Saturday, July 2, 2011

On alert

Thomas was removing Rocky's head feather sheaths last night.  Rocky loves this attention, as he can't reach those himself, but sometimes gets a bit bitey, so Thomas has to be sure to control his head.  In the wild, his warning of, "Hey, you're getting a little rough!" would be a beak full of feathers and his mate would adjust, but when your mate is a human and not a parrot, unintentional bloodshed can occur.  You can see little bits of severe macaw feather sheath on Thomas's pants:


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