Zu

These wings must look their best!

Wings are the go-to item for both Meyer's if they feel like preening while I take pictures.

An usual perching spot

For Piper in any case. Wouldn't be surprised to find Zuri there.

Maybe if I look interested in something down there....

...she'll look down too and put he camera away?

I really wouldn't be surprised if that thought went through her head at some point, but she does look genuinely interested in something, although I doubt there was anything of note on the ground at the time.

Joey

He gets really invested when he plays with certain items.

Something has got Pixel's attention

Léa

Go for green!

Preening birds

Zuri preening his wing, and Shade preening her foot in the back.

I want to get down

So what do I do? Take a picture, then help him, because it appears he forgot he was a bird and could fly off the thing.

Throwback Thursday

And we are continuing with pictures of birds with wings up, as part of Throwback Thursday. This is one of Léa before she even turned one, taken in January 2012. I do believe I may have other more recent pictures of her with her wings up that showcase a bit more colour on her wings, but I'd have to really search.

It's still funny to look back at pictures of her when she was losing the coral on her head (baby feathers) before anything else grew in.

This will probably be it for wings up in the air - as the ones I have for Petey and Piper, unless I manage to find ones I can't remember having taken, were posted recently in TBT entries about my favourite pictures of the birds.

Pixel

Zuri

He knows how to pose.

Triangle

I think this is one of her favourite spots on the atom - the smaller triangle formed by some of the "branches".

Excited!

You can't reach me!

Léa, quite literally looking down at me.

Itchy

Petey

Hello

Oddball

The toy, not Zuri. I quite like this picture.

Shade

Down

Pretty Léa

Throwback Thursday

It's been well over a week since my last post, but trying to get back into posting regularly (I feel like I'm saying this a lot...)

Anyways, time for another throwback Thursday shot and I am continuing with the wings in the air theme. This week is featuring Pixel, and this picture was taken in April 2014.

Petey

Looking mildly excited.

Playful

The Yawn

It's been a while since I last caught Pixel yawning on camera!

Monthly weigh in - January 2016

First weigh in post for 2016 and I think I will keep these going!

There is very little to say about the birds' weight this month. It appears that Shade put on a tiny bit of extra weight (2g), but since I can still feel her keel bone nicely, it is not something that worries me.

Average weight (in grams) for January 2016:
Piper - 55g
Shade - 120g
Joey - 127g
Petey - 139g
Zuri - 126g
Pixel - 123g
Léa - 320g


Updated table - average weights for each bird per year:

Year	Piper	Shade	Joey	Petey	Zuri	Pixel	Léa
2009	54	111	124	128	112	-	-
2010	56	115	126	131	124	115	-
2011	59	117	127	131	130	121	303
2012	57	116	128	132	128	120	307
2013	57	116	127	136	128	120	313
2014	57	117	128	139	130	121	316
2015	56	118	127	140	127	122	318
2016*	55	120	127	139	126	123	320

*For 2016, only data from January is included. 

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