I got back home late last night, Peanut woke up enough to "arnk" at me, but not enough to get any warm toasties. No news of eggs or sick hens, and no birds in the hospital cage. Good news! This morning Peanut vocalized quite a bit using unusual — but not unheard-of — high-pitched, long kissy noises. I talked back to him, I think he was just glad to see me. The Finsters all seem fine — Plus they are now occasionally using both of the Evil perches! More on that later.

One of the highlights of the trip was going to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, which is a wonderful place. And one of the highlights of the Park visit were the lorikeets. Lorikeet Landing is a large enclosure with lots of rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus). On the way in you can buy small cups of a special nectar. You hold them in your hand, and the birds fly down to drink it. Bruce's mother got some nice photos, which I'll try to publish, but mine didn't turn out too well. I was pretty busy feeding the birds. I could do that all day.

I took more photos — including more birds — that I'll publish soon. This photo is a group of nests built by Orange Weavers (Euplecies orixftanciscana), native to Africa. They're very hard to breed in captivity, but seemed to be doing well in the enclosure at the Park.