Since Sparty was in focus, I processed the colors to try to accentuate her yellow. 8/8/2010
Tag Archives: Belle
Sparty stands on one foot
I’m always amazed by the personality of our little yellow bird Sparty (aka Sparta). She [Jessica is pretty sure Sparta's a female now, and I don't disagree] is so funny–here she was next to Belle on the cage standing on one leg for a while, long enough for me to quietly grab the camera and [...]
Our parakeets travel with us
Our birds are good travelers–they tend to come with us on car trips, provided we have a pet-friendly destination. Here Sparty and Belle are hanging out in their travel cage at my parents’ house when Jessica and I were in town for my sister Ellen’s wedding on June 12, 2010.
Belle and Sparty perching on artwork
They like to fly around and land on framed art, even if they have to lean at a strange angle to keep their balance. Their friend Ava taught them the technique in the past but now they’ve taken it to a whole new level, spending long spells of time on those ledges.
Belle spreads her wings as Sparty watches
May 10, 2010
parakeets in their cage
(Belle, Ava, Striker and Sparty) March 3, 2010
Ava, Sparty, Striker and Belle
Jan. 30, 2010 by Jessica
Parakeets eating millet
Belle, Ava, Sparty and Striker attack their food, 1/20/2010
grooming birds
In the first photo, Jessica captured Sparty and Belle working their feathers over with their beaks. Though parakeets have a sort of retracting beak, unlike their larger broad-tail parrot cousins, when they take it out it is a serious piece of hardware. That’s good for eating seeds, of course, but it’s also useful in keeping [...]
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