We’ve been having a bit of hot weather in San Diego. To beat the heat the budgies have been playing in the water.
Ozzie in the pool.
Gordie takes a dip and a nap.
It’s hard to get Alfie out of the water.
Such a little clown.
After a swim, it’s time for some refreshing watermelon. Alfie is always the first to the food. He was more about the lettuce (as you can see from the ever present food on his beak). 
Cooper was the only one who was really into the watermelon. Yum!
Gordie, Ozzie and Cooper couldn’t wait for their food to make it into the cage.
The budgies enjoyed a veggie salad today (grated carrots, cauliflower, broccoli and zucchini – and a little romaine lettuce).
Alfie couldn’t even wait for me to put the dish in the cage.
The little guy sure loves his veggies!
Yum!
Someone needs a napkin.
Cooper wants to know, what’s your favorite flavor?
La Cachette
Petite Entrepot
Sugar Mill Cakes
Life as a Dessertarian
Grue Press
Oven Nisshi
Micarina
Not sure who makes these, but they’re almost too cute to eat!
Here is Emmy enjoying some broccolini.
Yum!
We all scream for budgie ice cream??
Japan’s Torimi cafe is serving up budgie ice cream (other flavors are cockatiel and java sparrow). The ice cream is not made from the birds, but is a combination of what the birds eat and the flavor of the birds. “Parakeet” has a vanilla ice cream base with honey, apple and grains blended in. According to Torimi cafe, “It’s like eating some vanilla ice cream in one hand, and then taking a whiff of a parakeet in your other hand.”
The ice cream was so successful, Torimi added ice cream sandwiches to the line. They can only make 20 batches at a time and are having trouble keeping up with demand.
Would you like to try budgie ice cream? 
Photo of Dewey from July 2012.
Alfie noticed Harry with his food dish, so he flew over to investigate.
Harry gave him a few oats to munch on.
But then he spied the open seed container…
And he flew right in!
Mine, mine, mine!
Here’s Alfie in action: