Lucky Day

I went out to mow the lawn this afternoon. The weather was perfect and the lawn needed mowing badly. Do you ever feel lucky just to be out mowing the lawn? Well I did. I was mowing away and looked down and found a four leaf clover. Here's a photo of the find :-)

I haven't introduced the birds!

Kiwi is a Quaker Parakeet and she's very talkative and sweet. She's laid a few eggs over the 11 years we've had her. She loves to cluck and say her name. We tried to teach her how to call the cat, but instead of here kitty, kitty, kitty... she says here Kiwi, Kiwi, Kiwi... It's pretty funny.

JoJo is a Jardine's Parrot. He is 7 years old and he's very smart. He learned how to say "fly JoJo!" and put his wings up in the air. He loves to dance to music and will knock on the cage or on the perch when he's excited. He says his name, barks like a dog, and coughs and sneezes whenever anyone around him coughs or sneezes.

Falco is a Congo African Grey Parrot. He is disabled but he doesn't know it. His parents took his toes off while he was being raised in their nest about 6 years ago. They did that to the whole clutch of babies. He gets around just fine since I have large flat corner perches for him in his cage, and he climbs using his beak and feet to get up and down from the bottom of the cage to the corner perches. He's in the mood in this picture. You see he's got his wings all displayed - he's trying to regurgitate something "yummy" for me.... that's love in the bird world. Falco is the big talker of the group. He learned the Fly JoJo from JoJo, and does his own rendition of Fly Falco! (also lifting the wings and bobbing his head). He makes cat noises, calls the dog, says "baaaaad dog!" and other things like "how are you?"