Preying on each other

The parrots are prey animals that need to watch out for predators -- in my house they apparently also need to be on alert for each other.

Max had been on the counter helping herself to some of our dinner.  Since Stella wants to know what Max is doing and then copy her, she flew over and tried to land right on Max, who was eating.  Luckily for Max, her prey instincts were working, so she flew away in time; however, she lost her potato:

Thomas gave it back to her and she was able to continue eating on the stand:

There was plenty of room for both of them on the counter!  It doesn't have to be this way!