Bye dear little Chirp

 

 

And we have a really sad day today....

Remember 'Chirp'

She was our rescue Sparrow who fell featherless from our big tree

out the front, so we nurtured her and she became a pet...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were very lucky that Blackie showed no interest in her.  He seemed to understand both Chirp and Maggie (our cockatiel) were off limits.

 

She was always in my December Dailys 

 

 

And she was as sassy as can be both tormenting and swooping Blackie our old cat,

and Maggie our gorgeous Cockatiel

 

 

 

 

Weeeell, poor little Chirp (4 yrs) was sitting quieter and quieter and

not her usual sassy self...  She didn't mind us handling her 

 

And today she passed away...

 

 

Its easy to think that sparrows are just garden birds,

but they are incredibly intelligent with amazing personalities.

Even though we could not release Chirp as she would never survive,

she enjoyed watching the garden birds through the day in her cage with Maggie,

 with both flying through our house of an evening, settling to riding around on our shoulders.

 

We are all a little sad.

 

xx