The Cardinals have returned

Bidin~Time

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That's right. Don and Clarisse have returned. I know this because that all too familiar trilling, followed by the sound of beak and wings slapping the bedroom window began at 6 this morning.

Every year we hope they decide to move to the city, or another house, only to be disappointed. Of course I am only assuming it's a couple. It could be that Don is a single gentleman bird who just hasn't figured out that: a. there are no lady birds here to swoon over his vast protective protocol arsenal, or b.) if he's not into lady birds, attacking other gentlemen birds is not an endearing quality or promising pick up move, or lastly, c.) he has beat himself up in the window one too many times and is now somewhat brain damaged and doesn't know the difference anymore.

So now begins a few month of alternating trilling and thrashing thus preventing me from sleeping in on my days off.

damn bird
 
We had up to 13 pairs at the feeder this winter, now it's deserted; the territories are picked out and they are driving our poor parakeet crazy with their fighting songs...



I think she believes her flock has finally arrived.
 
Does she think she's a cardinal? or does she have a thing for guys in red coats?
 
Does she think she's a cardinal? or does she have a thing for guys in red coats?

Desperate and lonely since her mate died.


We had one redcoat who about killed himself for three years in a row in our big picture window...

I surmise that he finally succeeded.


:)
 
Desperate and lonely since her mate died.


We had one redcoat who about killed himself for three years in a row in our big picture window...

I surmise that he finally succeeded.


:)

I'm so sorry. Please stop being a cheapskate and get her a boyfriend.


5 years this bird's been beating himself up. How long do these little red menaces to my sleep deprived body live anyway?
 
I cannot wait for the noisy little fucker to die, but she just won't!



:mad:


I think she hates me too and is spiting me...
 
10 years?!?!? terrific, i have untold years of torment ahead.

Dude, bird spite? this is not good.
 
Beats bird spit.




:) They say 19 years is not all that unusual for an indoor parakeet. Three years in the wild.
 
Beats bird spit.




:) They say 19 years is not all that unusual for an indoor parakeet. Three years in the wild.


NO boyfriend and all those pretty colored men birds just out of reach?

Such cruelty.

How would you like it if Petey made you wear an internally spiked chastity belt and took you to the best titty bar in Vegas every day for the rest of your life?


Get her damned boyfriend before I make ^^that^^ a curse.
 
I have a Moustache Parakeet....anything between 25 and 35 is a normal life span...

It was meant to be only a temporary pet...

*sigh*

NO boyfriend and all those pretty colored men birds just out of reach?

Such cruelty.

How would you like it if Petey made you wear an internally spiked chastity belt and took you to the best titty bar in Vegas every day for the rest of your life?


Get her damned boyfriend before I make ^^that^^ a curse.

As soon as the little free-loader gets a job.
 
The problem is, I think she's a lesbian...

... the one egg she laid was hollow.​



I just don't know how to spot a gay bird.
 
And so has the whipoorwill outside my bedroom window!

I'm not complaining :)

PS. I'm pretty sure parakeets only live about 7 years though...
 
I used to have a cardinal who tried to bash my kitchen window to death. I finally figured out that he saw his reflection in the window, thought it was another cardinal invading his territory, and attacked it.

Turning on the light in the kitchen solved the problem.
 
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