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Thanksgiving
Nov. 25th, 2004 11:14 amHappy Thanksgiving everyone!
On a day that most people in the U.S. are focused on big birds that go in the oven, I'd like to pay a small tribute to small birds that don't go in the oven.
I think I should rename my lovebird Figaroudini. Or perhaps Houdinaro. He has long been adept at escaping from his cage when I'm not there, so I leave screw locks on all the doors of his cage when I'm out. These let the door open about 1/2 inch. Enough so that he can play with the doors, but not enough so that he should be able to get out. But, in the last two days, I have twice come home to find him out of his cage. Both times, one of the locks has been unscrewed, but it's still *on* the door, so I'm not sure how he's escaping. Anyone want to help me train a web/video camera on his cage so I can see him escape?
In other bird related news, I'm volunteering for Midwest Avian Adoption and Rescue Services (MAARS). I volunteered for them about once a week before my accident. After the accident, I dropped back to every other week, and eventually my volunteer hours petered out completely. Now![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rgeorge and I are both volunteering every other Sunday. When we were there this past Sunday, Rogers handed me his camera phone and I got a few pictures of him with an Alexandrine parakeet that he posted in his journal here. The first picture is a better picture of the bird, the second picture is a better picture of the boy.
On a day that most people in the U.S. are focused on big birds that go in the oven, I'd like to pay a small tribute to small birds that don't go in the oven.
I think I should rename my lovebird Figaroudini. Or perhaps Houdinaro. He has long been adept at escaping from his cage when I'm not there, so I leave screw locks on all the doors of his cage when I'm out. These let the door open about 1/2 inch. Enough so that he can play with the doors, but not enough so that he should be able to get out. But, in the last two days, I have twice come home to find him out of his cage. Both times, one of the locks has been unscrewed, but it's still *on* the door, so I'm not sure how he's escaping. Anyone want to help me train a web/video camera on his cage so I can see him escape?
In other bird related news, I'm volunteering for Midwest Avian Adoption and Rescue Services (MAARS). I volunteered for them about once a week before my accident. After the accident, I dropped back to every other week, and eventually my volunteer hours petered out completely. Now
rgeorge and I are both volunteering every other Sunday. When we were there this past Sunday, Rogers handed me his camera phone and I got a few pictures of him with an Alexandrine parakeet that he posted in his journal here. The first picture is a better picture of the bird, the second picture is a better picture of the boy.
