Ben and his flock of balls.

Ben is spending some time downstairs in the general population.  He is usually too loud to keep in the living room because he sounds the alarm whenever someone drives into the driveway.  People that enter my home think that it's a crazy noisy place. But truly, after they leave, it really does get quiet again.  This is a typical trait with some parrots. Who needs an alarm? The joyful announcing of a new flock member arriving, hooray!  The decibel levels can be a bit overwhelming in the home environment.  Their noise is meant to permeate the forests.

Ben is seen here with his new passion, a herd of golf practice balls!  Kiku went home, Marley is gone, Thumper is gone, and Ben needed something to occupy his time.  Kiku taught him to enjoy the little wiffle balls.  I find that if I give him a lot of them, he doesn't obsess as much.  He has fun herding them on his shelf.  I even broke down and installed a temporary mirror to keep him from feeling lonely.  He does love his mirror.  His past was all about a mirror, a bell, and very little movement.  Now he gets around quite well.  So the mirror won't stay more than a couple of days.  In fact, Charlie, the sun conure arrived today so maybe he won't need the mirror for company!