The BEST Happy Meal Prize Ever!!!
So, Jason and I went to deposit his check this afternoon. You know the check you get from the government that's supposed to make up for the fact that you lost your job but doesn't really even cover the cost of toothpaste. Yeah, that's right, the check that comes from the account you have to sock money into every pay period. Yep, that's the one!
Anyway, we deposited the check and then decided to stop by our local McD's for a salad and a happy meal. (Sorry, but I am a sucker for the apple dippers and chocolate milk combo -- sue me!) While we are in the drive-thru ordering our food a brightly-colored bird flew past the window. I exclaimed something about just seeing a parrot fly by and was greeted with a snicker and a rude comment about knowing nothing. I agreed as I really don't know anything about birds and figured it was probably some brightly colored cardinal or something. I mean, it did fly by really fast.
So, we order our food, Jason a cobb salad with grilled chicken (and not a double quarter pounder with cheese, to my delight), and I an apple dippers happy meal with lowfat chocolate milk. We rounded the corner and started to pay the kid behind the glass when the bird swooped past me and landed on the ledge of the next window. Now I knew it was a parrot of some sort.
By the time we pulled up to the window, the poor bird was all sorts of confused. He looked tired and scared and the boys at the drive-thru were poking at it. I reached my hand out to it and it tried to climb onto my finger. Of course, it also tried to nip it, as well. I pulled my hand back, slowly and then took a straw and set it in front of him. He climbed on and I lifted him into the air. The McD's manager asked if I would take him, he'd been there all day and was getting insistent. I said yes and brought him into the car, where he jumped onto Jason's shoulder and nuzzled his hair.
A phone call to the local Earl Mae garden center sent us out to have him looked over by the bird lady and to purchase a cage, some foodings and some toys. Now the bird sits happily sleeping and singing, or more like shirping. We found out he is a Green Cheek Conure. You can learn about them here.
So, Jason now has the beautiful bird he always wanted and the bird who desperately wanted someone to take him home now has a safe place to sleep with food an water.
At first I felt a little bad about taking him, but the bird lady confirmed my fears that, in this area, he would not have lived long without proper food and care. Too many predators for a tame bird and not enough of the proper foods (not to mention temperature fluctuations and all that stuff) I guess.
So, that was my day. How was yours!
~H
Anyway, we deposited the check and then decided to stop by our local McD's for a salad and a happy meal. (Sorry, but I am a sucker for the apple dippers and chocolate milk combo -- sue me!) While we are in the drive-thru ordering our food a brightly-colored bird flew past the window. I exclaimed something about just seeing a parrot fly by and was greeted with a snicker and a rude comment about knowing nothing. I agreed as I really don't know anything about birds and figured it was probably some brightly colored cardinal or something. I mean, it did fly by really fast.
So, we order our food, Jason a cobb salad with grilled chicken (and not a double quarter pounder with cheese, to my delight), and I an apple dippers happy meal with lowfat chocolate milk. We rounded the corner and started to pay the kid behind the glass when the bird swooped past me and landed on the ledge of the next window. Now I knew it was a parrot of some sort.
By the time we pulled up to the window, the poor bird was all sorts of confused. He looked tired and scared and the boys at the drive-thru were poking at it. I reached my hand out to it and it tried to climb onto my finger. Of course, it also tried to nip it, as well. I pulled my hand back, slowly and then took a straw and set it in front of him. He climbed on and I lifted him into the air. The McD's manager asked if I would take him, he'd been there all day and was getting insistent. I said yes and brought him into the car, where he jumped onto Jason's shoulder and nuzzled his hair.
A phone call to the local Earl Mae garden center sent us out to have him looked over by the bird lady and to purchase a cage, some foodings and some toys. Now the bird sits happily sleeping and singing, or more like shirping. We found out he is a Green Cheek Conure. You can learn about them here.
So, Jason now has the beautiful bird he always wanted and the bird who desperately wanted someone to take him home now has a safe place to sleep with food an water.
At first I felt a little bad about taking him, but the bird lady confirmed my fears that, in this area, he would not have lived long without proper food and care. Too many predators for a tame bird and not enough of the proper foods (not to mention temperature fluctuations and all that stuff) I guess.
So, that was my day. How was yours!
~H