Emerald has definitely been showing her age lately. She spends much more time perching or sitting than she used to and she doesn’t join in with the greens and apple unless she happens to be already on the patio area.
She does like to join in with the morning sunflower hearts and evening corn but greens and fruit won’t tempt her to move if she is perched up.
Today she was having a lovely dust bath. It made me realise that she doesn’t do this as often as the other girls these days either. It was lovely to see her enjoying a dust bath.
Emerald is a blur of movement
She has made a deep dust hole
It’s lovely to see her dust bathing
Her feathers have such a beautiful, glossy, Emerald, sheen.
Freckles and Cinnamon dust bathing
You would be forgiven for thinking that Cinnamon had a broken wing. She has her wing stretched out and has her foot on it, pinning it to the ground. It looks most peculiar. These girls do get themselves into funny positions while dust bathing.
Speckles stands guard over them
Cinnamon is throwing some shapes and Speckles as usual stays close to keep watch over them. I love to see the girls enjoying a dust bath. When they dust bath you know that all is well with them.
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They do look funny with their wings like that.Emerald looks so happy in the hole she has made.
Emerald was looking happy, bless her. Cinnamon looked like she had dismantled her wings which was a bit alarming. They do get themselves into the most ridiculous positions when dust bathing.