This month’s book is Pete the Parakeet by Sharon Gordon.
Pete is a happy parakeet. He has a swing and a bell and a cage that looks like a blimp. But suddenly Pete disappears. Where could he be?
It turns out Pete was bringing his friend (a cat!) over to play at his house. Cooper thought this was a cute little book, but does not recommend that her budgie friends play with cats.
It’s difficult to get a good flight photo!
Here’s Ozzie:
Alfie:
And Sunny:
Budgie Brooches from Betty Jo Designs.
On the play gym!
Ozzie
Gordie is still hanging out on the edge. But I’m sure he’ll explore more soon.
Alfie
The budgies have a new play gym.
This is how it came. 
We changed it up a bit by adding a grapevine perch and some new toys.
Sunny went right into destructo mode.
Lera sitting pretty by the bell.
Cooper hanging out on the swing. The boys enjoyed the gym, too. But they were so active all their photos were blurry. Busy, busy budgies!
Today is draw a bird day.
So draw a bird! Preferably a budgie!
Which one is your favorite?
Lera recently moved into the big cage.
She loves to hang out on the grapevine perch.
She’s getting along well with the other budgies. Here she is checking out Ozzie (our little welcome wagon).
She even ventured out. Her flying needs work. But then, she only has two fully grown flight feathers.
Here she is with Cooper.
Until she can keep up with the others, she seems happy to spend time on the play gym.
Her first day with the flock was a busy one. It may have actually been too exciting. The next day she was fluffed up and slept a lot. I was worried she was sick (no more sick budgies!). But I think she was just stressed out from the move. We kept her warm and quiet and she rallied back the next day.
It’s been fun watching her coming out of her shell to interact with the flock and play with the toys. She even nibbled some broccoli after watching all the others chowing down on their florets. What a cutie she is!