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Life recently granted me an eastern rosella after he was found nearby on the back fence of a garden. Never thought I’d see the day. A 48-hour lodger only, because for once we actually found the owner (!!). It was two days of whistling duets and kisses. What an absolute joy. 🪶

Recently I delivered these two to The Haven Parrot Rescue for rehoming. I ended up fostering them for over four months which is WAY longer than usual, but it was necessary. The house feels so different without them. It’s quieter and there’s a lot less sass in the air. Missing them loads 🪶

Cockatiel landed on a family’s balcony in East London last week. They named her Orange. No owner has come forward. ~3 months old and not too tame or too skittish. She’s off to an independent rehomer today for more care, attention, and (hopefully) a new home with cockatiel friends v soon! 🪶

Sponge enjoying a spray shower, captured in this most excellent photo. I feel this needs to be turned into a super cute drawing?! 🪶

If anyone has a spare ticket to Evanescence @ Metro Theatre in Sydney, please hmu 😭 I was 1229th in the queue and tickets sold out way ahead of me. I was ready to take my second trip to the other end of the world just to see them live again. 😭

One of my biggest regrets is not honouring my younger self by trying for audience tickets to the Whose Line Is It Anyway? revival. Hoping it gets renewed so I can try for a ticket 😭.

I don’t usually keep my rescues for long, but I’ve still got Sponge and Lemon. Sponge has ongoing health issues, and I can’t in good conscience pass them along for rehoming until things are resolved. Sadly, it’s not looking great. The tests are inconclusive and he’s not improving 😭 🪶

Meet Prince. We took him in when his owner could no longer manage his growing lump. He was with us for 6 sweet days: tame, confident & gentle. We’d hoped it was just a lipoma, as budgies are so prone to them - but once we looked into it, it was clearly something far worse. We miss you, Prince 🪶

Currently in my care: the cutest pair of cockatiels. Sponge (right) was found a week after Lemon, both in East London. They’ve been together for a week and are certified besties. Lemon incessantly demands crest preens. Sponge obliges and gets absolutely nothing in return. Justice 4 Sponge 🪶

Cockatiel people, how do you get anything done with these chaos gremlins around? Are they always so angy/sassy? This cutie pie was found in East London a couple of weeks ago. No owner has come forward, so I’ll be passing her on for rehoming this weekend 🪶

Dear conure people, how do you get anything done? Are they all 10/10 clingy??? Currently IMC, found in Finsbury Park, London on Sunday 29th June. Posted everywhere iso owner but nobody has come forward yet. Wishing I could find them so I can have my personal space back. 🪶

Currently IMC is bby budgie! Saw a FB post in a local group- she’d been seen in the Olympic Park. A lovely passerby was beside her calling around for help & said birb was in the exact same spot 12 hours earlier 😭. Thankfully she was easy to catch. Not tame, but the top of my head is her new home 🪶

Why have a (desperately needed) restful bank holiday weekend when you can take on a Blue Tit fledgling who needs to be fed every 20 minutes from 6am - 10pm? 🪶

All of our favorite foods are totally dead. They cannot procreate in little food beds. We'll eat them up And turn them into stuff. And we'll cry over their graves. But you can't cry enough. When you miss someone you love, You can't cry enough. 💔

Shoutout to the guy riding an e-bike down Cambridge Heath Road with a speaker around his neck, blasting Goodbye My Lover by James Blunt. Hope you’re okay.

Currently in my care is the most adorable parrot EVER, a blue Quaker! She was found grounded in a playground in North London. We’re still iso the owner and in the meantime I’ve sent off her PBFD test. As she’s not tame, she’ll be best suited to an aviary with other Quakers (if owner is not found) 🪶

I’m on the other side of what was briefly my dream come true. I fostered a stray pineapple conure for a short time. She’s a velcro birb. I’ve always wanted a super tame birb, and she made that dream a reality. She’s now in her wonderful new home with loving humans and other conure friends 🪶

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How is this a real birb? Another favourite from Australia 🪶

Londoners do not understand how expensive our transport is compared to equivalent cities, and how much of it is paid through fares vs taxes. That it is so much worse elsewhere in the UK (I know, I’m from Leeds!) should not blind us to far we still need to go here in London.

