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| LOOKING FOR MY SIBLING |
The sole survivor is Kristin. She is thriving. Did not expect that.
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| KRISTIN |
Well maybe for these reasons
She has her own room, a sort of dining room we never use.
Two windows have a view of the backyard and side
She can see and hear the birds and chimes in with their talk
And maybe Kaysar was too loving. He really would not leave her alone.
Kristin, the sole survivor, is doing just fine
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| KRISTIN IN PROFILE |
We have a fountain in the corner of the backyard and I share her parakeet seed with the wild birds. So there is a gathering area. The parakeet seed seems to only attract acceptable birds, sparrows and even desirable birds cardinals, doves, robins, red headed finches, cowbirds.
The undesirables, starlings, pigeons and mockingbirds do not join in.
Plan #1
Use Kristin to lure Yellow Bird to the cage and pounce.
I will bring out a caged Kristin and see if Yellow Bird tries to join her. As he kisses her through the bars I will drop a towel and open the front door and push Yellow Bird in.
What do you think readers?
Woof, woof
And a few weeks ago a yellow parakeet shows up. A Lutino. The albino parakeet. I know all about lutinos
While a teenager living at home, I joyfully raised, taught and played with the best Lutino of all pets, Kerry. I taught him to talk. Some famous phrases were Shut Up, Stupid, Kill Kerry. Hey I was an adolescent and thought all three were hilarious, especially when my mother walked by the cage and Kerry gifted her with his chatter. Kerry ate with us. Slurped spaghetti and munched Cheerios.
Shared my Cheezit addiction. Would wiggle into the box to retrieve them.
See the link for lutino info
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| YELLOW BIRD |
Shared my Cheezit addiction. Would wiggle into the box to retrieve them.
See the link for lutino info
I don't know if Yellow Bird is boy or girl. The nose (cere) is how you tell and in lutinos the color for both genders is brownish. I will use the pronoun "he" one less letter to type
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| IN OUR DOGWOOD OVERLOOKING THE FEEDING AREA |
My reaction...capture.
I hear Yellow Bird before I see him. He swoops into the yard and perches on the back fence. Kristin hears him and screeches that exuberant parakeet cheep. I grab a towel and run to my bird feeding area, plop on the bench and wait...wait for what? No wild bird will descend from the hovering dogwood while I am below. But I think yellow bird must be tame and maybe will jump on my finger. I swing my head back and talk "parakeet." Yellow Bird stays put.
I hear Yellow Bird before I see him. He swoops into the yard and perches on the back fence. Kristin hears him and screeches that exuberant parakeet cheep. I grab a towel and run to my bird feeding area, plop on the bench and wait...wait for what? No wild bird will descend from the hovering dogwood while I am below. But I think yellow bird must be tame and maybe will jump on my finger. I swing my head back and talk "parakeet." Yellow Bird stays put.
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| ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? |
Why is yellow bird on the loose?
I think someone left his cage open. Or someone let him out. Should I put up flyers? I dismiss the thought. I don't have him, yet. And what if an imposter pet parent shows?
I think someone left his cage open. Or someone let him out. Should I put up flyers? I dismiss the thought. I don't have him, yet. And what if an imposter pet parent shows?
Can escaped 'keets survive?
Yes
In temperate weather with access to seeds, bugs, water and acceptance of other birds.
In temperate weather with access to seeds, bugs, water and acceptance of other birds.
Yellow Bird has all of the above.
For now.
So far okay. Better outside than in a cage.
For now.
For now.
So far okay. Better outside than in a cage.
For now.
Liam is ambivalent about another sib. But he does hang in the bird area. Even showing his exuberant rollover. Is he thinking of a sib? Looking at him up in the tree?
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| COME AND PLAY YELLOW BIRD |
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| I SEE YOU UP IN THE TREE |
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| I'LL JUST WAIT HERE FOR YELLOW BIRD |
Use Kristin to lure Yellow Bird to the cage and pounce.
I will bring out a caged Kristin and see if Yellow Bird tries to join her. As he kisses her through the bars I will drop a towel and open the front door and push Yellow Bird in.
Not sure if that would work now. Yellow Bird has assimilated into the sparrow group. And more recently other birds have flocked around the birdbath and the seed area. There is a gang. They hang in Tully Park across the street. But a few times each day the gang visits.
Plan #2
Use a butterfly net, approach from neighbor's yard, side or back or hide in our tree border...for as long as it takes...whip out net and cover yellow bird
Yellow Bird is the last to leave probably having been used to human contact...he still does take off. And sits calmly up in the tree, while Liam rests beneath
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| THE 'KEET GANG FEEDING |
Use a butterfly net, approach from neighbor's yard, side or back or hide in our tree border...for as long as it takes...whip out net and cover yellow bird
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| ON LEFT OF THE TWO DARK BIRDS, BATHING BIRD ABOVE |
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| YELLOW BIRD WITH SPARROWS |
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| LAST TO GO |
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| AT THE CENTER OF THE PHOTO |
I will try my capture plans when the weather turns cool.
What do you think readers?
Is it kinder to allow Yellow Bird to live a short but free life?
Or save him for a long caged life?
Thoughts? Should Liam get a sibling?
and should Kristin have a companion?
and should Kristin have a companion?
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| LIAM WAITING |
