Close-up: Basil

Basil also was not interested in getting his picture taken.In fact, he went so far as to start going inside his cage in order to escape the camera, so we left him alone after this one:
After we left, he came right back up to perch on his cage.

Close-up: Beeps

Beeps continues to be hormonal, and the camera is one of his triggers, so I didn't take pictures of Thomas taking pictures of him as I wanted to be on the lookout for an attack.
But he continued his photogenic ways. This hormonal season seems to be dragging on for him -- poor guy!

Close-up: Max

The pictures I took of Max are of rather poor quality due to the back-lighting, but of course I had to post anyway!

Her main theme is "Stop taking my picture and pick me up!"
Though she was also interested in eating the camera:Here's what that last one looks like from the other side:Come on, pick me up!:I'm probably just ridiculous, but there is wisdom in her eyes:

Close-up: Stella

Brian wasn't the only one getting photographed with the new camera. Stella was unsure which camera to look at:Here are the close-ups Thomas took with the new camera:With this one, you get a pretty good view of her latest feathering:
And my personal favorite:

Stella gets me into trouble

Last week, Thomas had called a prescription in to the pharmacy for a friend. He left his pager number with the pharmacy in case they had any questions, but then he turned his pager off since he was not on call.

I asked him if he should turn his pager on, but he said no as they never have questions and if there was a problem, our friend would let us know she was having trouble with her prescription.

An hour or so later, Stella was playing on the counter where Thomas keeps his pager. She threw it to the floor and it turned on. He accused me of turning the pager on and blaming Stella. I'm not sure he yet believes me that I had nothing to do with it!