Nature is just so amazing!
To think this little sparrow was originally destined to "not be"...
And now, Birdie is just so NORMAL and HAPPY and just such a healthy thriving bird!
People have asked me how I "trained" Birdie to do the things heshe does... but I haven't really trained Birdie, I just "encouraged" Birdie's natural instincts to emerge by trying to mimic what sparrow parents would have taught their offspring.
Fortunately for the internet and access to an infinite amount of information, I was able to learn how to "parent" a sparrow, and help Birdie to learn what heshe is already "wired" to know and do.
Fortunately for the internet and access to an infinite amount of information, I was able to learn how to "parent" a sparrow, and help Birdie to learn what heshe is already "wired" to know and do.
But really, how does Birdie KNOW to fly, to peck at seeds, take a bird bath?
Sure I imitated pecking at seeds with the feeding tweezers and imitated pecking at the water, but I certainly didn't have any literal part in teaching Birdie to fly! That's for sure!
Truly, nature, and who we are genetically disposed to be... is just miraculous! This little rescued bird proves the power of nature, and life's incredible will to survive, against all odds.
Birdie is just so normal now, so completely a "regular" bird! I think about all the wild sparrows that frequent Starbucks, pecking at the crumbs left behind by caffeinated customers. Wild sparrows raised by wild sparrows. That's "normal". Birdie is just like them... but inside our house, raised by and living with humans as hisher flock! And that's certainly not "normal" !
So how can my little rescued baby sparrow, who really only knows humans, be so naturally a bird?! Birdie is such a normal bird now, heshe really doesn't like to be held, aggressively pecks us when heshe doesn't like something, but freely flits about comfortably and lands on us by choice all the time.
Sure I imitated pecking at seeds with the feeding tweezers and imitated pecking at the water, but I certainly didn't have any literal part in teaching Birdie to fly! That's for sure!
Truly, nature, and who we are genetically disposed to be... is just miraculous! This little rescued bird proves the power of nature, and life's incredible will to survive, against all odds.
Birdie is just so normal now, so completely a "regular" bird! I think about all the wild sparrows that frequent Starbucks, pecking at the crumbs left behind by caffeinated customers. Wild sparrows raised by wild sparrows. That's "normal". Birdie is just like them... but inside our house, raised by and living with humans as hisher flock! And that's certainly not "normal" !
Birdie does all hisher bird behaviors instinctively as though heshe was raised by sparrow parents. But Birdie wasn't!!! and I can't fully process this imperfect perfection.
Eating, pecking, flitting, flying, fluffing in the hay at the bottom of the cage after a birdbath and grooming! Birdie does everything bird-perfect!
I wonder though, when Birdie looks at and pecks at hisher image in the mirrors... is Birdie thinking it's another sparrow? Hoping it is? Wishing it is? Or am I "anthropomorphizing" and projecting human feelings here?
Eating, pecking, flitting, flying, fluffing in the hay at the bottom of the cage after a birdbath and grooming! Birdie does everything bird-perfect!
I wonder though, when Birdie looks at and pecks at hisher image in the mirrors... is Birdie thinking it's another sparrow? Hoping it is? Wishing it is? Or am I "anthropomorphizing" and projecting human feelings here?
As I see it...
Birdie is pre-wired based on thousands (millions) of years of sparrow behavior, to naturally do everything heshe is doing. Passed down in Birdie's genetics, is the recipe for being a bird! Specifically, special sparrow!
We marvel at how this wild bird has adapted to a fully human environment, but still remains a "wild bird" with all hisher wild instincts!
In the morning, when we all first emerge, Birdie freaks out and flutters around the cage startled. We've figured out that we startle Birdie with looking "different" everyday... since as humans we change our clothes and thus our familiar appearance changes and scares Birdie! To Birdie, we have "changed our feathers", until heshe realizes it's us. Funny, we have now adapted to Birdie, and make a point to "warn" Birdie we are coming, so heshe is not stunned when heshe she's our "new feathers".
So basically, I wear plain T shirts around Birdie, and that's very comforting and calming to Birdie... not to mention, I have to be careful not to wear shirts with "shoulder poop signatures" to work lol!
So basically, I wear plain T shirts around Birdie, and that's very comforting and calming to Birdie... not to mention, I have to be careful not to wear shirts with "shoulder poop signatures" to work lol!
Here's Birdie taking a bird bath
Heshe loves dipping into and vigorously flicking water around
Heshe loves dipping into and vigorously flicking water around
Birdie thinks there's something amazing to be found on the keyboard
otherwise, why would "human mom" be so intently pecking lol
Birdie also can't get enough of the shinny mouse pad.
I was so worried Birdie was going to click and send random emails for me
while I took these irresistible pictures
Birdie thought Papa Jim's hat was a perfect perch!
Here's Birdie discovering how fun it is to "groom" Scott
and peck at his neck and face hair
Birdie's new favorite spot by the fireplace
Of course! Birdie can see hisher reflection in the brass frame!
And nest into the pinecones.
Truly it's amazing how this now PERFECT little bird knows how to fully be a sparrow!
