.

[Uncle Joe]

[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. That is super cute....

People don't know what it's like to have a bird bond with you.

Ours likes to snuggle.

[Uncle Joe]

2. What kind of bird do you have, Spitfire?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. A Sun Conure.

[navarth]

6. I enjoyed the company of a bird once....it was wonderful

Mister Cheepers was a sad thing to behold. I was walking in the yard when I saw a bird sitting on a branch calling to me. I couldn't believe that it was letting me walk up to it (I still don't know if Mister Cheepers was a boy or girl). He actually jumped on to my finger and adopted me. Amazing beauty in a simple act.

He died before long, maybe a week and a half. I was a young teenager, didn't really know how to take care of him. I would kill flies for him and he made the most wonderful chirps of pleasure when he chomped them up.

But he must have been in really ill health from the beginning. I found him dead one morning. So sorry I couldn't give you a better life, Mister Cheepers. I did love you.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. I found a baby robin once that had fallen out of it's nest and raised it on meal worms....

It got old enough to fly in a week and I let it rejoin it's siblings before they all left the nest.

[yuiyoshida]

4. squee factor 6!

squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[Duppers]

5. That is indeed so cool!

Even my 5mo Lab pup beside me is intrigued. Haha.

[AtomicKitten]

8. That makes me really miss my guy.

I rescued Bart, a Rosella (Australian) from a pet store. He had about 3 feathers and was being fed the wrong food. He had been a breeder and sold to a family with a 10-year-old kid who manhandled the poor thing such that he hated being handled after that. I found though that in his cage, he was the sweetest thing, cooing, doing his Stevie Wonder bobbing head thing. Of all my pets/rescues which have included mainly cats and dogs, I miss Bart the most. He lived for 20 years with me.

He was such a character. He'd break out of his inside aviary and fly around the house when at the time I had 3 cats and a dog. He loved trying new fruits and vegetables. During the day when I'd be working in my office, he would whistle and I'd respond, and that would go on until he was done with the game. The day he died was the most precious day to me. I was there for his last breaths. For a couple days after that I could have sworn a bird outside in the eucalyptus grove mimicked his same happy whistle. That was a few years ago. Still a couple days ago, I heard that same sound and without thinking took a breath to respond, just a split second, but it brought me to tears. God I miss that bird.

Thanks for posting this. It was bittersweet for me. Cheers.

[Uncle Joe]

9. I'm sorry for your loss, Atomic Kitten and thanks for sharing. Speaking of birds and music, they

certainly have different tastes and this video triggered me to think of what some women may experience in nightclubs.

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Peace to you.

[AtomicKitten]

10. Good thing that second bird didn't have mace or a tazer. LOL.

Birds are such wondrous creatures!

Thanks for making me laugh out loud. Best regards.