The Bird has landed and at least it is not a snake

James is 10. He has saved up a whole wack of money over the last year and was very blessed with money for his birthday. So what to buy? well, we thought of all sorts of things Wii ; a wet suit etc etc. Then , we arrived on this fun and good idea. A bird! James has always loved birds and has shown a great interest in them since his was quite small. After Doug did a bit of local research , we arrived at the cockitiel. It is a light yellow male! Very young and very pretty. they seem to live for 20 - 30 years which is quite long in my book. Well here is to some fun times with the bird of choice. i think it is a lovely choice for James to have made and at least it is not a snake which was of course the other choice!!!! I have a " snakey" suspicion that I will have to do the snake thing at some point!!!