Buttons, our little weiro, has, I’ve discovered, a complete inability to read mood. Today, which is a sad, quiet day due to circumstance you are probably sick of hearing about (which is why I’m not mentioning them), has been filled with the sounds of Buttons singing, chirping and whistling joyfully. She has been doing so since around 5am – loudly!
At 6am, I came out to the veranda and said sternly, “Buttons, will you please shut up – I’m trying to have a sleep in.” Then I went back to bed and there were a few blissful minutes of silence before her singing whirled through the house again. She is the smallest, by far, of any of our birds but definitely the loudest, even louder than the peacocks, guinnea fowl and roosters put together. How such volume of sound can come out of such a tiny creature amazes me.
This is what she looks like just after I tell her to shut up.
She doesn’t look the least bit hurt or perturbed, does she; the expression on her face (yes, I am getting better at interpreting this!) shows that, as soon as I walk away, she will once again open her little beak and emit yet another operatic sequence.
LOUDLY!
jmgoyder 
Mind you she does look a little taken aback … albeit briefly. Perhpas she is trying to cheer you up 🙂
ha!
They have quite a set of lungs on them, don’t they! Monkey does the same whenever you wander out of the room, then stares innocently at you when you tell her to be quiet.
We need to get Monkey and Buttons together for a competition!
Hi Julie,
To wish you and your family a great, happy and healthy new year 2012 !
H.J.
I wish you and yours the very same!
Yes, I vote for her good intentions to cheer you up too.
I wish you and your family a good 2012 with nice surprises and little miracles.
I hope all the birds will cheer you up when life hurts.
Paula
What a lovely comment – thanks Paula.
I’m sure she is trying to cheer you up (but having stayed the night at my brother’s house & woken by their cockatiel ‘Cheeky’ I can understand how noisy they are in the morning).
She certainly has cheered me up so you are right!
It’s funny how she actually stopped for a few minutes. She actually comprehended, took it in, then thought, ‘buggar that, I’m singing, still’ – how cute!
🙂