Good morning you lovely lot I am playing Upstairs Ninja again today and tomorrow thanks to Grant who is kindly getting up for the parrots again so I can rest a bit more. He has it down to a fine art now, with hardly much indignant screeching from Madame Ziggy at all this morning There is complete quiet downstairs now as breakfast is underway and soon they will all be snoozing. I will take my turn, and get some much needed Ziggy cuddles, on Thursday again. Luckily I still have cuddles in the afternoon after work.

Work was very full on yesterday and the next couple of days are looking very busy too. With my energy levels being quite low at the moment it's a wee bit of a struggle, but luckily I don't have anything physical to do. Thinking too hard can be quite tiring though so I try not to think much

Have a lovely day, whatever you get up to

The orange-bellied parrot

"The species is one of the few long-distance migratory parrots in the world, and flies between Tasmania and mainland Australia annually. The orange-bellied parrot has lost 62 per cent of its genetic diversity in the past 200 years".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-04-01/orange-bellied-parrots-survival-may-be-cross-species-breeding/105100274
#birds #parrots #200years #extinction

Parakeets outside my office window. They were at war with the magpies for a while but came back.

(And no, these are not likely to be escaped pets - there have been sporadic sightings of parakeets in the UK for a long time, but in recent decades they've gotten established and there's now a sizeable population)

Good morning Fellow Travellers around the Sun I'm up early again with the parrots today and we are all a bit confused with the clocks having sprung forward overnight. The upside was a very long cuddle with Ziggy for nearly an hour, interrupted by the ceremonial "Frowing Phone to the Fwoor" a couple of times followed by Ziggy making her laughing noises, and the same coming from the shadows of Jadie's cage as she joined in the fun The cage lights are on now though, and all three are busy with the serious business of First Breakfast.

We were planning to go out with the family today, but my spoons are very low once more, so we've had to postpone as I can't risk being off work again so soon. So a slow, easy day on the cards for me with maybe a little crochet if I can manage it.

Have a lovely day, whatever you get up to

A man in Rotterdam, standing next to several colorful parrots perched on a stand.

#ColorfulBirds #birds #StreetPhotography #StreetMarket #UrbanExploration #CityScene #TravelPhotography #Parrots #CityLife #BirdWatching #UrbanNature https://pixelfed.social/p/yeechie/811631037354618523

New addition! Western corella (Cacatua pastinator) #AustralianBirds | #WesternCorella #WesternLongBilledCorella #CacatuaPastinator | #Corellas #WhiteCockatoos #Cockatoos #CockatooFamily #Parrots : Photo by Gaz_Chapp #birdsoftheworld #birds

Good morning Fellow Travellers on the Galactic Spiral Arm I am up early with the parrots and the Dawn Chorus today. I've just had a nice wee brief cuddle with Ziggy, who is now face down in her bowl, making little happy noises as she finds her favourite food items, while Jadie is furiously chucking pellets out of her bowl as she tries to find those elusive seeds that cruel Mum has cut her down on Toby is munching the Tops pellets that I add to his wet bowl in the morning. I had a hard time getting him to eat pellets when he had a separate dry bowl, but now with them mixed, he actually seeks the pellets out first. Those, and of course his favourite pomegranate seeds.

Definitely a full on crochet day today. One custom order to finish and the second to start. Also some more work on the competition toy, which is coming along nicely

Have a lovely day, whatever you get up to

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Good morning everyone Long lie for me today as Grant got up for the parrots. I am sitting with them now drinking my first coffee. Ziggy is grumbling happily while chewing on her plastic links, Jadie is fighting with her toys and Toby is searching through his bowl for any piece of breakfast he may have possibly missed. Yesterday evening when he came out he went to sit on the bookshelf behind his cage and stayed there until it was time for him to go back in for the night. Usually he is causing chaos by trying to get behind the telly or trying to chew Grant's nerdy figurines (he has a particular fondness for the Emperor Palpatine bobble head) but sometimes he just chooses to sit and contemplate the world quietly, making just the occasional thoughtful clicking noise

A bimble round Lidl this morning and then back to crochet for custom orders later.

Have a lovely day, whatever you get up to

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Good morning Fellow Travellers on Spaceship Earth I'm up with the parrots again today and have just finished a lovely little cuddle session with Ziggy after she initially freaked out due to my new pajama trousers. They are classic Dutch ceramic blue and white and I had forgotten that another pair of trousers with the same colouring elicited the same reaction in the past. Given her genetic heritage you have to wonder if there is some ceramic blue predator lurking in the Brazilian forest that still remains to be discovered? Poor Jadie is bald over her left eye and right nare again. We thought she'd avoided the weird moult this year, but no such luck. Still no idea what causes it, but if previous years are anything to go by the feathers should hopefully grow back in a few months.

Fresh chop to make and then I will be working on two custom crochet orders.

Have a lovely day, whatever you get up to

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Good morning everyone I am doing a third day of Upstairs Ninja this week as Grant continues to make sure I recover from my Mecfs crash. I will get up for the parrots again tomorrow though to give him a break and let him play video games late into the night tonight There was really indignant screeching from Madame Ziggy earlier and I could hear Grant yelling, "I'm coming!" back at her. She really is a demanding little bossy boots that one. At night, once she has eaten her dinner she will start demanding "Come! Come!" slowly and fairly quietly, but boy if you don't hop to it and settle her down for the night the demand becomes more frequent, loud and strident. Ziggy will not be ignored, that's for sure

Final work day of the week for me. It's been a long week, but also really fast. Meetings and some technical bid writing on the cards today.

Have a lovely day, whatever you get up to

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G'day
G&T went to the #Budgie doctor for their check-up and pedicures today

Both are healthy, weighing in at around 38g

We're home, and they are now exploring their cage, eating treats, and listening to music

I wonder how long it will take them to forgive me this time?

Hope you are having a terrific Tuesday and are having treats to balance any indignities!

Crime Investigation Tool Reveals Origins Of UK’s Feral Parrots

"A recent study identified where the UK’s naturalized parakeets came from by adapting a powerful crime investigation technique designed to locate and identify serial criminals"

by @grrlscientist via #Substack

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Good morning everyone I'm doing Upstairs Ninja again today, but I had to get up earlier to sort out Ziggy's medicine as I had forgotten to do it before I went to bed and Grant isn't confident about sorting it himself Of course Ziggy heard me coming downstairs and raised the roof for a good wee while, so trying to go back to sleep for an hour was really futile. I did manage to doze off just about ten minutes before I had to wake right back up again which resulted in a bright vision-like dream of a shield with a shimmering ring of diamond lights around it. It looked so real that I tried to reach out and touch it and that's how I woke up

I have to go to the hospital for an appointment this morning and already have three meetings lined up before I go, so I'd best get started with work.

Have a lovely day, whatever you get up to