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Active within 4 Days Hi! My name is Puffin I am a Moluccan Cockatoo from Wallops Island, VA. 5 years old F Moluccan Cockatoo Nuts, watermelon, oranges, apples, and grapes On top of the cage, in the shower, and on the couch with Mom She loves to cuddle with me and gives me treats. I like to puff my feathers up even without being excited. So that is why I am named puffin.. .

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Great game Puffin
Little bummed we lost though. Hope you had a great time at the game. Grandpa took out his back the past few days and today was the worst but I managed to be a very good bird today. Dont know how long I can last though...hehehe. rest up and our next game is tuesday against the tiels...Toby! Yikes. Hugs to all, Snowy

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05/14/2013 08:28.12 PM

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First game tomorrow
Hi Puffin and flock. Boy am i nervous about tomorrow. Go White Hawks. Have a great day...Snowy

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05/12/2013 08:23.52 PM

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Hi Sweet Puffin..
Tomorrow is your first game and I just wanted you to know how proud I am of the White Hawks. For several years I was the coach and now I shall watch my team from the sidelines, I'm am very grateful that Snowy has taken the reins so proficiently as I knew he would. I'll try to be there to root you on, just remember, it's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game, with honor, pride, and having lot's of fun with your friends, that's what it's all about! Sock one outta the park for me sweety..Love and best wishes for your 1st game tomorrow, Love Romeo

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05/12/2013 12:05.34 PM

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First Ball Game Tomorrow!
The White Hawks have the honor of playing the first ball game of the season against the Pois tomorrow on Opening Day at the Stadium 239836! I believe the events begin at 2:30 EST but please check The Calendar Page 190654 for the latest baseball updates!
Be ready to do the Famous White Hawk 'Too Strut as a team into the stadium. Let's make an impressive entrance and an even more impressive first win for our team! Go White Hawks!!!!
See you on the field tomorrow afternoon!
Picabo

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05/12/2013 10:36.09 AM

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Hi Miss Puffin & flockily
Spotlight on Caring-Taz part 6
Hello from SKY. Welcome to part 6 of my interview with Taz and his Mom Gail Sky; Please tell us about Xena and the other birds that make up your flockily. Mom Gail; XENA was the love of my life. She was my soul mate and when she died a part of me died with her, she left a hole in my heart. Don't get me wrong, I love all of my babies very much. Xena was only 18 months old when she died; we got her from the same lady where we got Taz. This can be a very long story so I'll make it short. Xena broke one of her legs but it was just a hairline fracture so she had to live in her aquarium for four months while it healed. She did amazing while living there. We used to live in a townhouse with three levels at that time and we used to go to the bottom level to relax at night and watch TV. Some of the birdies used to live on the second level and some on the bottom level so the birdies that lived on the second level all came down stairs so we were all together. Burt used to pick up Xena's aquarium and bring it down so she could be with the rest of the flock. This hairline fracture healed and Xena was back in her cage and all was going well until she broke the other leg but this was worse and required surgery to put a pin in it, back in the aquarium she went for another four months. She was so good; never once in either instance did she cry from pain or ever try to bite me. I had to give her antibiotics so I used to pulverize the pill and add it to some cantaloupe juice and Xena would happily eat it all up...she loved cantaloupe. After the four months were up, she went back to the vet, he x-rayed her and decided the pin needed to come out as it was starting to cause issues with her walking. I was in the room with her during her recovery time and she never woke up from the surgery! The vet did everything he could to try and resuscitate her but nothing worked. I cried out in such pain and fell to the floor when she didn't come to. I was devastated and I mean devastated beyond belief. They gave Xena's body to me wrapped in a towel and I sat on the floor literary wailing until they came gave me a room to sit in. I sat there and cried and wailed until Burt came to pick me up, they called him as I couldn't drive myself home. It took me a couple of years before she could even think about her without breaking down. I couldn't sleep or eat and lost 40 pounds during the first few months; I told you she took a piece of my heart. Burt didn't know what to do or how to console me as I was inconsolable. Thank goodness that I had my husband and all my babies here to help me though it. I never thought in a million years that I could ever love a little bird so very much.
Sky; next week we shall conclude our interview with Taz and Mom GAil. I trust all have enjoyed this series as much as I have in preparing it.
with my heart filled with love
Sky 224183

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05/10/2013 02:03.03 PM

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Thank you Puffin
Your note of congrats first thing this morning was the nicest surprise, along with seeing my very own picture in the Winner's spot. Wow! This is going to be one totally awesome day for sure!

