Harley is a smart bird, and knows that when we pull out the crackers, there's often some cheese to go with them. He's good at finding the tiniest bits of cheesy goodness, even when there isn't actually any on the plate yet.

The same goes for salad: Harley knows we often put grated parmesan in our salad, so he'll go running over to the bowl to try to find some. Here he's flicked out some of the salad bits to find some cheese.

It also looks like Harley is looking for cheese in the picture below. Why else would he pick through a pile of vegetables, right? But in fact, he's drinking the freshly cut carrots. He likes thawed, frozen carrots better, since they're softer, and he can squish them in his beak and drink the juice. But freshly cut carrots are pretty interesting while they're still wet.

This freshly-rinsed broccolini is still quite wet, and great for drinking. In fact, all forms of broccoli make a good toy: first, you drink it, and then you tear it into little pieces to try to find more water. The bigger the piece of vegetable, the more fun it is!


Kale is also a good vegetable for drinking. Harley chews up the ribs and drinks them. When the leaves are wet, they hold a lot of good drinking water. Plus, you never know when the curly ends might be hiding a tiny piece of tasty cheese.