Feathers and Beak

Okey dokey, more characteristics of a cockatiel!

The bird on the right (yes, it's me) as you can see, I have my head feathers up. Chances are I'm surprised, curious, or alarmed. I'm also looking kinda skinny. That has nothing to do with my diet, (which is fine) like his crown feathers, it means I'm alarmed, surprised, or curious. As you can see on the picture on the far right up there somewhere, I'm sort of puffed up. Relaxed is what it means. Our feathers add to our size. When we sleep, we become even more puffy.

On to the multi useful beak!
Beaks are used for eating, preening, checking things out, climbing, and defense. Shells of seeds are punctured and and the delicious interior eaten, and feathers are cleaned and prepared for flight. You can tell, birds don't have hands, feet yes, but we cockatiels don't use them to pick things up. Instead,we use out beaks! So wires beware! Hmm, wires are chewy...uh...
Defense! Of course, if meany hands are forever in the way, they will promptly be bitten. So pleeaasssee be careful. Nice, too.

Me, Sunny

Ah! That's better! This is me! Ok, so I'm usually more cheerful looking...

Anyway, I'm a pearl cockatiel. If Mistress takes a picture of my feathers on my back, they look like white pearls on grey. As you can see, I'm male. How to tell? My face is yellow.

Also, I have bright red cheek feathers. In addition, I have a yellow crown. Ok, not a crown, head feathers. More on that later. Unlike my canibal-uh lovebird neighbors, I have a smaller beak. It's just as effective! Just smaller.What's missing from my face, you say? Nothing....

Ooohhh, ears! We birds have ears, of course! Like you, they're on the side of our heads, or in my case, behind the red spots.

Cockatiels & Lovebirds

Hello, welcome to Sunny's Birdblog. I'm Sunny, a cockatiel, one of the most friendly and social of all pet birds. (Though the picture on the right isn't a cockatiel, it's a lovebird, like my neighbors) This blog is created with the help of my mistress Cy to help her keep track of how to take care of me, and for you to enjoy learning how also. Have fun!