Ode to Spring.

You can tell when Spring arrives in south Louisiana...the weeds start turning a beautiful green and the wild birds are back for their springtime routine. Parrots spend a lot of time "working" their nestboxes. Working involves turning their pine perches into kindling and putting the shavings in the box. They then mix the new shavings with the bedding material already in the box and begin to decorate. Very strange tastes, these birds.

Our Umbrella female, Star, likes to place feathers every three inches around the side walls of the box. She inserts these in the bedding so they stand upright. Prescilla, the Vos, puts crossed red feathers in every corner. The Yellow Collars mound up the bedding material in front of the opening in the box so I can't see inside.

Meanwhile, their owner has spent the first nice day of the year cleaning cages and raking the yard. They seem to like the company. Everybody who wanted to, got sprayed with a fine mist from a hose. Prescilla and Sonia like this the most. We still have UV lights in the cages to keep them warm at night...and to help them dry.

We'll still have several freezing nights to go but after a beautiful day like today they don't count...Spring is here. - Craig
- posted by J-Birds @ 2:04 PM |