Dan, a friend, recently just bought a normal green Peached-Faced from a breeder friend of mine. Hereby introduce NuNu, the lovebird. NuNu has just recently been weaned before Dan acquired him and Dan brought NuNu over for a first wings clipping.
We make use of this opportunity to bring Sunny into the picture and let them become friends!
More on Sunny later after we know him better through the years ahead!
*Edited: With the passing away of Sunny, I'm sorry and sad to say this post shall be relabelled as "Introduction to My Parrot Flock Part 0"
Below are some photos of the episode before they are separated:
Bodhi continuing to flare and display even after being returned to his abode.
Amber with another bird friend.
After that, we went to walk walk at orchard with her on my shoulders! I even smuggled her into the toilet and into Hereen! Hahahz... We had dinner at marina south with my friend and she was busy munching corn while we te steamboat.
She KO immediately when we reached home at 9pm. Sunday we went Serangoon to see birds. She accompanied me for 3 hours conducting my cello lesson before going to GW and other shops. She must have been very cold in the aircon room. Reached GW (Goodwill Bird Shop) and its the most damaging time!
The BBB virus came! We bought Pellets which smell soo soo soo nice,remind me of morning cereals! Also I bought some toys, A HUGE cuttlefish bone, 4 wood perches and a bottle of very expensive supplement! Oh!
Not forgetting her new big big cage too! (time to scrap the old and rusty one!)
Mr Chua commented that Amber is very guai and very healthy! She just needed some energy! Mr chua also put on a S hook on her leg for free so that she can stay on the perch for a longer time His skill is so good that Amber didnt know it was on till now!
We therefore decided to nickname him "Casper" in the hope that he can become a friendly bird and try to rehabitate him to life as a companion parrot. He needs lots of opportunities, time and patience to establish trust and confidence in the company of us humans. This is indeed a meaningful challenge for me to help bring Casper around.
Still, lots of room space in my bird room has to be dedicated to fulfill her needs. In fact, half the room I give her and she went on to claim ¾ of it! She used to be housed on a single perch stand alone and I suspect this contribute partly to the problem of boredom for such a hyperactive and large bird. I build her a play gym made out of non-toxic acacia branches. Also, I got her a roomy approx 5 feet macaw cage. 
Part of the challenges of keeping her, as do all large macaws, is to find enough toys and activities to keep them engaged and away from boredom and her feather chewing habits. I provide her with a play gym with toys and natural branches to play with. I have also started to bathe her several times a week, which she relishes much, flapping her wings with gusto and imitating human laughter while drying her feathers. All this while, monitoring and keeping a close observation to see how the feather chewing is developing.
I also use a bitter spray to discourage her tendency to chew her feathers.
I’m glad to say the combination of a big cage, big play gym, daily human interactions, balanced stimulating diet, weekly misting bath and toys have helped. She has not been feather chewing for some time and the tail feathers are growing back.
Baby's cage where she's housed when no one's at home to supervise her and when its time to sleep at night.
Macaws are known to speak human although not very well. Talk human she did, which make me pleasantly surprised when she says "hello", "what", "whatever", "go back", "Robert", "huh?', "step up", "stop it" and "bye bye", many a time within the right contexts and situation. She'll lift up her feet and say "step up" when she wants to play. When Tara or Bodhi is doing their morning vocalizations and getting too noisy, she might say "stop it". If she don't like what you're doing to her, say clipping her nails, she' say it too. 
Once, she found her way to the window railings, look out the window into the open sky and trees in the park and turn to me saying, "Bye Bye". I would have a heart attack there and then if I did not know the window glass panel has already been closed!
I believe as large birds with large personalities, they will continue to test the boundaries with us and see how much they can tweak us around. And for a tame macaw that’s comfortable with humans, this can be done with a playfulness and high level of energy that is distinctively macaw. On the other hand, particularly with macaws that are tender of age, they may behave mildly and sweetly. Let not these baby stages deceive us into letting down our guards for their powerful beaks are to be respected. And there may be times when they get over stimulated in their play with us and deliver a hard damaging nip. Consistent socialization and having the firm upper hand will go a long way in our lives with these monkeys of the parrot world.
Boy have I learnt alot since taking in this big Baby!
Bodhi enjoying his bath. Note the chewed wing feathers.
I adopted Bodhi, becoming his third care giver and named him “Bodhi”, a Buddhist Sanskrit t
behaviour and training, a single session with my avian behaviourist friend help transforms both Bodhi and my perception and understanding of each other. Although there are ups and downs, where one mini step forward is sometimes followed by several steps backwards on this journey of confidence and trust building, I’m heartened and glad to say it can still be considered positive and progressive. 
Bodhi “help” us answers the phone ringing with ‘hellos”, greet us “good morning” when we uncover the cage cloth every morning, shake hands with us and say “bye bye” when we leave for work or school. When we’re finally home, he’ll often ask “how are you” as well. There are even the rare occasions when Bodhi mutters “I love you” and “thank you”, so fleetingly we almost miss what he said. Bodhi also has a soft spot for children, getting all excited and charming them with human words to the glee and giggles of little boys and girls. I will be sending his previous owner some photos of Bodhi once he regain his complete new plummage because this is the only request he made of me that once Bodhi recover from his chewing habit, to send him photos of Bodhi fully feathered. I can see that he really love the bird but just that due to to inappropriate circumstances, knowledge and skills to make him flourish.
Bodhi's previous name is Baby, so actually I have 3 Baby at home. Baby the macaw, Baby the Amazon and Baby my siamese sable holland dwarf rabbit!
Life with an Amazon, particularly a veteran one that has been through human induced bad experiences and survived, is somewhat like the bird itself—predictably unpredictable. They demand a respect for their tendencies towards shrill-loud calls, their aggressive hormonal behaviours, mood swings, needs and wants. In return, they give you themselves. What more can we ask for from a fellow intelligent creature?
Jenday (or Jandaya) conure is very much like a Sun Conure in appearance and often overshadowed by the Sun (Conure). Instead of the yellow-orange wings the Sun Conure has, the Jenday has wings of various shades of emerald green! So for those who like more green on a parrot to balance out the flashy yellow, red and orange in a Conure, Jenday is the answer! I got my Jenday Conure from Avifauna, a bird farm in Singapore, 2003. That makes her around 3 1/2 years old now. My sis and I collectively agreed that it’s a she through perceiving her gentle demur and named her Tara.
See ya next time!
Look at how the bird is stooping, a sign of weakness. Perhaps due to malnutrition.
See how gentle and sweet she responded to my friend, although she is suddenly transferred to a new place filled with strangers.
Will update here how the parrot fare in its new home.
