I've started making my own bird mash. Nohea loves it, on the condition that it be warmed up first. But he isn't the reason I'm so happy.

I've been trying to tempt Cloud, our feral cockatiel, with something, anything, other than seed for about six months now. No luck. He'd rather go without until he got seed.

I'd baked some bird bread, and dropped that in his bowl the night before. The next morning I noticed it had been eaten. And there was much rejoicing, which did...