Piper

Happy Hatchday Piper!

The little guy turns 11 today.

Happy Hatchday Piper!

An usual perching spot

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

Hello

Watching

Happy

Looking adorable

Piper

The progression of poofy

Piper, getting progressively more poofy with each picture.

Happy New Year everyone!

The little one

One of his many nicknames.

Throwback Thursday

I guess I'll stick to the theme "one of my favourite pictures" I have had going these past few weeks, in regards to TBT pictures. This is one of Piper's, taken in May 2012. This is typical Lovebird - small bird, BIG personality.

Where are you going??

Following me around, not interested in playing but insisting to fly to me to perch on my shoulder. Me backing away to try and get him to be interested in the toys was not working; he was back on me a few seconds later.

Regal

Split

It's impossible for him not to look cute.

Piper

Saturday pictures

All taken with my cell, sorry for the so-so quality, especially for the pictures of Joey and Petey, which were taken once the sun went down and we had to resort to artificial lighting.

Playful Piper

Letting Piper "win"

For the longest time, I've had my hair kept on the shorter side. If I had thoughts of letting it grow out, there was always that moment where it was too short to tie up but too long to do anything with it that drove me nuts and I'd just get it cut again.

However, since my cut last April, I've not really hit that annoying moment, or it didn't drive me as nuts, so I've not done anything to my hair. It is now at a length where I can tie it up.

This morning, I felt like having my hair in a ponytail, so I tied it up that way. But the birds have scarcely ever seen me with my hair any other way but lose.

I get the first batch of birds out (Piper, Shade and Zuri) and think things will be ok. Wrong. Oh so wrong. Piper acted like a frightened bird. He wouldn't go all the way up to my shoulder and would stay mid-way up my arm (this drives me nuts) and would fly towards the other two birds (bad choice on his behalf, especially flying towards Zuri), so undone came the ponytail...and now everything is ok.

I've heard of birds freaking out over some changes to their owners appearances (but this was mostly about hair colour if it had to do with hair) but I guess having hair tied up versus let down can be considered in the same way. And here I am, choosing to be uncomfortable (my hair is driving me a little nuts this morning) rather than having Piper freak out.

Up!

He wasn't looking at something other than the other branch of the atom - he was preparing to go up a "level"!

Decision

He's looking like he needs to decide what to do next.