The World is My Perch... and Birdie Loves Phones!

Taking Flight, Fluttering Fly-Overs and Random Poop!

Who knew we would successfully raise a WILD SPARROW?! thus transforming our human household into Birdie's world. Of course this makes logical sense that a tiny abondoned, injured baby bird would come to know nothing else but our environment as hisher own and only natural habitat, yet it is still so breathtaking to observe and take part in this truly miraculous experience!

Perhaps raising baby Birdie wouldn't be so incredible and amazing if the circumstances were different..?
If baby Birdie HADN'T been so young and totally helpless, totally dependent upon us his rescuers?
If baby Birdie HADN'T been so injured, disabled, deformed?
If baby Birdie WASN'T naturally a WILD bird?
But I still wake up each morning, call down the hallway from my bedroom to Birdie and am still amazed daily when I receive the happy and urgent return chirps back to me! This little wild creature is completely at "home" in our human home!! And knows nothing else but us, and knows nothing else but the inside of our house, the security of hisher cage and our kitchen and family room as hisher "world'!!

As Birdie explores more and more and "acts" more like a "real" bird, it's hilarious to take part in hisher view of the world. Who knows how Birdie really sees us and interprets us and our world? Who knows what is triggered in hisher little brilliant brain to fly to us and perch on us? I know we are seen as the "bird parents" and hisher "flock" as a result of early Imprinting, but what goes through that little mind when heshe CHOOSES to come to us and perch on us? Guess my next career will be that of a Zoologist or Animal Whisperer, or Animal Tamer/Rescuer?

Below are a sampling of Birdie's favorite human and household perches!

ME!!! ahahaaa :)

Birdie loves Scott!

as Scott was first to encourage Birdie to learn to sit on the human hand as a perch.






Birdie also lets Scott know when he wants to be touched or petted... or not! That little beak is a powerful little weapon for sure!

Sadly Alissa missed out on Birdie's early rescue and raising being away at college,

 but Birdie quickly learned she was just another bird in our flock!

 Birdie loved nibbling on Alissa's nails!

Here's Daddy-bird Jim

So funny how Birdie gets shocked every morning
when Jim appears with a different shirt. 

Birdie is quite startled and confused with Jim changing his "feathers" daily!

And since Birdie has "grown up" with my phone taking pictures and videos since heshe opened hisher eyes, my phone is just another extension of me and one of Birdie's happy landing zones!

It's so funny trying to use my phone, or especially trying to take pictures and videos of Birdie, as the minute the phone is focused in Birdie's direction, that's an invitation to perch! I was able to catch these adorable pictures quickly using Jim's phone to take the picture

No matter the angle of my phone,
it's an invitation for Birdie to perch!

And and invitation to peck and manicure my fingers!