Sorry I haven't had a chance to write. Summer in New England is too short to miss the wonderful weather we've been having.
We've all been out enjoying the sunshine. Kura took about seven minutes to freak out a little about how big the world was & what was that wind about. http://www.greyforums.net/components/com_joomlaboard/emoticons/shocked.png
:ohmy:
Then, I blinked & just knew she was thinking about climbing the 60 foot oak trees. Hated to tell her she wasn't coming out of her cage to play while it was on the deck.
Thanks, Talon, but I don't feel busy. They're all just the good part of my day, usually. Sadly, we are camera-shy. I don't know why. I see all these beautiful pictures & want to share. But everyone bats off the cages when I try. I'd like some for me, too.
Thanks, Judygram, but I feel like that's giving me too much credit. Though I certainly love them I seem to have "that gene". People get a little confused when their guard dogs sit up & beg the first time they meet me. But that comes in really handy since I have always been compelled to take on seriously sad cases.
I don't think I have much new to say in writing Phenix's story. I wish I couldn't say that I've seen too much of it written before by others.
Clairbear, I don't remember if I sent you a message or not. I meant to. Thanks & I had been on the Vos site before I was an owner. I have always been a huge eclectus fan. Don't know why I didn't think of them when I joined the club. So many years being a grey owner. I think I headed for what was familiar when I hit uncharted waters. This is the one bird site I've visited most regularly, for all the obvious reasons.
Kura does something to make me unbelievably happy pretty much daily now. She has come so very far, so fast compared to Phenix. I was a little afraid to take on another hard-case, but she truly is a treasure which is what "Kura" means.
She is, however, becoming quite her own girl. She will no doubt become as independent as Cash now that she knows she's safe to be herself.
Cocom, funny you should say that. Kura seems to have the opposite affect on my house. Though she's the biggest & the newest everyone has responded wonderfully well to her... even Phenix... at least so far. I have to go really, really slowly about that, so we haven't done too much, yet. I really thought that had everything to do with her thoughtful, un-threatening way. Very, very interesting.
And I love her "stillness". She settles into tranquil mode after she does her exercises during the day. Now that she's strong enough & coordinated enough & at liberty to play she has manic play times. Then, she happily settles down to watch the world or take a nap or talk to herself.
She's got a vocabulary, now, but it's just word-sounds. She has no idea what she's saying, yet. She still communicates bird talk or body language. Today, she chased me down the edge of the cage when I walked by with a bowl of ice cream. She wasn't happy when I wouldn't share because it was chocolate. It's okay that she doesn't know english. I get the important stuff.
Something I would like to ask everyone about is the "manic dance of joy"?? She goes one foot to the other, side to side, in and out, up and down. I thought she was freaked out the first time. I've come to realize that she is just so darned happy that she's well, manic. Any other bird who behaved like this would be posturing or threatened. Do anyone else's birds do this?? Or do they have some kind of 'I'm so happy I could... uhmm, dance' habit? http://www.greyforums.net/components/com_joomlaboard/emoticons/silly.png
:silly:
Thank you all for the advise & encouragement. I will be looking to all available resources as Kura develops, so the more the better! And I will check out the eclectus forum as soon as possible. I like that it's an Australian forum. I'd like to know how the people who can watch them out the window see them. That must really be something!