Cooper’s diet

A few weeks ago Cooper weighed in at 50 grams. So our little booper went on a diet.broccoliShe nibbled on broccoli.saladAnd salad.udEating upside down helps you burn calories!sneakI caught her sneaking food while I was cleaning the cage. Naughty!tail14coopCooper knew that weigh-in day was approaching, so she decided to drop her tail feathers. Every little bit helps.

Cooper has another tip for slimming down. Throw all your pellets away!

43Here she is on the new scale. 43 grams! Good job Cooper!

Cooper’s Cuties

Meet Sonnet!1779822_10152009259892613_1112856329_nSonnet lives in Arizona with my niece Solera.1620753_10151990532622613_1098480344_nSonnet became a member of the Aerial Poet’s Society on February 15th, 2014.1907577_10151990532877613_2122847239_nShe enjoys staying out of the sun, taking naps in sweatshirt hoods and pockets, and pulling the string out of the bird-park rope.1958051_10151990532692613_1644998519_n

She is anxiously awaiting the regrowth of her wing feathers and spends a lot of time clinging to perches and flapping madly like some kind of landlocked bird-o-plane.1958100_10152012193497613_437448911_n