Pippin loves his 'techno!'    XD

Daughter's hands!

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My daughter managed to catch some fabulous video of Pippin, our 3yo budgie, talking. :)

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(This is my first attempt with movie maker so be kind! ;) )

I decided to try and get some flying shots of my guys. Sadly my camera is made of fail; it doesn't actually take the photo when you press the button, but about 1.5secs after. So it was a case of take the photo and hope a bird flew past while the shutter was open! O.o

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General vid of my birdies. Jump to 3:40 to hear Pippin talking. (with subtitles!!)  XD

It's hard to catch him talking because every time he sees the camera he chases it! He loves seeing himself or one of the other birds in the screen on the back. So we were very lucky to catch this!

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Another lovely Autumn morning....
( lots of birdy pix... )

Lovely warm Spring weather = birdies outside and bathtime!  (via a spray-bottle shower)

( wet! birdy pix. )

Did I mention daughter bought a new budgie a few weeks ago? 
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Did you know that budgies see into the UV spectrum? And that to other budgies, certain parts GLOW. Well, as soon as I heard this, I had to get a UV/blacklight so I could see my budgies the way they see each other...

( the birdies show their true colours! )

Here's a vid of our visiting galahs (whom we've now named Molly and Arthur), but also listen to Pippin chattering in the background. You'll hear him say, "Where's my Annie? Gone to school!" and sing the 'Happy, happy, joy, joy' song, as well as "Luna" "beautiful, beautiful" "Hello!" and lots of kissy noises. :~) 
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