bird

A bird's eye view of a life in flight.

My First Owl
I never really thought much about being a wizard – it just happened. I suppose that I was a wizard from the moment I was born. I’m not sure. One day I was mindlessly playing in the living room and Mom hollered in, “OK, time to clean up for lunch.” And, the next thing I knew, all the toys and games were put away neatly back in the box, my hands were washed and I was sitting at the table, ready to eat another hearty meal of her favorite dish – liver and onions. I was as surprised as anyone that it had all happened. That was the first time I realized consciously, that I could do things like that - you know, have a big affect on the world.
By John Oliver Smith4 years ago in Petlife
Hamilton, the Amazing Hummingbird
Hamilton’s wings thrummed. He buzzed like a bumblebee as he hovered over a field of hot-pink petunias. But those flowers weren’t the only ones. Indeed, people grew various colors of the sweet flowers on a vast meadow – all solely for Hamilton’s pleasure. For one thing, this ruby-throated bird acted like he was the only hummingbird. He preferred being antisocial except when mating. Moreover, his small, five-gram body (less than 1 ounce) possessed many magical, hidden powers! Hamilton knew he was the most iridescent pugilist of all the other birds that winged about him.
By Ed Gaulden4 years ago in Petlife
For the Love Of Owls
Long-Eared Owls make their homes in North America, Europe, and Asia. They often live in the deserted nests of such birds like hawks, ravens or magpies. These owls are known as the most slender owls in North America.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Petlife
What a Cockatiel Teaches Me About Life, Love, and Neediness. Top Story - November 2021.
My white-faced cockatiel Boobear has turned 25, and he’s still going strong. The normal life expectancy of these small domestic parrots is roughly 15 to 25 years, but some senior birds live into their thirties. I have high hopes this chubby little character will do the same.
By Amethyst Qu4 years ago in Petlife
Healthy Parrots: Diet, Nutrition, and Health
Sharing a meal with your bird may be a wonderful experience, and it can also be beneficial to your pet's health. Many bird diets are deficient in critical vitamins and minerals that birds require, resulting in a variety of health problems.
By Tanvi Punia4 years ago in Petlife
Guacamaya
I was one of the ones who found the birds. Hours, days, weeks spent trudging through wretched Honduran tropical forests. Too long getting sucked dry by mosquitoes, hacking through shrubs and vinery, and the occasional close call with venomous snakes. Coiled tightly around themselves under large leaves or wrapped around thick tree branches. They were everywhere.
By Kendall Fields4 years ago in Petlife
An Uneasy Truce
The dense forest swallowed me. The blanket of the tree canopy above blocked even the smallest sliver of light from the full moon. The dark, damp soil pounding beneath my poorly clad feet consumed my legs and feet so much, that I feared I might forever become a part of the forest. The battle between man and nature would continue in another de-evolution from body to dirt.
By Matthew A. Woll4 years ago in Petlife
The Back Room
It had never occurred to me before, really. I've had blind spots like this my entire life, plus, I'm not really one to peek and pry into corners, or behind Employees Only doors. Everyone is entitled to places where they're not on display for my personal benefit, so why should I go where I don't belong?
By Meredith Harmon4 years ago in Petlife
An Endangered Red
Does the Scarlet Macaw know what a marvel it is? How desperate humans are to restore the populations that were ravaged by those greedy and ignorant? They say the Scarlet Macaw is intelligent, but how can anyone or anything hope to grasp the disappearance of a species, a community, a family? Do they know the way they are hunted for their colors, the very same that they trusted adaptation to keep them safe with?
By Mary M4 years ago in Petlife
MISSING HENRIETTA
As I stood at the kitchen sink this morning, cleaning up breakfast dishes, I enjoyed the light breeze wafting through the window and the soft rays of sunshine warming my face. Once again the day was bright and beautiful; bringing not only warmth and sunshine but an abundance of fragrances from the multitude of wildflowers blooming in the fields nearby.
By Linda Gorsuch4 years ago in Petlife
Majestic Mia.
Im a talker and I like company but my land is being taken by the conglomerates. We're an indigenous breed heading for extinction but that doesn't seem to register with the land owners of the consumers of the human greedy.
By Dawn Earnshaw4 years ago in Petlife
A Parrot in A Poncho
One time my wife and I were at a party with some friends just before Halloween and I noticed they had all these bottles of Coronas on each of the tables with small ponchos on them for decoration. I had a hunch that one of these might be the perfect size for my Eclectus Male Parrot name Oiseau so I snagged one just for him to try on and it was a perfect fit!
By Celeste Barbier4 years ago in Petlife