By Lavender
Everyone who lives with a parrot knows that if you’re not in sight, your feathered companion will do whatever it takes to get your attention. Cheeks doesn’t like it when her human leaves her alone and goes out. She waits and waits and waits (kinda patiently but not so much) for her mommy to get home.
See Cheeks’ reaction when no one answers her call in the August issue of It’s A Birb Thing.
With many of us working from home due to the COVID-19 lockdown, our companion birds have taken on new roles as co-workers.
Lavender’s May It’s A Birb Thing column finds Cheeks providing key input on mom’s work-related phone call.
by Lavender
All birdies know scritchies are like gold, especially during the dreaded molting season when every pin feather itchies like crazy.
See Cheeks’ thinking around scritchies here.
In the March edition of It’s A Birb Thing, we find Cheeks doing her best to get her beak on mom’s cookie.
by Lavender
By Lavender
Cheeks follows up her December It’s A Birb Thing cooking lesson with more meal prep tips in Cooking With Cheeks: Part 2.
Every birdie will benefit from learning about these important cooking (and eating) How To’s!
Nom Nom Nom
By Lavender
In the December issue of It’s A Birb Thing, we are treated to some important lessons on cooking from our resident Cockatiel Cheeks!
By Lavender
Cheeks is getting her jingle bells skills honed for the Christmas holiday in this month’s edition of It’s A Birb Thing.
In Lavender’s October It’s A Birb Thing comic strip we find Cheeks showing the wild birds outside her window the proper way of greeting the morning.
by Lavender
By Lavender
In September’s issue of It’s A Birb Thing , see how Cheeks reacts to an age-old question asked of a trusty mirror.
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