RIP Miso

 

Rest in peace Miso. You will be missed. But I hope that you are somewhere out there flying freely and eating at an all you can eat buffet of Harrison bird food. And playing with other birds. Nicely.

Miso came to us about an year ago.  And we welcomed her with excitement and open arms. She was so beautiful with so much personality! Her original name was Maestro but we truncated it to Miso. We fell in love with her immediately.

Miso was an eccentric so she fit into our family immediately. She was super social. So she loved the "someone is always awake in the house at any given time".  She loved how social our home was. 

She was animated. The more the guys in the house yelled at the TV while watching football, the louder she would chirp. She was a itty bitty thing but had a huge persona and made her presence felt every second of the day. She was a diva.

Like I said, she fit right into our family.

We will miss you Miso! Thank you for being a part of our lives. May you fly freely in your paradise.

Miso

I have a new bird! I have a new bird!

What was I thinking?

Someone from work was taking care of this bird Maestro. He is a peach-faced parakeet. He is tinier than Birdie and is a bit scared of humans. But yet he needs company. Where he was living previously, he was alone almost all day long and a tad lonely. Since I have a lot of traffic at home all day long, I offered to take him in.

And he came this weekend! It was so so exciting! He is, as you can tell, gorgeous!

I spent a ton of time this weekend reading books about parrot and parakeets. I want to win his love and trust. And I want it badly!

After hours of reading, I realized that winning his love is exactly like how I behaved in high school. Give tons of attention for ten minutes. Sing to him and coo to him. Then, ignore him for 20 minutes. After that, go back into the room so he can see you and continue your normal tasks for another 10 minutes and continue to ignore him. What this does is that he realizes that HE needs to strive to get my attention. Ha!

See? Just like high school. Piece of cake! Miso, as I call him will be smitten with me in no time.

Wish me luck:)