So Long Pretty Bird:(

Well it's been a bit of a sad week for me. This decision has been looming over my head for months now. Pretty Bird spends 11 hours of the day completely alone. Being a flock animal, he hasn't been doing so well. When Mark and I would get home from work he would just SCREAM....almost in frustration. And when we were home on weekends, it was the same thing. I didn't want to just give him away, so I went through quite the time looking for the best place to rehome him. I wanted to make sure that wherever he went there were lots of other birds and that he'd get lots of time out of his cage. For those of you out there who think that a bird isn't smart and who cares where he goes, you really don't understand the brains these things have. ANYWAYS, I finally found this woman in Halifax who I asked about 800 questions before I agreed to drive to her house with the bird, and if I felt good about the home she had to offer him, than I would leave him with her. Many people I spoke to thought I was off my rocker for driving to Halifax---whatever. I love this little guy and had him for 4 years. I was making sure he was going to be happy and well taken care of. Man, I shed more tears over this little fella last week. But now I'm confidant that he is enjoying his life more now-with LOTS of company. No more long days sitting alone on a perch:)Here we are on the way over--fake smile, I was very sad and had to keep my shades on because I kept welling up:(K, I SO didn't take enough pictures of the whole room. But this gives an idea. Her house sounds like a pet store, and her birds are allowed to come out and play around all day long. She had 20 birds, including 4 cockatiels. The place was very clean and she is awesome. She is a true 'bird lady'. Walks around with lovebirds hanging off her. She's already emailed me three times. Here's Pretty Bird (on the right) with his new buddy Timmy. We kept them in the cages at first to get used to eachother. PB seemed so happy right away. Birds just like him all around. He was whistling and chirping, pretty excited.

AWWWW, this pic makes me sad:( Goodbye little guy--I'll be over to visit you in a couple months.