Taken a few seconds before he flew to me.
Monday, June 23, 2014
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Destruction!
What did this innocent looking bird do?
Well, in the span of two days or so, made this toy -
Well, in the span of two days or so, made this toy -
- look like this!
Don't get me wrong, I love that she enjoyed it so, but I thought it would take her a little longer to take apart, especially as she's been not so destructive with the other toys lately. Guess I'll try to get my hand on another just like it.
And I really ought to have taken pictures of the bottom of her cage, at the end of each day, to showcase the destruction in all it's glory!
173:365 - Zu
Colours really pop - I was afraid that Blogger would actually make this one more blue, as it has done in the past.
Saturday, June 21, 2014
172:365 - Wings up!
Because it's been a while since I've posted a "wings up" picture, and he's done it so nicely! The picture is a little grainy as I pushed the ISO of my camera when I took it.
It was a lovely day...
...so everyone went outside!
It's only the second outing of the year. It's not that we haven't been getting nice weather, but the past two week-ends were no good, as we had our backyard redone and work was in progress. But all of that got done this week so the birds got to enjoy our lovely new patio.
While they were outside, I was busy mostly gardening. Eventually I thought of taking pictures, but that has proven to be a challenge due to continuous changing light. I didn't even bother with my nice camera, here are a few pictures taken with my phone and to which some Instagram filters have been applied.
It's only the second outing of the year. It's not that we haven't been getting nice weather, but the past two week-ends were no good, as we had our backyard redone and work was in progress. But all of that got done this week so the birds got to enjoy our lovely new patio.
While they were outside, I was busy mostly gardening. Eventually I thought of taking pictures, but that has proven to be a challenge due to continuous changing light. I didn't even bother with my nice camera, here are a few pictures taken with my phone and to which some Instagram filters have been applied.
Toy order - Things for Wings Red Light Specials
Two week-ends ago, Things for Wings (T4W) held a week-end sale. referred to as the "Red light specials". Essentially, every hour a new item would be on sale, with unknown quantities (to the buyers) pre-set and once they ran out, either a new item would take it's place or there was nothing until the following hour. As well, there were lightning rounds, with more coveted/rare items, which were up for a shorter amount of time, but really, they sold out before the time ran out.
The sale started Friday evening and ended Sunday evening. I did very well, as far as my wallet was concerned Friday evening and most of Saturday. In fact, my only purchase on Friday were some jumbo willow coins, a lucky break as apparently they weren't supposed to go up at that time.
Being very busy outdoors on Saturday, I didn't pay attention to what was on sale until later in the evening. And while I was good at resisting by being away from a computer screen, the moment I was "online", well I got roped into the excitement. There was a thread about the sale going on simultaneously over at Avian Avenue, and, honestly, part of the fun was trying to "snip" interesting items away from others! Mind you, I only did this with items I a) wanted and b) considered a very good deal. In any case, at the end of Saturday, I had a few more items purchased than I thought I would initially get.
Then came Sunday...and having had fun the previous evening, I kept a closer eye on the sale and got a considerable amount of goods. The one item that I didn't get the day before that I had actually wanted was a cork bark perch, and really, I paid closer attention just in case it ever would become available again and, of course, saw a number of other interesting items.
So what did I end up getting?
Let's get the "boring" out of the way first, not part of the sale, but an item I was going to order that week-end anyways because we were running low, a 10lbs bag of TOPs pellets.
Here are the aforementioned jumbo willow coins - Shade will be happy!
Before I proceed with the rest, I'll mention that most of what I did purchase as pre-made toys (aka not toy parts) were not made from larger companies (as T4W carries toys from other toy makers), but were from small businesses. They were the items I coveted the most (other than that cork bark perch!) and I'll indicate under the pictures the name of the toy and who made it.
The following two toys (over the next three pictures) were toys I had considered for quite some time, mostly for Léa due to the hardwood shapes, and this was the perfect opportunity to try them out!
The next two toys will go to some of the smaller guys, due to the plastic parts and easier to chew/shred naturals. To whom exactly they will go, I don't know yet. They were also some of the first toys to make it into the pile.
The following three toys were sold as good for bunnies and other similar animals. The first and the third I believe were created specifically for them (but will work great with my flock) and the second one was part of an existing collection for parrots. All natural an undyed parts! The third one was also the first item I could grabbed from the sale that had cork bark in it!
Taking a little break from posting T4W toys, a few Avian Stainless toys made their appearance from time to time as well. Couldn't pass on the opportunity to grab a few of these at a discounted price!
A few perches came up, and I managed to get two...
Yes, I managed to get one of the coveted cork bark perch! Danita felt generous and had quite a few up and limited them to one per customer. What is equally as satisfying as getting that perch? Being able to get a few pre-drilled chunks of cork bark! Those will easily fill some skewers.
When I first opened my box, I saw this brown paper bag marked "surprise".
I was intrigued, wondering what the "additional" surprise might be. Then I remembered that I actually purchased a surprise bag and got curious as to what the item(s) was/were, that I purchased blindly.
It was a perch. A nice cholla perch.
That was the last of the items in the box, but I did purchase one additional thing during the sale. What might it be? A "coupon" allowing me to save 15% off T4W toys on my next order. I had a browse around the website yesterday, and a few things caught my attention. Looking forward to the next order!
The sale started Friday evening and ended Sunday evening. I did very well, as far as my wallet was concerned Friday evening and most of Saturday. In fact, my only purchase on Friday were some jumbo willow coins, a lucky break as apparently they weren't supposed to go up at that time.
