Sunday Bird Blogging With Georgie

Alright. I confess. We have ANOTHER new bird on the premises:

Bluish-lavender Georgie arrived on the scene last weekend to keep yellow lutino Ginger company. You may recall the War of the Parakeets that resulted in Ginger being banished to her own cage away from Ms. Whitey and Mr. Queenie. Ginger had become very jealous over their love for one another and was getting nastier to Whitey by the hour.

It turned out Ginger was very lonely by herself in a separate cage, so we finally broke down and got her a companion. Enter the mellow and zen-like Georgie named, appropriately enough, for the late George Harrison, who was my favorite Beatle back in the day. You can see, however, that Ginger and Georgie are not yet fully acclimated to one another:

Ginger, who has a tendency towards nervousness and paranoia, still appears to be a bit up at arms over the new arrival. However, don't let her blazing red eyes fool you into thinking she is a complete savage. All yellow lutinos like her, similar to the albino Whitey, have naturally red eyes.

It's heartening that with each passing day the new couple seems to be more comforable with one another, following each other around the cage, from toy to toy, from swing to perch, with attentive looks on their faces. I have a feeling the avian gossip columns may soon be full of references to the new, hot couple in Hoffmantown: Georgie and Ginger.

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