Getting a portrait of all four birds at the same time can be a challenge, but in this photo you can see Sparty, Ava and Striker looking with one eye while Belle (the blue one) is just breaking out of her favored beak-in-feathers position. In an Ohio winter, everyone gets cold, even indoors–me and Jessica, and also the birds, especially Belle. She’s the one most likely to have puffed feathers during the colder months. Even being indoors can’t completely protect them from the elements as the birds’ cage is near a door. Since budgerigars are native to Australia, we have to be sensitive to temperatures with them–we even gave them a blanket that hangs from the top of their cage.