Movie Review – The Big Year

This month’s movie is The Big Year.bigyearcThe Big Year is a comedy about three men competing to see who can beat the record for a Big Year (a competition to see who can identify the most species of North American birds in a calendar year).by1This sweet little movie stars Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black. The three men begin the film as rivals, but become friends as they each work to achieve their goals.

by2Cooper was thrilled that there were so many birds in the film. There were no budgies, however. She had to settle for a picture of a parakeet in the bird montage in the credits. Despite this slight to budgies, Cooper enjoyed the movie and would recommend it to all her human and birdie friends.

Cooper’s Compadres

Meet Mina!
m1Mina is a cobalt lineolated parakeet. She is 5 months old.m2She lives in Southern California with her best friend Cozette the budgie, her not-so best friend Oliver the parrotlet, and her two puppy brothers Brodie and Parker.m3She loves to try new foods, but will go to the end of the earth for millet! She holds food with her feet and she absolutely loves playing. Any toy will do.m4Mina is an absolute sweetheart. Her favorite person is her Mommy, me (Amber).

Coffee, Tea or Budgie?

It’s chilly out there! Why not warm yourself up with a hot cup of tea?

sunnyHere’s Sunny (what a great name!) putting the kettle on.

teaparakeet                                                  Antique parakeet tea kettle

appletree                                              Teapot/mugs from Appletree.

redstreetmusic                                       Knitted tea cozies from redstreetmusic.

vintageteapotcover                                                      Vintage tea pot cover.

royalalbert                                 Royal Albert Budgies tea cup and saucer.

pmr                         Paragon Princess Margaret Rose tea cup and saucer.

Prefer cider, coffee or hot cocoa? Why not drink it in style?

wanderlust                                                          Wanderlust mugs.

ashdeneofaustralia                                                    Ashdene of Australia

8477431822_bc1ecc5f89_o                   Hey, it’s that mug from Paperchase that’s been discontinued! Boo!

joclarkdesign                                                             Jo Clark.

AtoriE                     AtoriE budgie mug from our friend Eriko’s Boutique Sweet Birdie.

garylarson                                                                  Gary Larson

catherinesummers                                           Espresso cup by Catherine Summers.

Emmy!

e1The good news – Emmy’s quarantine is almost up!

n1 (1)The bad news – Emmy is not ready to join the rest of the flock quite yet.

n1 (2)This little darling is one skittish budgie. I don’t know what her previous owners were doing with her (grabbing her? banging on her cage?), but she is very easily spooked and flaps around the cage if we get too near. It’s going to take some time to tame her, but I’m confident we’ll win her over. Patience pays off!

*Thanks to everyone for the name suggestions!

Cooper’s Talent Show

There are so many amazing and talented birds in the world that Cooper decided to showcase one every month.

Here is the amazing Snowball (an Eleonora cockatoo) dancing to some holiday favorites.

Snowball has appeared in television commercials and television snows. This talented bird has been noted as the first (non human) animal proven to be capable of beat induction. You can see more Snowball videos on Youtube.