Scooter and Lucy were our first cockatiels. Lucy lived to be about sixteen. The week after she died we had hung Scooter's cage outside as we often did. It was Mother's Day, and we were out in the backyard playing badminton. Suddenly we heard a cockatiel. A little gray female cockatiel flew into our backyard. The reincarnation of Lucy! She flew to the cage and landed on it. Ted opened the door and she walked in and started eating seeds. This was actually the third cockatiel we had acquired in this fashion! And it was by no means the last. Ted and Frances named her Neeble, from Lizard Music by Daniel Pinkwater.
Neeble had obviously been hand raised. She was very tame and was quite anxious to have us preen her. However, she quickly transferred her interest from us over to Scooter. Scootie eventually died at the ripe old age of 25, leaving Neeble as our only Cockatiel. It has taken some time, but she has slowly transferred her affection back over to us, even going so far as to let me preen her. She has not yet reached that stage with Ted, but I think it's only a matter of time.
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