Oh Ted I am so sorry for your loss I know now you are feeling sad and upset we all know here on the AA forums birds are not pets there our Companions
and later when you think of him think of the wonderful life you gave him I can tell you and your wife loved him more than words could say and were great as we call us here Parronts. I will find the poem we read for our passing friends it will hopfully help you feel better.I could not link this post but I hope it helps
"Weep not for me though I am gone
Into that gentle night
Grieve if you will, not for long
Upon my soul's sweet flight.
I am at peace, my soul's at rest
There is no need for tears.
For all your love I was so blessed
For all those many years.
There is no pain, I suffer not,
the fear now all is gone.
Put now these things out of your thoughts
in your memory I live on.
Remember not my fight for breath
Remember not the strife
Please do not dwell upon my death,
But celebrate my life."