Emmy and Felix finally moved into the big cage. Felix pals around with Gordie, but is a little standoffish with the others. I think Emmy wanted to be alpha female, but Lera shut that down pretty quickly. Both are doing well and seem to enjoy being with the flock. And I enjoy having only one cage to clean : ).
Felix and friends.
Felix and Lera – pastel parakeets.
Emmy and her beau, Ozzie.
Hanging out with Cooper.
Why chew on a perfectly good chew toy –
when you can chew on a perch?
Or a book?
The bookcase is Sunny’s second home.
Try as I might, I can’t keep her off of it. 
Sunny and the Sea Monster.
Remember that brand new ladder from three days ago?
What? No bloopers? Cooper has become such a super little model that we didn’t have any bloopers this month. So instead, here are some pics of the flock opening wide and saying, “Ahhh.” Or, “ACK!”
Ozzie
Lera
Gordie
Emmy
Alfie
Cooper
Dewey
Sunny
Sunny is three(ish)!
One of her presents was a star gazer.
The other was marshmallows (her favorite). I put up the divider so she could have them all to herself. 
And, of course, all the budgies feasted on millet.
Happy birthday Sunnybunny!
It’s the vine ball braided wreath from Paradise Bird Toys.
Cooper (with Lera photobomb).
Sunny Bunny.
Lera.
The red ball was the first to go.
It’s difficult to get a good flight photo!
Here’s Ozzie:
Alfie:
And Sunny:
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!
Gordie moved into the big cage today.
He seems to be doing pretty well. He’s been keeping to himself, but has been chirping and investigated one of the toys. He sticks to one spot and avoids the other budgies, but I’m hoping they’ll all warm up to each other quickly.
Emmy came out of the cage and bonked into a wall. Eesh. She seems to be doing better flying around, though. It helps to have Ozzie show her how to navigate the room.
Emmy moved to the quarantine cage. Just until I finger tame her. It’s impossible to do in the big cage. Ozzie will visit and sleep there (and show her that stepping up is easy). As soon as Emmy moves back into the big cage, it will be Lera’s turn to meet the budgies. Jeez, we have a lot of budgies!
Gordie came out of his cage today to meet the budgies face to face.
Here he is with Ozzie (that’s Emmy down below). Ozzie was a little aggressive, so we put him back in the cage.
At first, Gordie just sat in one spot. Here he is with Alfie.
It wasn’t too long before he joined the others. Here he is meeting the girls. He seemed perkier being with the budgies – following them around and chirping.
All the excitement must have tuckered him out. When we put him back in his cage, he went right to sleep. Of course, growing out all those pinnies takes a lot of energy as well!