MILLET ALL AROUND!

BENTLEY '> Your lucky BOTD!

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05/09/2013 09:26.28 AM

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HI Puffin
Just wanted to fly in and say hi. Hope mom's job is going well. Little cooler here today and supposed to get some rain later. Hope all are well. Have a great day...Snowy and flock

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05/09/2013 06:33.21 AM

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Hi Puffin
V4U today. Not much new here except that it's been raining a lot, and the pollen is something else. Had to go back to wearing jackets and putting the heater on at night. Not too warm of a spring this year, that's for sure. Wishing you a nice day. From, Mayo

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05/06/2013 12:08.41 PM

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HI Puffin
Hope all is well by you. Hope mom is doing well. One more practice tomorrow if you can make it. If you need a ride, let me know. Hope you can make. Have a great day...Snowy

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05/02/2013 07:11.09 AM

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WhITE HAWKS PRACTICE
One more practice before the games begin!
Friday night, May 3rd at 7 EST, 6 CST etc.
Be there or be square! hehehe!
Go White Hawks!

Picabo, Center Fielder for the White Hawks

05/01/2013 02:23.35 PM

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OOP- I posted the wrong one, LOL
Spotlight on Caring-TAZ part 5
Hi birdies, SKY here with the 5th part of our interview with the PROCTOR flock. I wish to thank TAZ and his Mom Gail for sharing with us. SKY; please, continue to tell us about your wonderful flock members. JEWEL was the next to join the flock, Burt saw her in one of the local bird stores and as I said before he is a sucker for birdies needing a home so Burt paid for her and home she came. He thought that maybe she would help mom get over TJ. She was originally purchased from the store as a present for a man's wife but was returned after she decided she didn't like the woman and bit her. Guess what, she is my girl now...see what taking a little time can do.
CALABAR was a Mitred conure and was Jewel’s best friend. Their cages were close to each other and they would be visiting and playing together all day long. Calabar was one of the bird store employee’s bird but they also had an Umbrella cockatoo that attacked her and left a mark on her beak so they wanted a safer environment for her so we took her in. Before she came to live with her previous owner her life was not so good, she was exposed to a lot of bad things like cigarette smoke, marijuana smoke etc. she did not get a good diet their either…taco chips etc. She lived in a party house that was not a proper place for a parrot. She was with us for 10 years and one day we came home and found her on the bottom of her cage. She had passed away while we were gone. We had a necropsy done and it was found that she had a hole in her proventicular and some other issues probably caused by her diet and exposure to bad air. I miss her a lot as she was a very sweet girl who loved to ride on shoulders and loved car rides.

Scooby Doo joined us after we used to visit another bird store here and we saw him there a few times but then he got sold to a lady who ended up returning him as she said she was allergic to him. We used to visit him at the store until one day Scooby was out and sitting on a little girls shoulder and he decided he would fly over to visit me and he sat on my shoulder for the rest of the time I was there so they decided to buy him and a new cage and home he came. Burt calls him the Universal Parrot...he loves everyone and never bites. He is a joy to take to schools as he loves the kids there.
with my heart filled with love,
SKY 224183

04/30/2013 05:24.52 PM

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Spotlight on CARING-Taz part 4
HELLO all, SKY BOY here with the continuing interview with our good friends TAZ, The PROCTOR FLOCK and Mom Gail SKY; Tell me about the birds in your flock? Are any rescues?
MOM GAIL; TWEETY our first fid passed away on New Year's Day 2005, she was 11 years old. She was a very sweet girl and she is missed.
TAZ is the only planned fid in our flock Taz, we found him at a breeders about 180 miles away. We decided on a citron cockatoo after doing a lot of research on them. He was only a couple of months old when we first saw him and of course we fell in love with him. He stayed there until he was 6 months and then he joined our flock. He is a joy but he is also a challenge. He used to be strictly a mama’s boy but around 10 years ago he decided that in the mornings he is a papa’s boy but in the evening he loves me. If I am in the room as well as Burt then his mission is to get rid of me. He is a planner; he plans and figures out the best way to get me. I have been bitten quite badly a few times and Burt was almost ready to remove him from the flock but I would never let that happen. Burt would never really do that but in the moment that he saw me bitten he was just very upset. We have a system figured out so that we are not in the bird room together when Taz is out. He is such an intelligent fellow; it is amazing to watch him. He loves wood and will go through a toy in less than a day so we need to have lots and lots of wood around for him.

