A bath in the hand…
May 13, 2012 11:57pm
3 May
2012
Stray parakeet gives cops his address, is driven home
May 3, 2012 9:54am
YOKOHAMA — A male budgerigar, which was missing and later captured at a hotel in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, has been safely returned to its owner, after the pet parakeet told police its home address, authorities said Wednesday.The budgerigar fled from 64-year-old woman's home in Sagamihara early Sunday morning. The pet bird was later captured at the nearby hotel after it perched on the shoulder of a male guest, according to police.
The bird was turned over to the police, which kept it in a cage.
Late Tuesday night, the budgerigar suddenly began to repeat an address, prompting the police to contact the owner, they said.
"We never thought that we could find the owner in this manner," a police officer said.
27 Mar
2012
What she has been doing this week, though, is every day she'll throw an old egg out of her nest and lay a new one, leaving 6 at any time. doug
Mon's unusual egg laying activity
Mar 27, 2012 1:57pm
I tried leaving Mon's eggs in the nest this time to see if it would discourage her from laying eggs each month. What she has been doing this week, though, is every day she'll throw an old egg out of her nest and lay a new one, leaving 6 at any time. doug
16 Mar
2012
So for the past five years I've said, "kon'banwa kon'banwa kon'banwa" over and over again to Hao (http://douglerner.com/tag/hao), but's never a said a word.
I think now perhaps the rumor was false. doug
Java Sparrows don't talk
Mar 16, 2012 8:57pm
I heard a rumor once that a pet Java Sparrow spoke. So for the past five years I've said, "kon'banwa kon'banwa kon'banwa" over and over again to Hao (http://douglerner.com/tag/hao), but's never a said a word.
I think now perhaps the rumor was false. doug
Doug Lerner's Posterous
I'm an American and permanent resident of Japan living in Tokyo. I also have a residence in St. Louis, and family in Boston.
Tags
- japan (308)
- earthquakes (195)
- nuclear power (136)
- java sparrows (133)
- tokyo (86)
- pets (81)
- birds (80)
- Animalia (78)
- Election 2008 (71)
- hao (60)
- View all 160 tags »
