Guest Birds Loving Outdoor Cages

Here are a couple of my current "guests" enjoying some time outside on a nice afternoon. Phoenix, the Moluccan cockatoo is an "only bird" and sweetly sits and marvels at the beautiful day and visiting hummingbirds and butterflies.

Indy, the Hyacinth macaw, on the other hand, is busy trying to figure out why he is locked in and why no one is taking him out to play. These are both young birds and the difference in their personalities is evident.

Indy is a "bring it on!" kind of guy and Phoenix is a passive and contemplative little girl. Of course, both of them are a joy to have visiting!

While all the birds were outdoors yesterday, a small group of California Quail came down to scratch around the cages. The beautiful male quail strutted his stuff and sounded out the quail call. Buster, my grey, does this call expertly and sounded right back! This made the male quail nervous and he called out again. Buster said, "quiet!" I wonder what the quail thought of that?

It's a good thing they got their outside time yesterday because today is raining!