TJ was next to join, Burt saw him in the local pet store sitting in a small cage looking very sad…Burt is a sucker for a sad face so he bought him and surprised me. I took him to our vet and had all the tests done as I had a bad feeling about him. He was with us for a short nine months. One day after his quarantine was over I noticed that he had some discharge coming from one of his nares so off to the vet we went. The vet did a culture and came back and the result was Pseudomonas so he gave me the medicine to treat him. TJ was none too fond of being toweled for his medicine but over all he did great. I had to flush his nares as well. He appeared to be over it and was doing well. About a month later I noticed discharge coming from the same nare again. Off to the vet and more tests were taken and this time the vet came back with a diagnoses of Aspergillus so more medicine for TJ to take. I followed the vet's instructions but started to think that things were not right so I called to talk to the vet and could not get a hold of him but the tech said to continue the meds as they all needed to be taken to be effective. I gave TJ his next dose but shortly after he was convulsing on the bottom of his cage so I called Burt and we took him to the emergency vet and unfortunately TJ did not make it. They tried to save him but it was not to be. I felt very guilty about that and blamed myself for his death, I still do.
to be continued
with my heart filled with love
Sky 224183

04/30/2013 03:39.13 PM

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Hi Puffin
Hope you and mom have a great weekend...Mom cant wait till next weekend. the new Iron Man movie comes out so I know where she'll be next Sunday morning. Take care and squawk with you soon..Snowy and flock

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04/27/2013 08:27.50 PM

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Hi Miss Puffin
SPOTLIGHT on CARING-TAZ part 3
Hi SKY here with part 3 of our interview with TAZ, the PROCTOR FLOCK and their mom GAIL. SKY; Do you volunteer somewhere,or speak to people about birds
Mom GAIL; I don’t volunteer anywhere as there is no place near us. I do volunteer to take my birds (mainly Simon and Scooby) to local elementary schools. I do have a funny story about Simon while at an elementary school…we all were moving our birds from classroom to classroom and my husband, Burt, was carrying Simon and I was a head of them in the hallway when Simon decided he wanted to be with me and not Burt so he flew out of Burt’s hand toward me when he overshot me and failed to stop or turn before he got to the wall and crash (he wasn’t hurt…he’s pretty hard headed in more ways than one). Nothing else was hurt or damaged so we continued on to the next classroom, when we got home we got a call from the school about Simon…he was not welcome back unless he had his wings clipped or was wearing a harness. Since neither of those was going to happen he never went back to that school. We tell everyone that he got kicked out of school…hehe
Scooby loves to go to and see the kids and the kids love him. All the kids line up and one by one they get to have Scooby step up on their arms…the look on their faces is priceless…
SKY; thank you Mom Gail and TAZ
to be continued
with my heart filled with love,
SKY 224183

04/24/2013 12:00.53 PM

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Hi
Hope mom had a great day. I see Picabo stopped by already..Practice saturday at noon at Kevlar stadium. Have a great week...Snowy

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04/22/2013 08:33.49 PM

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Looking Good, Puffin!
I can see you're ready for baseball! Way to go!
Coach Snowy asked me to fly around and tell the team about White Hawk practice next Saturday, April 27 at noon at Kevlar Stadium 239836!
Hope you can make it and we can toss some balls around!
In anticipation, catch this one:
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Go White Hawks!
Picabo

04/22/2013 05:10.22 PM

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Hi Ms Puffin my beautiful team mate, from Mr Flash
Puffin my dear, Happy Earth day you and yours, what a glorious day it is, and yes, our beautiful Earth is worth the effort involved to save it! Like so many of you, we are basking in the glow of an uneasy peace in America, and praying it will last! We had a fabulous weekend at our home, I hope yours was as well! Have a great week, and give my love to aunt Theresa and all in your home, see ya all tomorrow, best wishes to your sweet momma in her new job, we are all so happy for her...

Love from your pal, Mr Flash & the Dallas family

PS~Congratulations Queen Chyna, for your 10K HOF induction, we are all so very proud of you and aunt Jane...

