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Hi guys,

sorry it's been so  long since I updated my blog but i've been a pretty busy bird recently, so much to do an never enough time for a Rook to get it all done!

Well I have to say that I really quite like this life as a house bird, humans are very easily trained and managed as long as you remember to squawk really loudly when they are trying to eat their dinner or watch the telly. lol I have got the youngest, really hyper human well trained now, at first he was soooooo scary, I have to confess to having a wee bit of a panic every time he came into the room so I would squawk at him and now he gives me all sorts of lovely things to eat like pizza and crusts and bits out of his cheese sandwiches and he sits beside my cage and waffles to me, I have no idea what he's saying but he doesn't seem to think that's important. The other young human isn't so scary either and i have been brave enough to perch on his hand a couple of times now. What I don't understand is why these 2 young humans haven't fledged yet?? They certainly seem to be grown-up and capable of fending for themselves, humans are definately weird!

My human was very happy throughtout the summer as I had 5 very lovely tail feathers and I must say I did look rather dashing with a full tail but I broke them all last week when I missed my perch, (she says I fell off it but I most certainly did not!!) so now I'm back to having only one feather in my tail again. It's a bit of a nuisance really cause it makes keeping my balance even more difficult, still i manage pretty well. I've decided I really don't need to get up on the highest point when I come out of my cage now, the back of my humans chair or the arm of the couch is really quite high enough although I must tell you that I have discovered today the benefits of perching on her shoulder, it's really quite good fun up there, I wish I had thought to do it sooner.

My human has decided to get concerned about my lack of fresh air and daylight, I've tried telling her that I'm quite content with things the way they are but she is insistant that I need to be able to go outside. She feels that I would probably panic if I went out into an aviary or a cage outside (I agree!) and so She wants me to learn to wear jesses!!!!!!! What does she think I am?????? A doll to dress up??? I can tell you that I am not amused with this idea but she insists it is the safest way for me to get some fresh air. I had my second lesson with the darned things on today, it's really not on you know cause she has to turn me upside down to get the things onto my legs, very undignified indeed. I promplty showed her that I knew exactly how to get them off but unfortunately she hangs on to the other end now so I can't remove them. At first i really didn't like feeling 'stuck' on her hand but actually I'm getting used to it and it's not so bad. She took me for a walk round the whole house today which was quite interesting and she was very happy because I didn't try to get off her hand even once but i was actually quite enjoying myself. (best not to let her know that or she will get very smug!). I really do quite like coming out of my cage now, it makes me feel very superior cause all the other animals have to go outside, well all except Sophie one of the little dogs, i took great delight in landing on her head the other day! lol I like to sit on the back of my humans chair while she cleans out my cage, i don't know why she insists in doing that, doesn't she realise how much time and effort it takes me to get it to that stage, it's very frustrating when i have to rip up all that newspaper again and scatter all the toys and food into the four corners, still, if it keeps her happy to clean it out I better let her get on with it.

She says I'm really starting to look like a grown-up Rook now, i've lost most of the feathers around the base of my beak and only have a few left on the top, my leg feathers are really quite shaggy now and I'm quite a bit bigger than I was a year ago. I shall be very handsome in the spring. She is also very happy with because I 'talk' to her a lot now. I make quiet little chatty noises when she wakes me up in the morning and when i perch on her hand, i shout very loudly if she leaves the room too long 'though and also when she pulls the cover over my cage at bedtime, then i really shout but it doesn't stop her doing it! Ah well, I shall just keep squawking I suppose.

Well i better go and do some more squawking at the dogs and be rude to the cat again. Stay well everybody and take care.

Lots of love, Magic xx