I died inside when these friendly crimson rosellas came right up to me for treats. I had only seen them from a distance until this point. They are strikingly beautiful up close. I miss them😭 This was at the Stanwell Tops Lookout (as a huge storm pulled in, otherwise I’d have stayed there forever) 🪶

Last year I went to Australia for an Evanescence concert on a whim. Yes, really. I didn’t expect to fall in love with Sydney the way I did. I’ve just come back from another trip and the post-holiday blues are hitting me hard. What’s the point if there aren’t parrots everywhere? 🪶

Recently bought a mega cheap cricut on marketplace and I am OBSESSED! I’ve been making keyrings and pins that I’ll be donating to Celia Hammond Animal Trust to sell at upcoming Christmas fayres. The cricut possibilities are endless!

Finally sent B-Louie on his way to be rehomed! His owner was never found, and another blue budgie turned up in the same spot a week after Blouie. 🤷‍♀️ Improving my birb intake process with PBFD testing, for which he tested negative. 🙌 What better pic to bid him farewell than one taken mid-chomp? 🪶

when i grow up, i want to be francesca albanese

Currently in my care is this sweet boi. He was being offered for free on a local FB group as a found budgie. Thankfully I spotted the post early. He’s going through a v heavy moult but also has a mild respiratory infection. He’s on antibiotics and I’m keeping everything crossed he pulls through 🪶

If I could summarise the time we treated three poisoned crows in one photo, this would be it. There were 5 in total showing poisoning symptoms. We think they may have eaten a poisoned rodent. Two didn’t make it, and it was a long road but the three we had made a full recovery 🖤 🪶

Throwback to when I was given a baby birb that was found grounded. His demands for food were big and constant. The very face of ‘GIB’ 🪶

Currently in my care is this tiny sparrow who's determined to stress himself to death. He was brought in to a local vet clinic; I think he’s a fledgling, and I’m treating an issue with his right eye. Every time I try to treat him, he manages to escape & causes utter chaos while evading capture 🥲 🪶

I’ve finally handed wild parakeet with broken wing over to a full time rehabber. He was with me for a week, on prescribed pain relief and antibiotics. If his wing cannot be fixed, he’ll live out his years in an aviary with other disabled parakeets. Fav pic of grumpy keet: 🪶

Currently in my care is sassy wild parakeet. He was found unable to fly in a garden, and his left wing appears to be very broken :( He wasn’t eating yesterday so we made a mess with the parrot formula, but thankfully he’s eating well today. My fingers live to see another day 🙏 🪶

I’ve entered the ballot to ride the Bum Bum Train. I am too excited at the possibility 😭

Yesterday I became the proud owner of a shiny charizard. My inner child is healed.

In true ND fashion, I tried out embroidery for the first time a few months ago, made a total of three original pieces, and haven’t been able to get back into it. Pigeon was my first ever original piece, made for someone who probably didn’t deserve it 😬 🪶

Another day, another bite from a parrot that isn’t even mine.

Don’t be fooled by the cute, Tito will nip u for free. Been a few weeks and Tito’s owner never came forward, so he’s off to a parrot rescue centre in a couple of days. I’ll miss our opera duets the most. We made some major progress on our queen of the night aria 🪶

Keeping me busy these days is Tito. He was found in Wembley and was taken to a vet clinic where he stayed for two weeks before I picked him up to foster him while we continue looking for his owner. He’s a smol terror. Says: A-A, TITO, before tipping his food and water bowls. 🪶

if you put truffle oil on a french fry, i will eat that french fry that's a promise and a threat

Samesies

My house has been overtaken by very mature and gigantic monstera dubia plants. Send help 🌱

Shoutout to my young self for having the highest standards for trading Pokemon cards. They had to be in perfect condition or the trade was off. We’ll get that shiny charizard one day 🥹