I'd love to get some clear photos of the Finsters just hanging out, doing bird things. But to get a clear photo I have to open the door, and once I do that they all fly up to the perches, watch my every move, and wait for me to go away. At least they don't fly around in a panic (often out of the Finsterium) like they did a few years ago.

Although I love the Finsterium, my dream is to have a room in a house something like the walk-through exhibits at the Toledo Zoo. At the zoo, people walk along a designated path through a room, and on either side (or only one side) is the living space for birds. The rooms are big enough that the birds don't panic — although I don't know what they do with crowds of people around.

My dream room is mostly dedicated to things for the birds to play on, with a small table and chairs in one corner for me to sit and drink tea. Oh, and tease the Finsters with tempting millet spray. Of course, I probably still couldn't get any clear photos — except of birds hiding in ficus trees.

Click to see a close up of the birds on the left: from the front, Frank, Decaffeinated (hiding), Bosco, Tea, Darjeeling, and Goober is on the wall. Click to see a close up of the birds on the right: from the front: Decaffeinated, Earl Grey, Bosco (hiding), Frank, and Sally. With a couple of overlaps, this is all the Finsters, although not everybody is quite in focus.