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04/22/2013 09:00.20 AM

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Dear Cherie Amour
You know, if you don't like our picture, you can tell me and I'll make mom change it! Just let me know. I always want to make you happy!
Luv, Your besotted boy-bird, Spot♥

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04/21/2013 08:36.45 AM

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Hi Puffin
Just wanted to fly by and wish mom good luck on her new job. We had some excitement here today...we were almost evacuated.. Mom left the house to go to work and found out that 2 blocks away they were under two feet of water. The desplaines river overflooded. then she heard that they were starting to evacuate the blocks next to ours. Boy, I dont know what we would have done, but looks like we're ok now. Sure was scary for a bit...Hope all is well, Take care and hugs to all, Snowy, Toby and Miss Ronnie and mom

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04/19/2013 06:57.46 PM

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Dear Cherie Amour
Well, mom went ahead and did a picture of us in our Derby getups! Let me know if you like it or not!
I'm so eggsited about the Derby! And after that the baseball!Hehee!!!
Luv, Spot♥

04/18/2013 02:37.13 PM

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Hi Puffin
Ahhh thanks sweetie ... that's what I tell all the girls hehehe. Mom says I have an attiTOOde lol. Hey I see you are on the C2 WhiteHawks team with my frother Cappy ... you need to make sure he stays in line LOL. Have a great day. V4U. Hugs.
Love Rudy

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04/18/2013 10:02.22 AM

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HI Puffin and flock
Wow are we getting rain for the past 2 days. Almost 4 inches and more coming later today. Yikes. Might need to get a boat to pick mom up from work later today.So glad you got your team picture. Grover's mom Denise did such a great job. If my mom did them, we would probably be little stick birds with hats..hehehe. Hope all is well by you. Take care and hugs to mom and all...Snowy, Toby and Miss Ronnie

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04/18/2013 06:18.20 AM

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Dear Puffin
You are positively the MOST gorgeous bazebol player in the world! I can't wait to root for you!
Come see my Milonga Derby picture! I hope you are going to go with me! We plan on rooting for Mr. Dixie! If your mom wants, my mom can do your hat picture! Just let us know. Then she'll put us together in the picture!
I have been so busy taking care of Chirps that I have neglected my sweetheart! I love you, and I miss you!
Luv, Spot♥
PS. Chirps and mom and I thank you for your sweet words to us after mom's brother passed!xoxoxo!

04/17/2013 12:34.00 PM

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Hi Miss Puffin & flockily
Spotlight on Caring -Taz part 2
SKY; How did you become a bird owner?
Mom GAIL;When we got back from Hawaii we started doing a lot of research on parrots, especially cockatoos. While doing that research a friend of ours had a little cockatiel named Tweety that they wanted to find a home for since his wife was pregnant and they didn’t think it was safe to have her around bird poop, so Tweety was our first bird and we were hooked. The rest of the flock followed though out the years…
Tweety (Cockatiel (RIP)
TJ (CAG) (RIP)
Jewels (Nanday Conure)
Taz (Citron C2)
Xena (CAG) (RIP)
Calabar (Mitred Conure) (RIP)
Scooby Doo (OWA)
SuziQ (SI Ekkie)
Chloe (CAG)
Simon (B&G Macaw)
Pearl (Cockatiel (RIP)
Chica (B&G Macaw)
Napoleon (CAG)
Rosie (GALA)) SKY; TAZ, when did you join BC?
TAZ; 11/16/2006 but Mom didn’t start using it much until 3/23/2011 and Suzi Q was voting to help Chi chi attain her 10K votes…
SKY; tell us a little about how you are involved with birds?
Mom Gail; Other than taking care of my own flock, I am the secretary/treasurer of our local bird club. We are involved with rescuing birds and finding homes them and others that need a new home.
Sky; thank you Taz and Mom Gail. We will continue with our interview next Wednesday.
with my heart filled with love,
Sky 224183

04/17/2013 08:55.29 AM

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Hi Puffin
Thank you for the happy hatchday wishes:) I did have fun although I do wish mom didn't have to work that day;( I did get some millet and nutriberries and some paper to shred:) I love to make confetti! I was delighted to see that my friends voted for me so I could get botd too! What a week! Mom is home this weekend so I am going to remind her of the catching up to do with more tlc and pampering now that I can have her undivided attention. Is that really too much for a tiel to ask for? I think not:) Hope you have a fantastic evening;)

hugs,

Sunny:)

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04/13/2013 09:05.33 PM

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Dear Sugar Cloud
I dropped by cause I haven't heard from you about the Milonga! If you don't want to go, it's OK, maybe we could stay home and watch movies! But I must admit, I love showing off the best looking girl-bird on BC!Hehee!!!
Give me a call sugarplum!
Luv, Your devoted cavalier, Spot♥xoxoxo!

