Thank you all so much for your kind words.
i know I’ve said this a million times now, but I would not have gotten through my original loss without this community!
I picked him up from the airport still not really feeling like it was true! Like I was going to get there and he wouldn’t be there.
he is just gorgeous.
I expected to feel he looked different, or sounded different etc because…well he’s a different bird.
I think others can probably understand what I mean- especially with select subspecies within a species and also your own birds “voice”.
but oh my goodness, it’s such a mind trip. My brain is like”this is Harvey! He’s back!” Even though rationally I know this is a completely different bird.
He looks the same (red tails do vary a lot between their subspecies), his voice is the same, he was actually instantly cuddly out of the box whereas my original Harvey took a week or two to warm up.
That also made it to weird for my brain to compute that this is not the same bird. He came out and sat with me beak grinding like we had always known each other.
I cried, a lot! I was fully expecting and prepared to have to earn his trust.
I understand this is not for everyone and may also ruffle some peoples feathers- but I have decided I am also going to call him Harvey.
I understand this is not for everyone and may also ruffle some peoples feathers- but I have decided I am also going to call him Harvey.
again I rationally know this is not the same bird, and that he will be different in ways. But it’s just a really overwhelming sense of my mind just feeling like he’s always been here.
his aviary is almost finished, we are hoping to complete the floor tomorrow and then I will post updates.
he makes the same little “aroo!” Noise and it just makes me melt.
I feel so very lucky to welcome him into my life and I feel like a piece of my heart is alive again.
my husband is also probably sick to death of me saying “just LOOK AT HIM! Look at that bird! Isn’t he the most beautiful bird you’ve ever seen?” Every twenty seconds.
I can’t take my eyes off of him!
He is STUNNING!!! Congrats, and waiting for updates. 
He is unbelievably gorgeous 
It must be really exciting! 
