Older Daughter is playing piano for a four-person choral group (including Don) at our church. They're singing three Christmas songs, so Older Daughter has been practicing daily, diligently making sure she's confident in the music.
Lihn – Younger Daughter's Quaker parrot – evidently appreciates the music. I let her out of her cage mornings and evenings, and every time Older Daughter is at the piano, Lihn flies over and joins her, groovin' to the music.
The bird seems fascinated as to why Older Daughter keeps pressing the keys.
Lots of "help," don'cha know.
It's no accident the keyboard stays covered when not in use.
We have a Senegal and Myers parrot. They both love when daughter plays piano. Except they find Bach unsettling.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a parrot, but a small hen indoors in a large cage. She trills and warbles and sings, and I wonder often where did this musical chicken come from?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, she's gotten bad respiratory issues several times to the point of not eating and drinking. So she has been brought inside to a large cage so I can force liquids and vet rx and clavimox down, and take her out daily trying to interest her in grubs and such.
After trying to reintegrate her to the flock afterward, when her weight was down and health still precarious, I finally just kept her inside.
She clearly thrives in the cage. I take her out every day while I'm working outside and she stays close while I do chores. If I take a break and sit, she hops in my lap for a snuggle and a gossip session back and forth.
Indoors, when she wants to lay an egg she presses her chest against the cage and "talks" real loud and I put her in the cat carrier. She lets me know when it's time to go back in the cage.
Birds are so awesome.
I can understand YD getting Lihn for company. If I ever had to live in an apartment I'd get a bird too.