ALAINA, A WONDERFUL BIRD TRAINER
Posted on 2007-Mar-8 at 02:10 - Post Comment
   
My middle daughter and our cockatiel, Mia
Photo: c. 2006 Susan L. Friesen
I
thought you'd love to see this photo. Alaina, my middle daughter,
really has a knack with birds. She wanted a cockatiel for her birthday
some years ago, so we got a male bird, Mo. Sadly, about 6 months after
getting the bird, the front door was inadvertantly left open and the
bird flew out, never to return. I wonder if someone in the neighborhood
or city saw Mo and coaxed him down and now he's somebody else's pet.
That bird was very affectionate, used to love having his neck scratched.
It
took a long time for Mo's replacement, Mia, to become used to us. She
(well, we found out, is really a "he," so should be renamed "Mio") will
rest on our shoulders, but usually flies off if we try and touch her.
But Alaina knows how to talk bird talk and Mia reacts to this
affection. One of these days, I'll have to record Alaina's bird calls
that sound exactly like the cockatiel's. I see on y360 people can
introduce YouTube-style personal videos into the blog. I wouldn't mind
learning how to do that.
In my photo, you can see that the bird lowers her head and accepts a kiss. The bird also lets Alaina scratch her head.
During
homeschool, the bird is often allowed to fly around the house for
exercise. We haven't clipped the wings, as we have cats. So far, the
cats leave the cockatiel alone.
Have you ever had a pet bird?
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