Caught in the Act

Our parakeet, Houdini, has been on the prowl again, of late. Several times today he let himself out without a sound. This was a new level of deviousness.

Unwilling to be outsmarted any longer, we put his cage on the floor and Joel got his camera and waited patiently. He was rewarded with this video:







Both before and after the video, Houdini went to the corner of his cage and turned a somersault. While he was out, he dashed around under and over furniture. He scaled the end of the sofa and then flew across the room from that vantage point. He's the only bird I know of who doesn't need wing feathers to fly (Well, hardly any.).

Notice all the hardware hanging from the doors to weigh them down. Hiromi added a ring of keys after we shot the video, so it's back to weight lifting for Houdini if he's to get strong enough to lift those cage doors now. Don't hold your breath.