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Bird ownership is taking a cat and dog and combining them. Depending on the bird, of course. Phryne (like Merlin before her) is always testing gravity by dropping things off counters, then staring at them, assessing. When I look her in the eye, I can see the gears turning, lots of intelligence looking back at me. Thinking.

It’s a bit humbling to have the level...
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Someone really loves edamame.

Please, if you are considering suicide, please hang on and ask for help. I know it's hard, and I know your brain will trick you into thinking you have no other option. Life is hard, and getting harder, it sucks and a privileged few are making it worse. But don't let them win. Don't give in. I do understand that it's easier to just make...
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Today's cute. A snuggly bird after she took a bath.

Phryne was a snuggle-bird this morning. Which is good, since last night she was a very bitey, over-tired toddler. My neck is still sore from that. Oh cute redemption.

Also, we finally have her new, smaller, cage set up, so if anyone needs a large bird cage, we have one.

Yesterday I wasn't feeling too well. Head was stuffed and buzzing, was aching all over. Today Phryne jumped into the sink while I was cleaning dished, fortunately it was only luke-warm water and no soap yet. I had to cover the garbage disposal so she would not climb into the dark hole. Yikes! Stop that! Goofy bird. Afterward she snuggled up under a towel to...
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Phryne was being a bit of a spaz, so I pulled the collar of my t-shirt out and she crawled inside...and popped out a little while later through my sleeve.

Phryne the conure is like a dog when she gets wet. She has the zoomies, rubbing all over everything, then settles down under a towel to dry and warm up.

Haven't been around much. Phryne's been sooooooo adventurous. And cute. And wants to destroy the mouse. Computer use is so hard to get to now.

;-) More pics soon.

I went to take a drink of water with Phryne on my shoulder. She decided it was bath time.

Meet our new baby bird! She is still very skittish, but is basically calm and gentle. Was happy in her travel cage, we left it open on our table in front of the sofa, and once she saw Karen had food, she was very excited to see her. Hasn't left her shoulder since she was introduced to green beans and beer batter.