Birds?

I remembered the first time I was introduced to my friend's budgie. Excited, he extended his hand into the bird cage and the budgie hopped onto his hands. He brought the bird out and offered to let the budgie stand on my hand... I backed off!

I mean, who in the world gets associated with birds? Definitely not me. I've never come close to any birds in my entire life. Right... those birds that hunt on my garden early morning - I never got closer than 2 metres to them. With an exception of caged birds or photo-shoot birds in the zoo, I've never ever thought that we could get near a bird.

I was reluctant to take the bird. Part of me excited. Part challenged. Part questioning. And part worried. Yes, worried. Worried that I might accidentally kill the bird - it looks so fragile!

Taking some courage, I extended my hand and immediately, the bird hopped onto my palm. It feels awkward. A noob, I am - I was trying to balance the bird on my finger thinking that the bird can't balance itself. Lol... In no time, the budgie started hopping onto my shoulders and trying to explore his new found tree branch? (Yes, I feel like a tree branch to the budgie :D ) Ticklish I must say - my natural instinct almost made me squash the budgie just like how we usually 'shoo' flies away. Hehe!

I quickly asked my friend to remove the budgie. It was a short yet new experience with bird which changes my whole outlook on it. Later my friend explained that this is a tame bird, not like any other birds I see around... which explains why I could handle the budgie like how I just did. I was amazed at how 'manja' the budgie played with my friend - exactly like how kittens behave.

Amazed I was... and it was since then that I got my first tame budgie :)