Parakeet in a Blizzard

As I was returning home from feeding the geese and the snow was coming down, and the temperature gauge read "6F", I was lamenting that I hadn't seen my little feral boy parakeet ever since this super cold wave actually began days ago, with daytime freezing temperatures, and temps at night in the teens. As I rounded the block home I was looking out at all the more winter adapted birds, like the doves huddling together in a tree, and I thought to myself "poor little boy"...because I didn't think he could be doing well in this, if he was still alive. 😞 My feeder was empty already, since filling it just before I left around noon, so I refilled it again, because I can't stand the sight of seeing a cold little bird land there in weather like this, and look down into the pan to see nothing there. That breaks my heart. So, I refilled it again as soon as I got home and just by chance, I peeked through the blinds a few minutes later. And this tough little Aussie bird continues to surprise! 😌 Look at him! He's out there making it in this weather too! Nothing can stop this little Budgie. I've watched him evade a hawk. He's made it through two Texas summers of 100+F, and he's making it now through this winter weather that's more like Minnesota than Texas. He's some strong little bird, who someone thought was going to be their caged in pet before he showed them in the pet store parking lot that he had other plans. 😄 But, he can't make it entirely on his own. He can't eat at just anyone's feeder with any kind of seed. His beak is too small for most other seeds. He has to have seed with mostly millet in it, and that's what I keep stocked here just for him, even though it costs much more than the basic bird seed.

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