Cooper and the flock wish you a day filled with family, friends and feasting.
Pass the millet, please!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
In honor of Charles Schulz’s birthday…
What’s this? A piece of toast? A pretzel stick? Popcorn? What blockhead cooked all this?
Who ever heard of a Thanksgiving without millet??
Cooper’s Song of the Month
“Little Birdie” by Vince Guaraldi.
The Perch
Last month we visited family in Arizona. While there, we went to The Perch Pub and Brewery in Chandler. Besides serving food and having 30 beers on tap (Harry loves beer), The Perch houses over 50 rescue birds on their grounds.
The lovebirds
I fell in love with this Indian Ringneck Parakeet.
This Blue and Gold Macaw wants out!
Some beer for Harry…
And on to the budgies!
Budgie and canary
Budgies, cockatiel and dove
This looks like the work of a naughty budgie…
We enjoyed our time at The Perch. If you’re ever in the area, I highly recommend that you stop by for a brew and say, “Hello” to the birds!
But make sure to keep an eye on your kids.
Cooper’s Day Off
Where’s Sunny?
The budgies love to be out and about. They get into everything, so I’m always counting them to make sure I know where they are. There is one little budgie, however, who likes to play hide and seek…
I wonder where Sunny could be?
Ah! There she is! Silly budgie.
Budgie Buys
Susan brought these cute little toys to my attention. What child (or adult) wouldn’t want one of these as a holiday gift? The birds come single or with a cage and they can chirp, sing and repeat phrases. Best of all – no poop!
Of course I had to get one. 
Cooper checks out the competition…
They require 2 AAA batteries. Collect them all!
Introducing Harvey!
Meet the newest member of the flock! I think we needed something positive to focus on after we lost Gordie, so we decided to adopt a new little one. Gordie definitely inspired us to provide a loving home for unwanted budgies. I wish we could take them all in…
Harry found him on Craigslist*. We’re not sure how old he is (the previous owner said they had him for 6 months and that they had purchased him from Petco). He isn’t banded and his wings are grown out, so who knows? His cage looked like it had never been cleaned (ugh), so we loaded him up in our quarantine cage and spirited him away.
Harvey is very nervous when we approach the cage and flips out when we put our hands in to change out his food and his water. Another taming challenge! He’s been calling to the other birds and I can’t wait for them to meet him. It’s nice to know another lonely bird will have a flock, and I’m glad the other budgies will soon have a new friend. Perhaps Cooper will take a shine to him…
*Harvey was the first budgie (not from a breeder) that was available on our Craigslist search. I think we are fated to have blue birds!
Cooper’s Talent Show
Harry (great name!) the budgie shows off his talking and whistling skills.
Cooper’s Day Off
Scruffy, but still regal.