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In loving memory of the feathered companions who left us too soon...

(please let us know if you would like to add a memorial beneath the 'Rainbow Bridge' for your bird or other pets)

The Rainbow Bridge

Just this side of Heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

At the Rainbow Bridge there are meadows and hills and beautiful trees of all kinds where all our special friends can fly and climb, hang and flap, hop and run, jump and play, squawk and squeal and sing together.

There is plenty of good food, including grapes and peanuts, ice cream and cheese, spaghetti and especially lots of pizza. There is crystal clear water in brooks and springs are filled with water as well as every kind of delicious fresh fruit juice.

One warm spring even runs full of the coffee they can now drink their fill of without hearing a single no-no. There is lots of glorious sunshine, and sweet warm rain when they want it and our friends are warm and comfortable and totally at peace.

All the birds who had been ill or old are restored to health and vigor and to their natural incredible beauty. Their feathers shine, their wing feathers are whole, and their eyes gleam once again with vitality.

Those who were hurt or maimed or ignored or broken-hearted are made whole and strong and free of fear again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days gone by.

The birds are happy and content..... except for one small thing - they each miss someone very special to them who had to be left behind when the bird returned home. Still they all fly and play happily and safely and noisily together - even the grouchiest greys and orneriest senegals, the tiniest finches and the grandest macaws.

But the day comes for each bird when he suddenly stops and looks far into the distance. His body freezes and his bright eyes are intent as he watches and listens in silence. Suddenly he begins to fly from the group, soaring over the green grass, his wings flapping harder and harder!

You have been spotted - and he shrieks to you and then calls your name and his own and cries again and again and as he rushes toward you.

When you and your bird finally meet, you cling to each other in joyous reunion, knowing you will never be parted again.

Your face and your fingers - and even your toes - are covered with beak nibbles and soft ecstatic kisses. Your hair is preened by that special beak, and his head bends under your fingers to invite your touch. Your hands again find their way under beloved wings, to caress the downy softness beneath.

You look once more into the trusting eyes of your companion-so long gone from your physical life on earth, but never for an instant absent from your heart.

Your tears of joy are gently brushed away by those beloved wings... and feeling immersed once more in total contentment and love, you and your beloved companion cross the Rainbow Bridge together.

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Hickory - White capped Pionus

This is Hickory, a White-Capped Pionus.  Hickory became part of our family almost by accident.  His parents were owned by a friend who was selling her house.  The pair wanted badly to breed, but the constant in and out of prospective buyers was upsetting them.  When she mentioned the problem to me, I suggested that she bring them over and set them up in my dining room... well, it used to be the dining room before I sold the dining room suite in a yard sale to make room for my parrot cages.  We didn't know whether the pair would breed in new surroundings with an African Grey Timneh and a Goffin's Cockatoo as room-mates, but she thought it was worth attempting.  Surprisingly, the pair produced two clutches of three chicks each.  And it was even more of a surprise when the owner offered me my choice of the first clutch of babies.  Because I hadn't bred parrots before, I accepted the very first chick that hatched.  The parents' names were Tick and Tock, so the breeder had named the first three chicks Hickory, Dickory and Doc... luckily, my choice was 'Hickory' (sometimes called Hickory-sticks)!

Hickory shared our hearts and our lives from November 2, 1997 - September 11, 2008

Now flying free at the Rainbow Bridge.  Until we meet again...

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