Before I say anything else, I have to point out that Harley is a Dirty Bird. No, it's not the poops, because you can place used paper and old towels in strategic spots and take care of those easily enough. But Harley sheds his weight in feather fluff and dander every day. Plus he can make thousands of enormous spit balls in a matter of minutes. And when he flaps his wings, which he likes to do regularly as a form of exercise, it all just goes EVERYWHERE. So apart from wanting to play with him, and spoil him at every opportunity, I also have to clean up after him more than I would have believed possible for a creature that only weighs about ten ounces. That's six ounces less than a pound, for those who are counting. And while it's nice to have the place clean, all that cleaning means I have lots of pictures, lots of stories, but not enough time to post here.

Enough with the complaining.

Harley's former Mom has been very generous, sending toys and things so he'll have familiar things to play with. Thank you! In some cases, like with a play gym, it made sense for Harley to continue using them, since her remaining birds are either very small (finches, a love bird and budgies) or very large (a macaw). But the very best thing came in an enormous box the other day.

Now Harley loves boxes, so he spent quite a bit of time trying to destroy it.

Because after all, in many cases the box is the best part of the present. But not in this case. After he spent a good half hour tearing a hole a little bigger than his head, we finally helped him open it and found this Amazing Tree!

Down came the triangle, up went the tree, and in less than half an hour, Harley had figured his way up onto it. Due to the swinging, he is a little less able to get down from it. But we're always willing to help (yes, I'm just tall enough to help him down from here), and I've added a rope since I took this picture that obviously isn't in the right spot since he hasn't used it yet — but, we'll figure it out soon enough.

In the meantime, the Amazing Tree is a perfect place for grabbing onto a toy to destroy it:

And a fine perch for getting a refreshing beverage from your favorite lackey: