Brief Pet

On a walk home from Bondi one day, I noticed a woman crouching over trying to get a bird. I asked her if it was hers and she said no. Catching it easily, I did not really think what I was going to do with it when I had it. So he came home with me....

The following day Dave and I posted "Found" signs and waited patiently for someone to call. Being careful who we handed this rare albino cockatiel back to, we asked the caller if they could describe the bird to us. We eventually found the real owner. I met and gave Egal his bird back, and in exchange we received much gratitude and a fine bottle of Penfold's Koonunga Hill Chardonnay. Karma comes in many packages. Some you can drink.

However in the meantime, which was only about three days, Dave and I got a little attached. We did not give him a name, because we were afraid to get more attached. The bird would eat seeds right out of our fingers and was very dependent. Whenever we would go to the bathroom even, the bird would fly to find us. It remained fairly meek the first day, but when it started feeling comfortable it became more vocal.

As fun as it was having a pet in Australia, birds are really not my thing.

We miss kitty.