Call

Received a call this afternoon from a friend who had "found" a cockatiel in their front yard.
So now we are the proud owners of a cinnamon pearl cockatiel.

Vernal Equinox

Miami doesn't have much of a Spring.
However, Maricello's Little Bird post inspired this Peep Show


Water Whistle bird - Romania


Phoenix Roof Tile - China

Dove Whistle - Bulgaria

Toucan - Mexico

Hen - Miami

Upside Down!

Just checked on Guinevere, and found her upside down. She was fine an hour ago. She was getting very tame also. Wonder if she was sick when we got her? If so, I guess it was good that I housed her separately from Hamlet. The only other thing I can think of is that she had a habit of hanging upside down and either fell or choked. What bad luck!

Guinevere & Hamlet, Pair Not Yet

Meet Guinevere. She has a pretty blue rump versus Hamlet's dull green one. This lovebird is from the 2nd Carrie hatching. Hamlet was from the 1st hatching.

Guinevere and Lancelot had escaped from their cage in Carrie's backyard. Guinevere was captured and clipped after having a few days of flying wild. However, Lancelot is still at large.

We brought Guinevere home on Sunday. Unfortunately Hamlet is being rather naughty to her, so we'll need to keep them apart for awhile. Hopefully, territory issues will calm down and we'll have a pair of lovebirds once again.

Ophelia & Hamlet

Tragedy struck. I've decided to name the surviving love bird "Hamlet". We usually let all the birds roam free in the bedroom on weekends, mostly unsupervised. Yesterday evening, we sadly discovered that the water level in the fish tank was about two inches too low.

Class Act

Received my transcript evaluation from TESC. Looks like I might be able to complete the Bachelors Degree by the end of the year. I'm going to try for a Music Major. I just have to take a couple of Music History Classes to fulfill the requirements.

Signed up today for a full time load, although mostly easy courses: Keyboard, Chamber Music (not so easy), Music History I & II, Intro to Psych and Human Growth & Development. The main strain will be that I'll be traveling a bit and will have to miss some class time.

Picked up a used keyboard last Sunday for $40 off craigslist. It's much better than the Casio keyboard I gave away years ago since it has a midi interface and touch response. The only drawback is that it doesn't have a dust cover.

Thanks for the warm wishes and encouragement Rallentando. If only I had kept up with the viola studies back in the 1980's, I'd be really good by now.

My husband lets the love birds walk around my work area -- I'm afraid that they might damage something before I notice and can prevent it! My mother had a cockatiel that chewed up a book before anyone noticed.

This week I'm off to Baltimore to visit my sister-in-law and maybe do some hiking. Then my husband is coming up Labor Day weekend for a stamp show. We'll come back to Miami together.

I don't think I'll be submitting any videos in the near future as I'll be concentrating on classes. I'm hoping to prepare "The Swan" for chamber music class.

Birdie Duet

I usually don't crosspost on my blogs but our latest arrivals are so cute. I thought I'd share a closeup of our new baby peach faced lovebirds.