Cockatiels

Sirius          hatched 1995

Lemon        hatched 1996

Alyssum     laid Sunday, July 12, 1998 of brood one
                   hatched Sunday, June 2, 1998

Orion          laid Thursday, July 16, 1998 of brood one
                   hatched Wednesday, June 5, 1998

Pip              laid Sunday, December 20, 1998 of brood three
                   hatched Friday, January 8, 1999
                   died Tuesday, March 2, 1999

Star             laid Wednesday, December 23, 1998 of brood three
                    hatched Thursday, January 14, 1999
                    died Saturday, January 23, 1999

Pem             laid Thursday, July 1, 1999 of brood four
                    hatched Thursday, July 22, 1999
                    died Saturday, August 28, 1999

Acacia          laid Saturday, January 1, 2000 of brood five
                     hatched Saturday, January 22, 2000            

Alyssum

*there is a little bird*somebody sent*down to the earth* to live on the wind*blowing on the wind* and she sleeps on the wind*this little bird*somebody sent*light and fragile*and feathered sky blue*thin and graceful*the sun shining through*she flies so high*up in the sky*way out of reach*of human eyes*and the only time*that she touches ground*is when that little bird*dies*
                                                                                                                          *Jewel

Orion

Lemon and Sirius

Acacia (and Jem)

   Alyssum (right) and                   Cockatiel Love 1999                         Helping Pem Hatch
   Orion (left) as chicks               ".  .  .  and a cockatiel in
                                                        a Christmas tree."