Bijou is a
Budgerigar Parakeet.
Besides that he is a published prop.
One of the studios I work at often had bought him for a prop to appear in a Brookstone catalog. When the photo shoot was over they thought they could just let him go and he would be fine.
He wouldnt have lasted the night in the wild in the dead of winter.
Soooo..... I decided to take him home.
I had another Parakeet when I was young so I already knew a bit about them.
They make GREAT pets if given a little attention.
Bijou (for the most part) flys the house as he pleases but usually sticks close to his cage. He LOVES music. His favorite artists are Elvis and Johnny Cash.
Really!
I discovered that while watching "I Walk The Line".
Every time Johnny or Elvis would sing, Bijou would go crazy bobbing his head and flying around me from shoulder to shoulder.
He'll get in his cage when I tell him and ring his bells on command.
He also loves taking a bath under the kitchen faucet standing on the sink divide with a small stream of water flowing on him.
Great pet!
