Of all of Jill's birds that I didn't expect
to get along with Java was number but Java got left behind and didn't
join the rest of the birds coming over to my place. In second place was
Andi who had a reputation of being a nervous, not particularly friendly,
ring neck.

I didn't expect any trouble or problems with
the budgies and/or tiels and there hasn't been any. The real surprise,
to me, is how sweet Andi is. Granted it took a couple of days for her to
sort of calm down but from the very beginning she did a lot of less
squawking than I had expected and, most astonishing of all, she is quiet
all night long and up to the moment in the morning when I feed her. Yes
she does get loud once in awhile during the day and then she has her,
"Show me attention," game in the evening when she will shriek until I
pay her attention even if it is just to say her name and then keep quiet
until she wants my attention again and lets out with her yell.

Now I might get in a little trouble with Jill
here--I was very careful and slow, Jill--as she asked (told) me not to
let the birds out of their cages. It only took a day or two before Andi
stopped lunging at my hand when I put it into the cage to clean it out
or to change the water and food cups. It's not that she was going to
bite me but more as if I was intruding on her territory.

When I have her cage door open she is the
closest of any of the birds to me physically and, as you can see by the
picture, within lunging distance if she wanted to but she never
has. Each evening when I sit at the table I leave her cage door open and
she, usually, immediately climbs up to the top. She doesn't ever seem
interested in what I am eating. Two nights ago I was eating and reading
the paper when I felt a couple of tugs on my shirt sleeve, never
touching my skin, and it was Andi as if telling me to pay attention to
her instead of eating.

I am not saying that Andi and I are
buddy-buddy. I still use a stick to get her to step up so I can put her
in the cage as I can't take a chance of her biting me and breaking my
skin.  I am letting her go at her own pace and I just hold the finger on
my left hand and the stick in my right so she has the option of
stepping up on either one.

I really thought Andi would be a pain
but I was wrong and I am having a lot of fun with her so I guess, if she
will accept it, I have to apologize to her!  :O)