Well, this week was a very short visit with Mardy. Frustrating for us, and VERY frustrating for Mardy. The cause of our short visit was a pleasant surprise, though. You've seen my youngest daughter's Sun Conure named Nigel in an earlier post. Today my oldest daughter got her bird. It is a Hahn's Macaw named Henry.
This quick photo was taken in his travel cage in our back seat on the way back from our meeting with the seller. I'll post a better picture in a future blog.
We had to cut our visit short with Mardy so we could make a three hour drive out of state to pick up Henry, and to get back home before his bedtime. We'll make up with Mardy next week.
Mardy was energetic and adventurous. He continues to try to climb onto my shoulder so there is a lot of stepping from one arm to the other to reroute his climb. Mardy showed some interesting new expressions and behaviors. When we first walked in he was frozen in position on his perch with his head beneath his left wing and his beak holding fast to a small blue feather. He didn't move. It was almost like he was asleep, except his eyes were open.
Our visit with Mardy started out normal enough. He was glad to see us and was happy to be held and petted.
Mardy clowned a bit,
and struck a beautiful pose which showed the true majesty of his breed (sorry I cut a little off the top of his wing).
My daughters both had a chance to hold and cuddle with Mardy
(he's quite the Ladies Man).
(he's quite the Ladies Man).
But then it came time to pack up and head for our rendezvous with Indy. I began to gently put Mardy back into his cage (notice the breeder watching carefully in the background). Mardy had other ideas...
You'll notice that by this point I'd give up all pretense of having control of this headstrong beast...
When Mardy got to the top of his cage having shown obvious distain for my bird handling abilities, he gave me a little wink as if to say "Maybe next time!"
Then the cavalry came to the rescue. Mardy's breeder took over and with quick action and deft skills, very smoothly moved Mardy to his perch and closed the door, thus preventing Mardy from further embarrassing his valued customer (the breeder makes it look so easy).
Mardy turned his back on us to show his disappointment in having been foiled, then struck a pouting pose.
He now plots his retaliation for next weekend when we return.
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