This photo of Belle and Sparty flying is by Jessica. She was working with some new techniques and really managed to capture them amazingly well! (8-8-2010)
New parakeets photos and video
Dodger joins the flock
We’ve called him Little Blue since we got him (he’s a different, less green kind of blue than Belle) and now we’re starting to call him Dodger–we’ll see if that one sticks. But whatever his name, he is an energetic, adventurous and very young little parakeet–he’s been a lot of fun so far and already gets along well with Belle and well enough with (the very territorial) Sparty but the new bird is quite a handful when let out of the cage. Dodger just takes off, sort of flying but not really, swampboating his way along the floor until he hits–thud–the wall. When Belle is down with him things are much calmer as Dodger just follows Belle around the room.
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 take this quick snapshot.
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 and Sparty fly when they see the State flag wave : pacificpelican.us
Sparta flies to the front of the house
May 10, 2010
Belle spreads her wings as Sparty watches
May 10, 2010
Parakeet has a cameo on the Colbert Report
On Monday night’s episode of the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert was making fun of the idea shared by a Nevada Republican Senate candidate of bartering for health care with a chicken. In order to illustrate his point, he pulled a chicken out from his desk, followed by a parakeet (in a cage), a rabbit and a duck, followed by more shenanigans. You can see the clip on this page.