Content Ginger and Spritzer #cockatiel

The first holiday glamour shot of the year! Lemon is always a good sport. The babies have never seen the tree before so they’re still a little nervous. #cockatiel

Spritzer singing Don’t Worry Be Happy in the Saturday morning sunshine. I’ve got projects to work on today bird, stop being cute. #cockatiel

Pompom stripping every last leaf off the live basil. #budgie

Skittle, aka Skyrat, has figured out how to throw toothpicks and sunglasses off the shelf and cans from the recycling basket onto the floor. #budgie

A little birdie told me that you bought artificial plants so the #cockatiels would stop messing with them. - Some bratty baby tiel. (These yellow birds all look the same in evening lighting. It looks like Spritzer but this is classic Earl behaviour.)

We got a paint sample to test on our brown walls. Skittle noticed the change before our kids did. Observant #budgie

Earl, Spritzer and Ginger, waiting politely for their eggs to cook. #cockatiel

I finally have evidence of Skittle’s perfect mimicry of Lemon’s bedtime call. #cockatiel #budgie #budgiewhothinkssheisacockatiel

I really can’t emphasize how important it is to take some kind of off-screen action, however small, to feel less helpless in a spiralling word. And refill your gas tank with bird pictures (or whatever brings you joy.) I’m truly grateful to everyone who shares their #parrot wholesomeness!

🎵 One of these things is not like the others… #cockatiel

Bluesky is a bit like this sometimes 😂

Sometimes I’m bird-face-blind and I can’t tell Ginger and Spritzer apart. Same weight to the gram, colour and size of cheeks, 1-feather tail. Ginger has lace wings while Spritzer squats and stares adoringly up at us, but if it’s dark and they’re not looking at me, I’m lost. #cockatiel

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There are two rules for my avian kitchen helpers: wait in the living room when the oven is open, and no tails over the salad bowl. #cockatiel #budgie

Sunshiny nap #cockatiel

This week’s foraging herb treat is Summer Savory, which Earl and Ginger pulled up in seconds. #cockatiel

Earl, very satisfied that he beat Pompom to the coveted lamp perch. #cocktiel

I am encouraged by the incredible engagement with peaceful protests south of the border. Keep it up! - With love, from Canada #nokings

Spritzer ripping my AirPod out and presenting it to Ginger, who is far too impressed by the proceeds of a life of crime. #cockatiel

The beautiful interspecies truce when a pancake appears… #cockatiel #budgie

I had to take a video to see what these birds were up to on top of my head. Earl doesn’t sing and do flirty heart wings for his sister Ginger (that’s good) but he does for his mother Lemon (that’s bad) although Lemon will bite him for it (that’s good).

I’m a #ForeverCanadian canvasser because Alberta’s story isn’t just separatist headlines. I want more Canadians to see that despite our disagreements, Alberta’s heart belongs to #Canada. The warm and hopeful vibes I experienced while canvassing today convinced me of that more than ever! 🇨🇦

That time I couldn’t get Skittle into her cage before my video conference so I threw sheets on her perches to startle her out of the room. Oh, to be as bold and determined as a 34 gram #budgie. She landed on my head at least 20 times during the meeting. I was mortified.

A bad migraine took me out the other day. My husband sent me this photo later. 💛 my flock. Honey’s in guard position at my face, and Lemon is in her traditional spot on my foot. Yes, I woke up covered in bird poop. #cockatiel

Confession: our birds have a permanent zone on our kitchen table where we leave them fresh veggies to munch on throughout the day. Their favourite treat is live lettuce. So many little holes. #cockatiel

The cute bird:dystopia ratio is just not high enough today. I’m throwing a picture of Earl and Ginger into the void and going offline to play a dystopian cat game. #cockatiel

Twist to disconnect. #cockatiel

Skittle can mimic a PERFECT Lemon alarm call. She uses it to call the cockatiels upstairs to their cage when she decides it’s bedtime, or to startle the flock into panic flights around the room while she looks down on the chaos like an Olympic god. #budgie

Spritzer, standing on his little bird tiptoes and trying to take a chomp out of the aloe vera. It’s a good thing that #cockatiels can’t fly, or he’d be such a menace.

I saw this picture and was reminded of how Pompom hung off the side of the nest box cage for three straight days. At the time I thought he just missed Honey, but he must have known that the eggs were real and about to hatch. #budgie

To make it fair, here’s a baby picture of Earl. Full name: Tea, Earl Grey, Hot. #cockatiel

Political satire feels like an endangered species these days, but Canada still has gems like The Beaverton. I just bumped up my subscription to help keep them sharp, loud, and unapologetically funny. Down with censorship! #cdnpoli

Here, have a cute baby bird in these trying times. #cockatiel

Skittle’s curiosity often leads to a display of her elegant #budgie #birdbutt

The birds are not doing much these days other than somehow injuring themselves by colliding mid-flight. So here’s a mesmerizing video of jellyfish from the Vancouver Aquarium instead.

Spritzer and Earl take turns showing off their wings and chasing each other. The little happy chatters… #cockatiel

My favourite mug broke today. Pictured here from a few weeks ago when I made pumpkin syrup because the weather felt like fall. Happy pumpkin spice season everyone. Gonna go sob with my second favourite bunny mug now.

Spritzer singing “if you’re happy and you know it” a little more recognizably! #cockatiel

An assortment of fine Vancouver #birds.

According to Siri Knowledge, my #cockatiel dropped an anemone from its cheek.

This is the cutest thing I’ve seen (next to my actual flock!) Thanks @kitkatnisart.bsky.social for this adorable wallpaper commission! #cockatiels

Wallpaper commission for @plutopizza.bsky.social of their adorable cockatiels (you can get a wallpaper by me at ko-fi.com/kitkatnisart)

Spritzer serenading Skittle with the cookie song and another song that he seems to have made up himself. #cockatiel #budgie

Back to School! Ginger and Spritzer are helping to prep the kids’ backpacks. The birds are going to miss being out of their cages all day. #cockatiel

It was in the 18-20 degree comfortable temperature zone for the bubble backpack so I took Lemon out for a walk. This is her “I’m not loving this, but fine” face. I showed her the homes where I’ve heard cockatiels through the windows, but I was more excited than she was. #cockatiel

Earl still holds the record for finding the most weird places to land. Also for having the most tail feathers, but not by much. #cockatiel

Oh hi Mom. We were in our cages when the bedtime announcement rang, but we noticed you didn’t take us there, so we came back downstairs to get you. Mom. Mom. Hey Mom. #cockatiels

I should be cleaning my kitchen, but why, when I can sit here listening to little Spritzer trying his best to learn “if you’re happy and you know it” #cockatiel

This is reminiscent of having toddlers. I can’t even walk into the bathroom without five birds alighting on me. #cockatiel