04/12/2013 08:17.32 PM

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Dear Cherie Amour
I'm sorry that your mom has knee joint problems. I know it hurts! My mom says to tell her there's a new product on the market called 'Joint Juice' that's supposed to help with that! She's better, by the way, that stupid hip let's go once or twice a year! It makes a scary noise like a shotgun blast and is quite startling! We stay with her til she can get up again. Then she stays cranky for a day or two, then she's alright again. We're used to it!Hehee!!!
Don't forget to let me know if you can go to the Milonga!
Luv, Your Muskatiel, Spot♥xoxoxo!!!
PS. Did you tell that Flash Dallas guy to back off of my ladybird?

04/10/2013 05:26.50 PM

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Hi Puffin!
Thank you so much for voting me Bird on the Day last Sunday! It was a wonderful honor to spend my day in the castle with the beautiful Queen Chyna. (: I'm sorry I wasn't able to blog you with thank yous sooner, mommy's grandma was visiting so she wasn't able to spend much time on the computer.
Hugs, Peatree

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04/10/2013 11:21.43 AM

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HI Puffin
Boy is it rainy here this morning. Makes for a sleepy day. Mom wishes she could have slept in though..I was by Spot and Chirps and couldnt help but see that mom got a new job..congrats. I know you will miss her but that is good news. dont worry about getting to ball games..I'll stop by and pick you up before I go to the field. Cant wait to play again. Hugs to all and mom too..have a great day...Snowy, Toby and Miss Ronnie

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04/10/2013 06:41.26 AM

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Hi Puffin
V4U today. Our weather has been nice, but the stormy weather is heading our way tomorrow. We needed to get caught up with lots of lawn and gardening chores last weekend, it was nice talking to all the neighbors again. During winter nobody is out talking in that cold weather. Have a good day. From, Mayo

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04/10/2013 05:51.55 AM

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Hi Miss Puffin & flockily
SPOTLIGHT on CARING TAZ and Mom Gail
Hello Everyone, SKY here with this weeks SPOTLIGHT on CARING. Today I will begin a series of wonderful interviews with TAZ, from the PROCTOR FLOCK and his wonderful mom Gail.. SKY; When did you first become interested in birds? Mom Gail; When my husband and I were in Hawaii on the island of Maui we stayed in a hotel that had parrots all over the lobby. We would go and look and talk to them all each day. Some were in cages and some like the macaws were on a big round ring perches. They had a parrot walk one day and we went on it to see what went on behind the scenes. It was very interesting and the gal who was their main caretaker was very knowledgeable. We decided to go to a bird store just to look at the parrots and on the way we got our picture taken with macaws all over us and that was fun, still have that picture. We found the bird store and began looking around and we told we could come into the baby bird room. That is where we both fell in love with a baby Umbrella cockatoo named Sweet Pea. Being just a baby it was the sweetest thing and of course wanted to cuddle…I was hooked. My husband being the sweet man he is tried to buy Sweet Pea for me. He talked to the owner and offered what he thought was a fair amount for the bird. We gave him our phone number for the hotel and left. Of course I was so anxious about it I couldn’t focus on anything else, we got the phone call and they declined our offer. They did call back later with a counter but it was still way too high for us…over $3000.
We left Hawaii without Sweet Pea…still thinking about that baby.
to be continued
with my heart filled with love SKY 224381

04/09/2013 06:30.35 PM

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Dear Sweetie
The Milonga is this Saturday! Will you go with me? I miss you so much! Let me know if you can go, and if your typist is not available, my mom will type for us!
I can hardly wait to hold you in my wings during the waltz!
Luv, Your Spot Le'Blaze-atiel♥xoxoxo!!!

04/09/2013 05:04.02 PM

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Dear Puffin
My petite chou chou! i'm worried about you, cause I haven't heard from you in a while! Is everybirdy in your flockily OK? How's your sweet mom? I miss you everyday we're not together! Chirps is passing another broken egg now, but she's a lot better cause mom gives her mineral oil everyday!
Mom's hip gave out on her today, and she fell! Chirps and I gaurded her till she could get up! It's sore, but she'll be OK!
Oh, Puffin, how can I make you understand how much you mean to me? I love you! (and I'm insanely jealous of Flash Dallas!) He gets to play baseball on your team! I will be watching and rooting for you at every game!
Luv, Spot Le'Blaze-atiel♥xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo!

