Dark Days at the zoo

[asillittle]

Its amazing just how fast weather fluctuates. (sp?) I the morning it can be freezing and it gets really lonely on Saturday mornings walking from the Education center at work to the CRC (Conservation Research Center) at the zoo. I grab my keys after opening up the Ed. Center and make my way to the CRC to pick up Cindy, the sun conure, an office kinda pet. We walk back and she skwaks in my ear. Cindy manages to fall twice >>once when I opened the door and startled her, and another walking down a steep hill) Cindy plummets to the floor cause her wings are clipped. I have to wash her feet cause maintenance is cleaning the hill with bleach, (i'm not sure why) but she doesn't give me too much trouble when i rinse her feet off with lots of water. Security spots me walking with her on my shoulder and tells me, What, you think you're snow white? Its better then having all the zoo guests stop you and say to their kids, look honey, its a bird! Its so quiet and I'm all alone its so weird to know that in a short while they'll be groups of people invading this area. Going back to the CRC at the end of the day its quiet again...The sky is grey, there's a slight drizzle, and no ones around, so i enjoy the alligators and turtles all alone, its beautiful here and i feel it. Cindy goes back to her cage, i sign her back in and head back to the Ed. Center to officially close the building down...I'm alone again and its dark, and the only people who call are friends and family. I have an interesting job...but I dont take it for granted.

[kokomo88]

that sounds so cool!
the poor Cindy...wings clipped..(wawnks in sadness)
that was an interesting post and hey your job sounds really cool

[asillittle]

Yeah cindy is actually a gift from someone who couldn't take care of her anymore. But she's really happy when we go and pick her up, she hates to be alone, if any of us leave her in a room alone, she'll skwak until someone comes back.

[asillittle]

The funniest thing happened today with Cindy, she was sitting on my arm while i was typing, and I had my Mp3 player on Big Sam THompson when she started to sway, she liked the slow part, the part where it picked up kinda freaked her out, but it was just really funny to see her do that to the music.

[Fiddlechic Erin]

lol! :D She must have good taste in music.

[Goose_17]

See, even the animals agree Big Sam is awesome....good post.

[kokomo88]

AH that's awesome!!!!!!!!

that bird rocks

[linzee_nc]

Awww...that is so cute! I was really scared that something bad happened when I saw the thread title. I am a huge animal lover and will be attending Santa Fe Community College Teaching Zoo Program in Gainesville, Florida (I'm moving there from Ohio) in May so that I can work in a zoo or conservation park somewhere. Anyway, there is a Turkey Vulture named Victor where I volunteer. He likes to untie shoes and then nod his head as if he just did the something that everybody should be pleased with. Now I am going to have to see what his reaction would be to some Nickel Creek music. Knowing Victor, he would probably like to head bang to Ode to a Butterfly.

[asillittle]

Ms. Cindy is quite a unique bird, she alarms us if someone else is coming into the room, she squawks when she's left alone, and she lets you know when she is tired of being on her perch and when she wants to be picked up. Another bird that resides above cindy, is Ringo, a ring neck dove who is hilarious when you walk in, she'll get all excited, and do this almost bowing motion while she says, whooo hooo, whooo hooo. Ringo's great. Other birds that we have at Lory Landing know how to unbutton people's shirts then re-button them, and its funny cause its usually the bird of the opposite sex of the person that will do it. I'm really learning to love animals now.