DUCE
The blog today was brought to mind by a good friend, Carol West Kelly, from high school. Yeah, I know a thousand years ago. Well at least for me........not for her.
She mentioned on her face book page today that she had a parakeet in her back yard as well as a humming bird. Well, a humming bird is not so rare but a runaway parakeet is.
Our first cockateal was just such a runaway. The predecessor to "Duce" landed on the head of a neighbor because he was being harassed by a mocking bird and felt relative saftey on the skull of a human.
As it turned out the human wanted nothing to do with the bird and we inherited it. It stayed with us long enough for it's wings to grow out and escaped though an open door to eventual freedom for a second time.
Of course after tasting the delights of feathered ownership, nothing would do but to find a replacement for the original bird. Hence........Duce! The photo here is when he was young and during a preening session when he was all puffed up. He tends to leave feathers, dust, and all kinds of little gifts all over the place. All I need now is an eye patch as I have the parrot to ride on my shoulder. So careful what you collect in the back yard Carol!
The blog today was brought to mind by a good friend, Carol West Kelly, from high school. Yeah, I know a thousand years ago. Well at least for me........not for her.
She mentioned on her face book page today that she had a parakeet in her back yard as well as a humming bird. Well, a humming bird is not so rare but a runaway parakeet is.
Our first cockateal was just such a runaway. The predecessor to "Duce" landed on the head of a neighbor because he was being harassed by a mocking bird and felt relative saftey on the skull of a human.
As it turned out the human wanted nothing to do with the bird and we inherited it. It stayed with us long enough for it's wings to grow out and escaped though an open door to eventual freedom for a second time.
Of course after tasting the delights of feathered ownership, nothing would do but to find a replacement for the original bird. Hence........Duce! The photo here is when he was young and during a preening session when he was all puffed up. He tends to leave feathers, dust, and all kinds of little gifts all over the place. All I need now is an eye patch as I have the parrot to ride on my shoulder. So careful what you collect in the back yard Carol!
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