04/08/2013 07:33.00 PM

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Hi Puffin
Coach Snowy here (yeah I know,not used to it myself either) just wanted to check in with my Left fielder and to let you know our team is complete and ready to play. If you want, I can pick you up and take you to the games if you need a ride, just like last season. Hope all is well by you and your mom is well. Have a great weekend and we'll be squawking with you soon..looks like ball season starts May 1st..getting closer...hugs to all, Snowy and flock

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04/06/2013 08:33.23 PM

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Hi Puffin
V4U today. We had such a nice Easter, hope you did, too. Mom is still busy getting caught up with everything. She posted a picture of the lamb cake she made for Easter on Marigold's page. This is the first year ever that our Easter lamb cake had a jelly bean mouth. As mom poured the bag of jelly beans into a bowl, all of them were oval except for 1 which happened to look like a smile. Can you believe that out of that entire bag of jelly beans, there was one shaped just like a smile! Never saw a jelly bean shaped like that before. It sure gave everyone a laugh. Have a good weekend, Puffin. From, Mayo

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04/05/2013 10:49.53 AM

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Hi Puffin
Chico here stopping by to say hi, I have to thank your mom for doing my picture I love it. She always does such a nice job. Tell your mom Congratulations on her new job. Hope all is well with you and your family. Give your mom a big hug from me. V4U. Hugs Chico

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04/03/2013 07:39.40 PM

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Hi Puffin
I am the Humpday Queen. Yeaaaaaaaay! thankyou so much for this honor. i hope you can come to the castle and help me celebrate my special honor. love Boo Boo

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04/03/2013 04:50.55 PM

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Hi Miss Puffin & flockily
Hello everyone, Sky here with this weeks SPOTLIGHT on CARING. I must apologize for missing 2 weeks but with the disappearance of Oliver 2 it was decided to fore-go continuing his Spotlight article. As many of you will know last week was of extreme stress at the SKY Flock Home. After being asked by several of my good BC friends I will share what took place.
On the weekend of March 23rd a woman came to visit us looking to adopt a baby Budgie. When she saw that my Momma Deb has 2 very sweet pet rats she screamed and looked rather uncomfortable. Her husband teased her for over-reacting. She stayed and met the little white and violet baby that was ready for his new home. Happy with the baby she left with her new friend.
While here she met me, SKY, minding my own business chewing on wood blocks and just hanging out as usual. She never asked what was wrong with my wing or Momma Deb would have explained my story of abuse. On Monday morning the OSPCA where at the front door with a complaint regarding the home being over-run in rats ( come on now, 2 is not over-run) and there were birds inside with broken limbs.
Momma Deb allowed them into our home, having nothing to hide. They checked all of us out and when the woman inspector met me and my fister Little Angel a severe plucker, she told my Momma Deb that both of us couldn't have a quality life, and that she ought to think of euthanizing us. Momma Deb told her in no uncertain terms her opinion on that one.
The inspectors who decided my life was worthless also didn't know a Budgie from a Cockatiel or one color of each from another. This uneducated person who passed a death sentence knew nothing about birds.
Momma Deb was very upset about what was said regarding me and Little Angel and turned to her BC family for help. The response was beyond belief. When the male inspector returned last Thursday he said the OSPCA had received 100s of emails and many calls on our behalf. All was revoked and we shall remain safely with Momma Deb. Through this Momma Deb learned the following;
1) no owner HAS to allow the animal control people into their home without a written warrant
2) whenever possible keep something in writing from a Vet stating that the bird is healthy, and able to live a quality life. If it has any disability or behavior issue-plucking etc
3) ignorance is dangerous--educate these people before they arrive at someone else's door. If you are "birdly," offer to consult for them
4) The BC family is a powerful force in your corner when you really need them.
I wish to thank all of you for your prayers, emails, calls and LOVE.
with my heart filled with love SKY 224183
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04/02/2013 05:49.13 PM

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Love your Easter basket
Hope you had enough to eat at the party sunday. It was nice enough for us to get a bath on Sunday and mom even washed our blankets too. And then of course, it got cold yesterday and today..but back to the 50 by thursday...silly weather. Hope all is well by you. Hugs to all, Snowy

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04/02/2013 06:58.05 AM

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Hiya Puffin!
I hope you had a fun Easter! You look like you got a lot of goodies in your basket!!! Mom is on vacation this week and is going up to visit Jason! cya soon!
Hugs, mango

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04/01/2013 06:13.34 PM

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