Still the birdhaus

Gimpy and Boomer rarely interact, but the other day they had a bit of a confab in front of Davy's cage. Boomer serenades Gimpy for a while. but these things rarely end well . . . .

Still the birdhaus . . . .

It's been a while since I've posted some bird pics, so here ya go:

That's Davey, in classic jailbird pose . . . .

Gimpy curious and cute . . . .

Dede clinging to the outside of her cage . . . .

And Boomer, catching some rays on the first day of Spring.

We're still the birdhaus!

I don't post our birds as often as I should, so here's a rundown of the avian population at the birdhaus:

Gimpy is the youngest, who we inherited from my wife's daughter. He broke his leg as a very young bird, and was almost euthanized, but my step daughter rescued him. He's quite a character, and due to his injury seems to be dancing a lot of the time.

Davey is a bird we got from a friend of my wife's. He was originally called "Daisy", but then it was discovered (by people who know more about sexing cockatiels than I do) that he is of the masculine gender. Gimpy sings to him frequently, though Davey seems nonplussed by the attention.

Dede is a conure who was given to us by another friend. The purplish tint on her beak in this picture is juice from a blackberry I gave her, which she literally tore into. She can be very feisty if she isn'y into being handled---meaning she bites.

And this is my guy, Boomer. He likes to lick his mirrors, which makes viewing his favorite cockatiel (himself) a bit difficult. But his reflection must taste good! He's somewhere between seventeen and eighteen years old, but still is as spry as ever.

We're still the birdhaus!

I don't think I've ever posted all of our birds in a single post, but I got shots of all of them today, so here goes:

Here's Dede giving her "Ain't I sweet?" look . . .

. . . and Gimpy, typically looking a bit scruffy . . .

. . . Boomer, doing an impression of Sean Penn taking on some paparazzi . . .

. . . and Davey, getting a good close look at his bell in his cage. I'm not sure why, but several of the birds exhibit this behavior. It never fails to amuse me.

That's all of 'em. We are so happy to have our little aviary, and we do miss Sunny and Woody, who passed on over the last couple of years. Animals are such a wonderful blessing in our lives.

Still the birdhaus

We still live in the birdhaus, and here are some of the latest shots of some of the members of our aviary:

Dede is obviously the supermodel of the group, always ready for a portrait.

Gimpy (outside) and Davey (inside) are the least photographed of the crew, as they are out least often. We have been opening Gimpy's cage every morning for a while, and he has been started to visit with Davey, who he seems to really like. He often serenades him with some 'tiel tunes from the outside of the cage. Davey is sort of nonplussed.

Gimpy has a perpetual look of surprise on his face. He definitely keeps an eye on me when I'm doing photos of him.

A sunny day for being out of your cage:

Yesterday was a bright and sunny day, just perfect for Boomer to do a little ladder climbing on top of Gimpy's cage:

That's Dede in the background. Boomer's definitely keeping an eye on her, though he seems fairly tolerant in this picture.

The Gimpster

We have starting trying to coax one of our cockatiels, Gimpy, into being outside of his cage more often. He broke one of his legs when he was a mere baby, and my step daughter rescued him from being put down. We inherited him when she got cats, and now he lives at the birdhaus. He's been a little skittish about leaving his cage until lately, so I haven't had as many good shots of him, until now:

He's a very sweet little guy, and as you can see, while he may be "differently abled", he gets around pretty well.

Our birds---because this is the birdhaus!

It has been a while since I've posted our birds, so here are (some) of them:

Our newest edition, Dede, checks me out through the window.

Here's Dede inside the house, outside of her cage.

Wide-eyed Gimpy, always ready for fun . . . . 

Woody looks ready for a nap!