Saturday, October 3rd, 2026, 4:42 pm
Durian Has Grown a Lot
Filed under: In just a week
wo remarkable things happened today, maybe more. In recent hours baby Durian (the young bird [1, 2]) learned to sit on the doorknob, repeatedly, pleading for more seeds. Birds grow fast, so after a week of feeding Durian (and his friend Peanut) Durian is almost mature/adult size. He’s nowhere as small as he was a week ago. His eyes still show the young age, but the body grew a lot. He also sounds different.
Astonishingly, another bird, mature but not looking entirely healthy, showed up at the door, hanging basket, above the door … and stayed there without any fear of me. I don’t know this bird. I never saw it before. It has unique green eyes.
If it comes back, maybe we’ll adopt it and name it. I reckon it has had good experiences with humans and therefore has no fear of them.
The Sick Bird seems to be recuperating. It looks and behaves better each day. It didn’t sleep here overnight last night (we checked several times).
Today I sunbathed for over an hour because it still feel like another (late) lucky chance to absorb hear and bright light before winter sets in.
When it’s cold and wintry ill birds don’t have good survival odds.
