bittybirds: the blog

The bittybirds have a little space on the Drawball!

Here’s what I’ve done so far:

We’ll see how long it lasts. :-)

Reggie loves to stand in a breeze and “airbathe.” Any breeze will do. In these classic videos from the bittybirds vault, he’s in front of a window fan on a hot summer day:

OMG–don’t fall, little bird!!!

Reg loves being petted sooo much. What’s even better than an airbath is… an airbath with scritches!

I don’t know how long this will be accessible…

Ever since Toby’s visit to Angell Memorial Hospital a few weeks ago, he’s decided to be a little drama queen.

Here’s what happened at the Hospital. When he met the vet and vet tech, he was so cheery and friendly that he just charmed them completely. But when they gently picked him up to do an exam, he’d never really been “manhandled” before, and he did. not. like. it. So what did he do? He went, “SQUAAAAAWK.”

We all laughed at such a loud, dramatic sound from a such a little bird.

Later in the exam, he made his newfound sound pre-emptively. He was sitting happily on the vet tech’s hand, so when the vet wanted him to step up, he looked at her and said, “SQUAAAAAWK.”

Ever since then, he has been busy perfecting the dramatic, pre-emptive “SQUAAAAAAWK.” It’s like, “You want me to step up? No way! SQUAAAAAWK.” “You want to pet me? Not now, I’m busy! SQUAAAAAAAWK.” “Did you just look at me funny? Cut it OUT! SQUAAAAAAAAWK.”

What an articulate little bird. :-)

So Bowie has a tree near his cage and every time we let him out he flies right to it! I was worried at first because I don’t want him picking at the fake bark or fake plastic leaves although it seems as though he cannot penetrate them. Mike and I felt bad though because we know he loves flying to the tree and he chirps when we put him back in his cage after being there. So to be a nice mommy I told Bowie he’s allowed to go into the tree with Mike’s or my supervision. I also put some millet spray, a ladder, and a swing toy so he would have things to do instead of picking at the leaves. Bowie’s wings are getting a bit longer but I think it’s still to early to clip them. He loves to fly around and it’s OK if he does with our supervision. There are soft and nice places in our house for him to have a nice landing. Somewhere I have a picture of me playing guitar and him sitting on it briefly while I was playing. He loves music especially loud rock or dance. It’s so cute, he will start whistling sometimes or bopping his head while Mike or I are listening to music or singing. I really want to get a video up but I’m not sure where my webcam is . . . I’ll find it sooner or later and put some up. I’m pretty sure Mike’s camera takes video’s so I could do it that way too. I just though of that. So it’s getting late so I am going to post this for now. If Mikes batteries are finished charging I’ll try to post a few cute Bowie Tree/ Bowie Guitar pictures before bed. If not they will be up soon.