The annuals are poking up through the ground, birds are returning from their sojourns to the south, and all my deciduous trees have buds waiting to burst open. Having never lived anywhere but relatively seasonless SoCa before, I have found each season here brings different gifts. Needless to say, summer is my least favorite because it's too hot and there are too many mosquitoes. Everyone routinely protects against them and the sun.
Here's a little update on Sydney Eugene at The Gabriel Foundation. He has bonded with a buddy bird named Chicken, a male umbrella cockatoo. Their sleeping cages are now next to one another and they share a flight aviary all to themselves during the day because neither plays all that nicely with the rest of the flock. Rowdy boys! They are roughly the same age and I hope they grow happily old together. When I go to visit now, I play with both of them as they do not like to be separated. Sometimes I feel like a parrot tower, as they want to cuddle together in my lap or on my shoulder. It's a great feeling to know that Syd isn't lonely and that he is in the company of a best friend as well as lots of other humans who provide attention.
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| Sydney with the gold crest and Chicken. |
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| They mimic each other frequently. |
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| Sydney telling Chicken a secret. |
I mentioned more snow and here it is. We had the closest thing to a blizzard that I've experienced two weeks ago and it was really blowing! Afterward the snow stayed on the trees for days and there is still some on the ground.
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| AJ loves her chews! |
Happy Easter, Val! Great photos--thanks for keeping us updated.
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