Longtime readers may recall that Mr. Bird was purchased as a Mother’s Day gift for yours truly. I’ve fed him and showered him and cleaned out his cage. I’ve let him out to fly and talked to him and sung him songs almost every day since he came home to live with us. And yet, Mr. Senator Bird loves Joe. I’m just the female human that does the essentials. I do not reach his little birdy heart.
He knows when Joe is home from work before I do. He starts whistling and dancing and getting so insistent that SOMETHING REALLY AWESOME IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN!!!!! And if he is lucky enough to come out after dinner because Joe has enough patience for it, he flies directly to him and snuggles under his chin and coos.
My feelings would be hurt but it’s so darn cute and I totally understand. I like to cuddle and coo with Joe, too.
He’s obviously a bird whisperer. I see a major motion picture in his future.
I had a beloved cat for 5 years before my roommate got a new BF, Hugh. Hugh would stay at our house for up to 3 weeks at a time because he had to come from Alaska to visit. And every minute he was in the house, my dear little Antonio cat was ON HIM. Antonio loved Hugh with such devotion that when I moved out, Antonio went to live with Hugh and Teresa, where he remains. He had just found His Human.
My parents had a cockatiel that preferred men too. My dad couldn’t care less about the bird, but the bird loved him. Weird.
typically, birds prefer women’s voices but our cockatoo absolutely love my dad.
that 2nd photo is especially precious, maybe friends in a past life?
Maybe he loves Joe’s awesome ‘stache?
I miss Mr. Bird!