Monty shows us his best side on Camomile bath day

The budgies decided that they would love a bath today and requested that it be a Camomile one. So I boiled them some water and put a teabag in. Then it was diluted with cold water so that it was luke-warm.

They all dived right in. Roswell and Jerry especially enjoyed themselves and got very soggy indeed!

Second stage of turning our front room into an aviary is complete

Well we're not really turning it into an aviary but it sometimes feels like it. With nine little feathery fiends flying about, it is sometimes easy to forget you're inside!

We have completed work on the second budgie window screen, so now we can open two windows in the front room in the hot weather to get some air-flow going. It was 25 degrees today so we have finished it just in time as I don't think the weather will be cold for quite a while now.

The budgies were intrigued with all of the noise we made, hammering away at staples into the wood and twanging the aviary wire. At one point I looked up to see nine feathery little faces peering down at me.

We were slightly short of wire mesh (at the right length), so had to be inventive and I weaved some together on a lower part of one of the windows, you can inspect my handywork below, no budgies is getting through that!

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They came...

Well what else would nine feathery fiends get up to on a Sunny Monday afternoon?

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Sunny Basil day (and some not so good photos from my mobile phone)

My Camera is in use by an other today so I used my mobile phone to get some quick snaps of the birdies - well tried to, they're not the best at keeping still and I don't have a very steady hand (must be all the coffee .. oops)

What a beautiful day it is, birds have had a bath and some basil and maybe if they're good (!) might get millet later - I like to give them a millet day at least once a week.

Look how wonderful Hectors plumage looks even with my rubbish phone taking the pics, he is a handsome budgie. Naughty as well but aren't they all?

Bought some cage clips from Riversway Online (http://www.riverswayonline.co.uk/) and they arrived today - only 39p each, I am very pleased with them and only ordered them yesterday morning. Put in another order for some cuttlefish holders, salad racks (yes I didn't even realise there was such a thing for a bird cage!) and 3 tiny finger draws!

I love receiving stuff in the post (especially for the budgies, even if they're not as excited about it as me) and I am sure it's going to be great quality!

Gotta go, Lilek keeps biting my hands as I type and I need to wash up!

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Sunny day makes for nine lively fiends

Why is it that the sun makes my budgies ten times more lively and boisterous than they normally would be? I guess it's a good thing, it means that they feel energetic and happy!

They had some carrot, baby corn and mange tout which especially Snowy seemed to really enjoy, he has the equivalent of a sweet tooth, I suppose that would be a "sweet beak" and loves carrot.

Monty has been berating the poor very moulty green Jerry, as usual!

Here are pics..