Thursday, July 29, 2010

Been a long time since I've posted anything, just been busy at the wildlife center mostly, we got our first baby bird of the season in this week.  Someone also brought in a galah which was obviously a pet, they're a beautiful gray parrot with a pink head, and this one was very friendly and talkative.  He kept saying "kiss kiss" and he climbed onto one of the volunteer's shoulders and she said "Oh, I think he's whispering sweet nothings in my ear."  Just then another volunteer walked up from behind her and said "No, actually, he's masturbating on your head."  Birds are funny. 

Last week when we took some of the animals out to a school with 4 and 5 year olds, we took along Henry the black cockatoo as usual.  The volunteer showed the kids the difference between the tail feathers of the male and female birds, and then Henry showed off his tail feathers by opening up his wings.  The volunteer then asked the class, "So how do we know Henry is a boy?"  And a little boy raised his hand and said, "Because he's named Henry!"  Can't argue with that logic.