Meet Sonnet!
Sonnet lives in Arizona with my niece Solera.
Sonnet became a member of the Aerial Poet’s Society on February 15th, 2014.
She enjoys staying out of the sun, taking naps in sweatshirt hoods and pockets, and pulling the string out of the bird-park rope.
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.
Painting by Leslie Wilson.
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And if you’re bringing your budgies along…
This month’s book is Pete the Parakeet by Sharon Gordon.
Pete is a happy parakeet. He has a swing and a bell and a cage that looks like a blimp. But suddenly Pete disappears. Where could he be?
It turns out Pete was bringing his friend (a cat!) over to play at his house. Cooper thought this was a cute little book, but does not recommend that her budgie friends play with cats.
It’s difficult to get a good flight photo!
Here’s Ozzie:
Alfie:
And Sunny:
Budgie Brooches from Betty Jo Designs.
On the play gym!
Ozzie
Gordie is still hanging out on the edge. But I’m sure he’ll explore more soon.
Alfie
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!