Being very busy outdoors on Saturday, I didn't pay attention to what was on sale until later in the evening. And while I was good at resisting by being away from a computer screen, the moment I was "online", well I got roped into the excitement. There was a thread about the sale going on simultaneously over at Avian Avenue, and, honestly, part of the fun was trying to "snip" interesting items away from others! Mind you, I only did this with items I a) wanted and b) considered a very good deal. In any case, at the end of Saturday, I had a few more items purchased than I thought I would initially get.
Then came Sunday...and having had fun the previous evening, I kept a closer eye on the sale and got a considerable amount of goods. The one item that I didn't get the day before that I had actually wanted was a cork bark perch, and really, I paid closer attention just in case it ever would become available again and, of course, saw a number of other interesting items.
So what did I end up getting?
Let's get the "boring" out of the way first, not part of the sale, but an item I was going to order that week-end anyways because we were running low, a 10lbs bag of TOPs pellets.
About two months worth of pellets...
Here are the aforementioned jumbo willow coins - Shade will be happy!
Before I proceed with the rest, I'll mention that most of what I did purchase as pre-made toys (aka not toy parts) were not made from larger companies (as T4W carries toys from other toy makers), but were from small businesses. They were the items I coveted the most (other than that cork bark perch!) and I'll indicate under the pictures the name of the toy and who made it.
T4W - Sweet n' simple
T4W - Sparky Stars
T4W - Valentine's Day Shredder
T4W - Envy
The following two toys (over the next three pictures) were toys I had considered for quite some time, mostly for Léa due to the hardwood shapes, and this was the perfect opportunity to try them out!
T4W - Catching Flies, sideways view
T4W - Catching Flies. front view
T4W - Girl Power
The next two toys will go to some of the smaller guys, due to the plastic parts and easier to chew/shred naturals. To whom exactly they will go, I don't know yet. They were also some of the first toys to make it into the pile.
T4W - Tulips on the Fence
T4W - Fenced in carrots
The following three toys were sold as good for bunnies and other similar animals. The first and the third I believe were created specifically for them (but will work great with my flock) and the second one was part of an existing collection for parrots. All natural an undyed parts! The third one was also the first item I could grabbed from the sale that had cork bark in it!
T4W - New Bunny Toy
T4W - Backwood sampler (a favourite of Léa's!)
T4W - Cork pick and chip stack
Taking a little break from posting T4W toys, a few Avian Stainless toys made their appearance from time to time as well. Couldn't pass on the opportunity to grab a few of these at a discounted price!
Avian Stainless (AS) (from left to right) - Puzzle Bell, Lovin Spoonful foot toy and Disco Shaker
A few perches came up, and I managed to get two...
T4W - Fantastic Foraging Perch Large
Cork bark perch!!!!!!
Yes, I managed to get one of the coveted cork bark perch! Danita felt generous and had quite a few up and limited them to one per customer. What is equally as satisfying as getting that perch? Being able to get a few pre-drilled chunks of cork bark! Those will easily fill some skewers.
Natural barky cork
When I first opened my box, I saw this brown paper bag marked "surprise".
I was intrigued, wondering what the "additional" surprise might be. Then I remembered that I actually purchased a surprise bag and got curious as to what the item(s) was/were, that I purchased blindly.
It was a perch. A nice cholla perch.
That was the last of the items in the box, but I did purchase one additional thing during the sale. What might it be? A "coupon" allowing me to save 15% off T4W toys on my next order. I had a browse around the website yesterday, and a few things caught my attention. Looking forward to the next order!
Friday, June 20, 2014
All in a day's work
Typical for Shade (especially over the past few weeks) -
Not so typical for Zuri, but making me very happy!
Out of the small guys, I generally see lots of destruction from Shade and Joey. I've mentioned before though, that there are times over the course of the year where they are being more destructive with the toys. It has been nice to see that Zuri has started to be more playful. And although we had nothing to show for it from yesterday, I've seen that same progress with Petey!
Not so typical for Zuri, but making me very happy!
Out of the small guys, I generally see lots of destruction from Shade and Joey. I've mentioned before though, that there are times over the course of the year where they are being more destructive with the toys. It has been nice to see that Zuri has started to be more playful. And although we had nothing to show for it from yesterday, I've seen that same progress with Petey!
Thursday, June 19, 2014
170:365 - Dirty beak
As a baby, her beak had some yellow stains as she destroyed a lot of carrots (didn't necessarily eat them, but that is another story). Her beak is back to having deeper yellow spots around the opening - guessing she's back in indulging in (the destruction) of carrots (hopefully while ingesting more of them).
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Jump!
What? I'm resorting to posting out of focus pictures?
Not really. There is no denying that Piper is out of focus in the picture above, however, even with that imperfection, this picture makes me laugh. It really shows how he takes off; never by flapping right away, no, he always jumps first (ok, little caveat, he'll flap if he's on the floor and wants to come up).
This fact amuses me, as I don't think any of my other birds does this as much as he does. Looks like he likes to "free fall" for a few seconds.
169:365 - Framed
I was annoyed with myself yesterday, for not having taken this week's pictures over the week-end. I wasn't feeling good the past two days, but forced myself to take a picture yesterday for today (instead of *having* to take one absolutely today). So here we are, nothing fancy, just a nice picture of Pixel, framed by the atom.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Handsome Zuri
Contrary to Shade and Pixel who didn't want to have their picture taken earlier this week, Zuri seemed much more into it. In fact, this wasn't even his photoshoot for the 365 parrots project; I took this right after I took Shade, because he flew to that perch and made his "pay attention to me" noises and then just posed...and posed.
Happy Léa
I love it when she puffs up the feathers around her "cheeks" (highly doubt that is the appropriate name for that area of the bird anatomy, but I'm sure it allows everyone to understand what I mean).
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