I wanted to share a little bit about my beloved birds Striker and Ava, whose tragic loss last month is still being very much felt. You can read my previous tributes to them here and here–now this is a tribute that is meant to sort of incorporate Belle and Sparty’s parakeet perspectives. Striker was a [...]
Tag Archives: Striker
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 [...]
photos: Belle and Striker, Ava and Sparta
October 10, 2009
Ava and Striker have a conversation
8/14/2009
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