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This 8x10" portrait of Peaches the cockatiel is my belated half of an art trade with a friend who drew Muffin's portrait. I tried making a digital composition of her bird. LOL although I'm old enough that I should be able to produce digital art, I'm just not very good at it and went back to what I know best--drawing and paper :-) The peaches and ( Read more... )

It seems like Muffin and Will are trying to become friends and so far so good. It's hard to tell, to be honest! Muffin and Will do recognize that they are birds, but they can't figure out the body language at all. I think Will must have tried to feed Muffin because Muffin shrieked and flew away in a panic while I was working at the kitchen table. ( Read more... )

Parrots are all id, I swear!


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I placed a big order with Parrot Trends a few weeks ago and here's some of the fun stuff that arrived. Muffin's old X-shaped perch was chewed up and needed replacing. He got a toenail caught in another perch, so that one went. Muffin doesn't deal with change easily. He also hasn't shown interest in the new toys. I gave the pinata to the budgies and ( Read more... )

This made me H-O-W-L! I love everything about it--the poor quality, the spread tail, the SASS :-D

Found on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1024490957622648/permalink/4944017835669921/


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This is the first of two posts about crochet and cockatiels and both kind of happened at the same time. I was at a holiday market this weekend and just happened to be across from a vendor named Jubblier and she had crochet budgies and a cockatiel. You can bet I bought one of each! They are as just as cute as they are on their Etsy listing ( Read more... )

A belated notation of Muffin's 10th anniversary with us from September 28. Some days it feels like forever, other times it feels like yesterday :-)


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I know I don't have to explain to folks how destructive birds can be...whenever Muffin finds a hidey hole, I put lots of stuff in there like boxes and paper so he doesn't chew on the walls.


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Please tell me that I'm not the only person who ever had their bird commissioned at a fan/comic/anime convention :-D


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