Yesterday was an adoption event at a place called Perches that specializes in birds and their equipment. Among the load brought back from the storage in Washington was a largish cage that my daughter used to house a cockatiel. Today, it houses two sweet and mostly yellow parakeets. The male is middle-aged for a budgie, ~7 years. He is yellow-headed, green-fronted, dark-blue-tailed with distinct black barring across wings and shoulders. He is busy and chirpy and friendly toward people, all good... Sign in to see full entry.