
Apologies to Morty for the delay in uploading his New Year’ Beneath the Cage Grate column!
Catch up with Morty and the crazy bots and find out the challenges his mom has had and how Morty is trying to aid her and ward off pesky Alexa!

Apologies to Morty for the delay in uploading his New Year’ Beneath the Cage Grate column!
Catch up with Morty and the crazy bots and find out the challenges his mom has had and how Morty is trying to aid her and ward off pesky Alexa!

The new Alexa is shaking things up at Morty’s house, and she’s claiming something about Morty, Squirt and all birds that has sent shivers down Morty’s feathers.
Catch up with Morty, Squirt and the bots in our latest edition of Beneath the Cage Grate and decide for yourself whether the new Alexa is going to be an even more formidable pain in the birdie butt than the former Alexa!

A day out on the water, in a boat, with Squirt and the bots… what could possibly go wrong?
Catch up with Morty and the gang in this month’s edition of Beneath the Cage Grate and find out!

Out for a day of ‘weeding’ with the bots, Squirt happens upon a lovely little golden birdie. What happens next is both cute and rather awkward.
Catch up with Morty and the gang to find out how Squirt tried to win over his new-found love interest in our May edition of Beneath the Cage Grate.

All eggies are not created equal – especially Easter eggs!
Catch up with Morty, Squirt and the gang in the April ’24 edition of Beneath the Cage Grate to read all about this year’s Easter escapades!

He may be small, but Morty’s little buddy Squirt gets into some big mischief!
Catch up with Morty in his February ’24 Beneath the Cage Grate column and read about Squirt’s latest saga of chaos and mayhem – birdie style!

Wondering what happened with Squirt and the ensuing Christmas chaos of last month?
Catch up with Morty and find out in his January ’24 Beneath the Cage Grate column!
Happy New Year Everybirdie! Wishing everybirdie all the very best for 2024!

Twas days before Christmas, when all through the village, all people were resting from their work, except little Squirt, so frantic was he, Alexa told him, No Christmas there’d be, because he had no Christmas tree.
Uh oh, poor Squirt, he had to act quick to avert a Christmas catastrophe… But how? Read Morty’s December ’23 Beneath the Cage Grate column to find out what transpired!

Morty’s attempt to take his little buddy Squirt turkey hunting turned out to be more than he bargained for.
Morty’s November ’24 Beneath the Cage Grate column will have you crouching in the proverbial bushes, watching Squirt watching for something that he has no idea what he’s even looking for! Gobble Gobble Everybirdie!

It’s, well, it’s a Morty rant… hard to describe. Morty has issues… a lot of issues, and he’s not holding back in his September Beneath the Cage Grate column! Best head over there now – be prepared to laugh out loud… best not to be drinking or eating anything while reading 🙂
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