First of the month again!

Can you believe it's already the first of the month again?  If you haven't already done so, then let this be a reminder to you to schedule your yearly mammogram. 

March has certainly come in like a lion, hasn't it?  The tornado in Alabama that ripped through the town of Enterprise killed at least 8 people, 5 of them in the local high school, which was destroyed.  Enterprise is about 30 miles from where Thomas' youngest brother lives.   We are having some high winds right now, and it has rained off and on all day, with buckets of rain coming down at times.

Eler Beth was feeling much better today, but I'm not really feeling so hot.   I think it's just sinuses and drainage, though.  We took Eler Beth's cockatiel to get its wings clipped today, and found out that it is a girl, not a boy.  I had said a few days ago that it might be, because I'd been reading up on them and noticed that it's tail feathers are still barred. 

So instead of Louie, we have Luci.  We took her to a friend of ours who owns a pet store with her husband.  She clipped the wings and nails for us and said she's pretty sure it's a female.  She also complimented us on how pretty she is.  I normally would have bought a bird from them and not from a chain store, but Lucy really grabbed at our hearts.  We'd been watching her for three days before we bought her.  She is so interested in what's going on around her and so personable.  Her cage is in front of a window, and she's been mimicking the song birds.  She sings (whistles) about the same times each morning and afternoon.

She's been letting Eler Beth handle her more and more lately, even sitting on her arm.  Now we can get her out of the cage without fear of her flying off.  Our friend has a pair of breeders and when they have another male, we'll probably get it and hand-feed it.  That would make a neat home-school project, wouldn't it??

Well, ta for now.  I hope no one out there is having anysevere weather.

Tags: Mammograms, cockatiels