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This fine fellow goes by the name of JD or Peck! He is a kind of rescue bird in that when Cheryl passed away last August, Shane (who passed away March 20th) asked my parents to take over the care of JD as there was too much going on in the household.
So my parents did adopt JD. He has several habits, one of which is fun to watch: He does not like a messy table and will go to great lengths to clear it off. Although sometimes, as shown by this picture here, he does get over-ambitious. He also likes to drop crackers, bread and his millet from his cage. And he will whistle to get you to watch him do this, so you can pick it up and put it back on the cage just so he can drop it on the floor.
JD also whistles for a dog we don't have and can whistle the Andy Griffith tune (Mayberry theme)
Thank you for the wonderful comments and faves
I hope that everyone has a great Thursday!
Mike
On another note, my total height is 5'9" When I note yesterday that my eye height was 5'4" that is the height where my eyes are at (I used a surveyor's sighting system to check)
Comments (102)
three_grrr
Cockatiels make terrific pets, as you probably already know. This is such a cool picture!!
boobunny
Wow a bird that cleans the table, very cool. Cute picture and story.
mrestey
LOL! Yup! That sounds like a cockatiel all right. LOL! They can be quite the little characters. He a cutie. Nice photo. We (my wife Esrestorfan & me) have 6 small parrots of various types. They definitely are messy and often noisy, but they are a lot of fun too. Thanks for sharing Mike.
Erestorfan
Awwww, this is a wonderful picture!! I work at a police dept. here in NH and helped one of the officers rescue a cockatiel that could be a twin to JD. I fostered him here at home and ads were put in the paper, but no one claimed him. I think that the previous owner just let him go. One of the lieutenants named him Mr. Bird (VERY original)and he soon came to live in the records department. It was strange because my husband and I have had birds since 1995 and Mr. Bird did not like me from the start. The people at work had never had any experience with birds and were very leary of him, but I taught them how to get Bird to step up and pretty soon he had a bevy of fans. He talked quite a lot, asking 'what are you doing?', 'am I your little baby?' and he also whistled the theme from Bonanza, which, over time, drove the police chief to distraction, LOL. With the noise that these guys can emit, the chief finally said one day that he felt Mr. Bird needed another home. Fortunately one of the baliffs at the local district court has a cockatiel and offered to take Mr. Bird. It is working out wonderfully and we get daily updates about Mr. Bird and Randy sends videos...and Mr. Bird is already on his son's facebook in a video of him whistling Bonanza. He seems very happy and that makes us feel good...although the office is now a lot quieter without him...
mikeerson
Thanks for clearing up your Height = you're still a shrimp to me - lol I'm 6 foot 2... but who knows, I haven't meassured in a while and I could be taller after getting hit by a care = it kinda stretched me out - lol... don't worry about it Mike, I'm talking back in 2003, I'm healed by now except for back pains from time to time.
mbz2662
Great shot :) these are cool little birds, I had one quite a few years ago... they are certainly full of personality!
csikigyopar
Cute bird and wonderful shot! Thankyou for favorited me work.
durleybeachbum
Lucky bird!
Lenord
Some Feathered friends like this are a trip to have around, almost like they're freaking human. I worked on a Seismic Crew in Senegal and The Gambia in 91 and a couple of us bought a pair of Senegalese Parots from a Street vendor in Banjul, they'd had their Wings Clipped so they couldn't fly away, not a good thing. Anyway we took them back to our Camp and they became our Mascots, ruled the camp, run around our makeshift Beer garden in the evenings mooching peanuts, popcorn and sips of Beer from everyone in turn, they were a trip.
cv1
Just had to make this one 100 comments LOL Great little critters! Nice shot!
clbsmiley
:) :) Interesting! :)
amirapsp
Wonderful