While watching a nature documentary with my son the other day, it moved to a section about birds and how the males are generally the ones that do all the singing. There are a lot of reasons they do so, but mostly they’re trying to attract a mate. There are some exceptions, like robins, which … Read more
I let my son stay up late recently and watch a scary movie. He’s getting to be old enough now, and he’s always been pestering me to let him. So, I thought why not? Ever since then, he’s been really interested in ghosts, and whether or not they’re real. I’ll withhold my own view on … Read more
I had a call from a friend the other day, who sounded very flustered and concerned. After a moment or two he composed himself and explained that his cockatiels, that he’d recently introduced to one another, had started fighting. Or, at least, the male was being very aggressive toward the female. I did my best … Read more
My son was playing with our cockatiels the other day, and he’s been getting more and more curious about birds as he gets older. One thing he was wondering about was their hearing and their ears, and I have to admit it’s something I’ve wondered about a lot myself. Most birds don’t actually seem to … Read more
I’m always very conscious of new or unexpected behaviors in my cockatiel, as I’m naturally worried that it could indicate something is amiss. So, when I recently started noticing that my new cockatiel had started hanging upside down in its cage and near it, I got a bit worried that it could mean something was … Read more
The term ‘lovebird’ is so ubiquitous in the English language that most of us use it without ever even thinking of the actual bird. It is used to describe people in love, but there is an actual lovebird, too. These birds were named, partly, because they love to mate for life and live in pairs. … Read more