Bubba the Bird is 17 years old this month! He has been munching on cantelope, honey-dew melon, red grapes, and pineapple this evening.
For those of you who have never had the opportunity to meet him (and give him belly scratches like his friend, Cecily, does) - Bubba is a Dusky Conure. His ancesters were from the Amazon Basin. Bubba, however, is from Indianapolis. He is as well-traveled as any bird and has lived in Indiana, Montana, Nevada, and Georgia, and visited all of the states inbetween! He has a travel cage and a spot up high in the extended cab of my pick up truck where he can see out and greet everyone. Bandit, a Parrotlet, r.i.p., had the other side. If left alone, even for a few minutes, they found that they could whistle over some visitors to talk to them until I came back! Parrots love an audience!
Why is he peeping out from between two pieces of paper? Dusky Conures like to 'burrow' - in their natural habitat some of them live inside abandoned termite mounds. I put down two sheets of unprinted newspaper so he can have his own little domain inside a paper termite mound!
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