Of all of our birds, and we have had many, the one bird which will always touch our hearts, is our Imara, the daughter of Miss Sally and Mr. Cori LeMay. When Jeanne went to the Alamo Exhibition Bird Show on 21 April 2007, she was specifically looking for a green and yellow female English [...]
Archive for August, 2011
The Story of Our Imara
Posted in Miss Imara, tagged English Budgerigar, Loving Pet on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Story of Our Mini-Ira
Posted in Mini-Ira, tagged Cuddly, Cute, Feather Duster, Kirby, Mini-Ira, Mini-Lovebird, Spoiled with Love, Sweet Disposition, Texas on August 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Story of Our “Miss Mini-Ira” We did not wait to find Toodles another mate. I called Joe and Betty Pawlik, from whom we bought a Cockatiel for Janice a year or two ago, and asked Joe if he had any “Peach Cheeked” or “Orange Crested, Light Beige Throated” Female Lovebirds for sale. When Joe indicated that he [...]
The Story of Our Miss Ira
Posted in Miss Ira, tagged Cuddly, Cute, Sudden Death on August 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ira Wagner and his wife came over to our house a few months later to see his namesake, and he told us that “Ira” could be either a boy’s or a girl’s name. At first, we were concerned that Ira may have been a male, but Ira soon let us and Toodles know that Ira was a [...]
The Story of Our Toodles
Posted in Our Toodles, tagged Clown Bird, Peach Cheeked Lovebird on August 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our Toodles, “The Clown Bird” Our Wren I (10/21/96 to 8/10/97) the 4th of our Miss Buddy’s eight eggs to hatch and live, was the “Original Clown Bird,” but Wren I had nothing on our Toodles, when it comes to being a clown bird… Jeanne and I bought Toodles on 31 May 2010, Memorial Day, [...]
The Story of Our Shy Girl, Part 2.
Posted in Our Shy Girl-2, tagged Bird Bath, Smiling Bird, Teaching Tricks on August 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
During the early morning hours of Tuesday, 5 May 2010, Jeanne said she heard “Shy Guy” screaming!. But when Jeanne lifted the cover off his cage, Jeanne did not see anything unusual. Later yesterday morning, when Jeanne investigated further, Jeanne discovered a broken egg in the bottom of “Shy Guy’s” cage! “Shy Guy” IS A [...]
The Story of Our Shy Girl, Part 1.
Posted in Our Shy Girl-Part 1., tagged Lovebird, Raising Domestic Birds on August 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In Loving Memory of “SHYGIRL,” A Peach-Cheeked LoveBird, AKA, “The Blanket Bird,” whom we tamed through Unconditional Love, Patience, and UNDERSTANDING! (12/10/2008-8/13/2010) A true and contemporary story revolves around our “Shy Girl,” a cute little Peach-Cheeked Love Bird, and her lady friend, “Miss Azure,” who is sitting on infertile eggs. (You can see a picture of “Shy Girl” and “Miss [...]
The Story of our “Midge”
Posted in Midge, tagged Caring, Compromised, Gentle, Loving on August 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Midget” got his name because of his size. He is a parakeet, but a relatively small one. Only Mandilynne,” a tiny cobalt-blue parakeet, weighing about 1/2 to 5/8 of an ounce was smaller. (On 9/28/2007, Jeanne and I bought an even smaller Parakeet,which we named “Audacity,” who was even smaller than either Midge or Mandilynne.) The [...]
A Eulogy to Our “Little Bits”
Posted in Eulogy, Never Give Up Hope, tagged eulogy, memorial, remembrance on August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Little Bits, I think that I am going to miss you the most of all of our departed babies. You were the ONLY bird that I ever bought, since Jeanne and I have been married. Jeanne bought Mandilynne for me about 6 ½ years ago for my birthday, but I have never bought a bird [...]
The Story of Our “Rho-Rho,” A Parable
Posted in Our Rho-Rho, tagged challenges, grieve, love on August 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our thrid trip to New Braunfels was 11 days after my 51st birthday. We bought a cute, little green and yellow male parakeet which had a deformed and shortened leg. Jeanne named him “Rho-Rho.” One Sunday evening, Jeanne and I put “Mandy Jeanne” and “Rho-Rho” into a small cage and took them with us to the [...]
The Story of Our “Mandy-Keet”
Posted in Mandy-Keet, tagged Disabilities, Spraddle Legs, Sweet Disposition on August 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of our very first ventures to rescue a baby bird took place on Christmas Eve of 1997, when we drove the 130 miles round trip to buy a baby bird, which Jeanne named “Mandy Jeanne.” The breeders told us that apparently the mother bird had sat much too hard on the bird in the [...]
