Cooper’s Cuties

Meet Robin!r2Robin lives in Virginia with Alexa.r1 Robin was an escapee who was rescued by a new family in a city park.  He was scared and tired when he first came home, trying to hide in a cardboard box for the car ride. Here he is exploring the car when we first found him – gotta have the first day picture!r3 He’s a playful chatterbox. He hasn’t learned any words, but he does love to sing and play. He’s gotten a bit more comfortable with my hand in the cage. He won’t step up yet, but he does let me slowly move my finger toward him and pet his tail or his belly 🙂 He also doesn’t mind me touching his feet, so stepping up may be just around the corner. r4Since he won’t come out of the cage yet, I move his home around so he can sit with me in different areas while I’m working in different areas of the house. Hence he is on a chair in this picture.

His favorite tricks are chasing his tail and doing somersaults around his perch.f1He now has two little birdie friends, Nymeria and Arya the finches. They don’t usually live in the same room, but sometimes they see each other and have chirping conversations  : ).r5He loves going outside when the weather is nice! He chirps away and watches the outdoor birds.

He also loves a good preening session, and his grapevine perch!

Cooper’s Book Report

This month’s book is Andy Gets the Blame by Freda M. Hurt.a1Ten year old Andy wants to buy her Aunty Loo a blue budgerigar for Christmas. But she hasn’t enough money. Each of Andy’s schemes to earn the 21 shillings for a budgie end in disaster. The worst happens when she is accused of stealing a budgie from an aviary. Will Andy be able to clear her name and give her aunt the most wonderful Christmas gift ever?a2Cooper loved this book. She thought the story was charming and was pleased that it had a happy ending. Someone who would worry and plan as much as Andy did for a budgie would probably make a great budgie slave – er, owner. Cooper particularly liked that the coveted budgie was blue.