I have been thinking alot how to share my days with birds and the WORK involved too! The other day I took alot of pictures of my day. Typical one. It is a commitment that I have dedicated my life too and keeps me extremely busy!
I really have a schedule that I like to keep. I have so many hours in the day and use them. With that I like to go to bed early. 9:00 p.m. has become my norm because I LOVE my rest. If I don't get my rest I get cranky! I know the birds are going to start at 8:00 a.m. so that I hopefully get my eight hours and my so treasured quiet time in morning with coffee starting at 5:00 a.m. That gives me a couple hours of learning photoshop, working with my new website, reading emails etc.....I call it my free schooling without travel LOL! I have alot of plans for the future and got to learn!
First light which is about 6:30 Peaches comes in from outside aviary through window. She loves to just sit and preen. At that time I close window when she comes in and open Tofu to the hole aviary. He then does what he wants in area. About 7:30 Peaches sometimes will climb down and join me at computer and get some cuddle time. Not always, but these days with her mood she does alot.
8:00 hits and close computer. It's time for birds to come out and fly and play. Train too before breakfast. Sometimes we do some weighing before meals. I now have birdroom door open and Daphne, Ronnie, Starion, Phil and sometimes George out. Peaches is still out too! All the water bowls from RV's, aviaries 10 total outside have to be collected from night before. Then the ones in house. From three different rooms another 10 water bowls. Now these bowls need to be washed so I am in kitchen now and washing dishes, preparing food, and playing with birds! Preparing the food! I take out a frozen package premade from several days before and defrost. It is the main "mash diet". From the bowls I collected from dusk night before there dinners that were washed at 7:00 p.m. 10 I hope :) I then start filling bowls. I have them all laid out and cutting board and a tray so I can put bowls on to go outside. Peaches is always the hungriest and ready for food! The others dig in while making and get there bowls because they have done there tricks for treats by this time. I also do alot of cutting of fresh fruits and vegetables. Don't forget sprout in bowls! And the night before soaked pumkin and hulled sunflower. Who gets what? Awe! Bowls are set in specicate order. Galahs do not need sunflower! It's going on 9:00 or so and I start going outside with food for outside birds. I try to include there water bowls too! Once outside it's easier when opening and closing RV's, and three different aviaries. Now were getting on about 9:30 a.m. and Peaches hopefully has done her exercise on swing and birds flew enough and ate. I still have to give them there bowls in aviaries, birdroom. and there waters. I am getting tired writing this! Charlie is out in horse corral and wants to come in house. Well Ronnie can't be out with Charlie! By about 10:00 a.m. Ronnie, Phil and George are in birdroom eating good. Tofu has gone home or still in Peaches home but one way locked in away from girls. Peaches and Daphne go to outside home aviary. Close window. There outside! Then Starion! Oh Starion is so cute! We have to get a bunch of eucalytus for her to be content in her cage for day. She see's the bunch of eucalytus and me walking down hallway. Starion! She flies from kitchen to her birdroom then we play "roll over" on bed with a few pinenut treats. Very small treats! I then ask her to go in her home and she loves her eucalytus! They eat! Really eat for the next hour or so! But not done!!!!!
Depending upon what I am going to do for day!
If I am going to stay home. Which I usually do. I then get the boys Gus, Gilly and Gabe and put outside in small flight. There is preperation for small flight. Board on ground needs to be cleaned! So I go outside and clean then put down. Then give them some eucalytus in flight to enjoy! Go to RV and collect boys in there carrier. Yes all three go in carrier! Of course get them jazzed saying "aviary playtime!" They jump in carrier! And abosutely happy when arrive! I don't just leave! They climb all over me happily! They get no food or seeds as they have ate good! Eventually I leave and they go crazy!
It's about 10:15 and who's going out to big aviary? Chili and Ronnie are my normal choice as they get along great! Daphne is out with Peaches and Tofu these days and really good company for Peaches. Hopefully Daphne is my miracle worker with Peaches and her plucking! Seems to be helping and Daphne does somewhat preen Peaches and hang out with her.
Then Chili gets in his winabago. I carry him out! He is not always happy to get in it. Yep, try getting a flighted bird in carrier that doesn't care for it with "Posititive reenforcement". I wait! Then when go in avairy Chili doesn't want to get off me. We hang! Then Ronnie who usually jumps in adventure carrier to go outside! Now getting later. Those two Ronnie and Chili go crazy flying back and forth! Chili playing hard! He has fun!
Now do I want to get Phil and George from birdroom and put outside? I am tired! Yep beautiful day! So put Phil in carrier and take to Desi and Lucy's home. Then George! It's going on 11:00 but they still have till 2:30 or so OK!
I haven't even gotten to cleaning cages, aviaries, and birdroom yet! That is after there out!
I will share that later. I have dishes to wash now! 7:00 p.m.
