Lovely, Babe (momma bird extrodinaire) loves bread... she SAT on my toast. She got the whole thing! Well, I wasn't gonna eat it after she'd had her feet all over it. She'll have plenty ...&*@#%$#* (can't spell either) LOTSA help, seven tiels, three keets and at least one Wee one so far.

Still haven't been able to get a view inside the nest box without mom or dad being there. Soon, they'll be so busy feeding, that I'll be able to see what's going on. Just don't want to push them.

After much research and some really useful training techniques gleaned from

http://www.birdtricks.com/free,

I finally got Alex to approach me and take food from my hand! Now he's been here forever, and I've just left him be his own shy self, not pushing for any kind of interaction that he hasn't been ready for. My goodness! I just sat with the favored treat held in my fingers, tipped my head down so he couldn't see my eyes (no threat) and he came right over and ate from my hand. How encouraging that was. He, Alex, is Big Daddy, he's on the nest right now.

Here are a couple pics for today. Big Daddy and Uncle G.