maxcelcat | Meet the New Budgy

stillbeing the recently bereaved mother of Pippin the Budgy, has acquired a new baby budgy called Beaker.

I never realised how funny immature (as in, five week old) budgies are - Beaker can't even fly as such! He just hides under things, walks, climbs and flaps occasionally.

stillbeing had him perched on her finger. He (er, with think it's a he, you can't tell till they mature a bit more) decided it was time to try and fly again. So he lept from her finger, landed on the arm of the chair, and leapt again onto the floor, all the time flapping vigorously. It was more like partially controlled falling than actual flying, and as such it cracked me up...

On the subject of Human Companion Species, I spotted a hug grey bunny rabbit on the front lawn of a house just up the road from my place yesterday, whilst walking to the tram. It wasn't interested in my offer of grass from near the fence. It was still there when I came past again some hours later - I assume it lives in that house and had just escaped his hutch, but I have no idea.

stillbeing wanted me to call the rabbit rescue people (yes, they exist!) but I was happy to let it find it's own way home.