Rickie & the Birdbrains Part 3 ; De Javaanse Leesvogel ( The Javanese Reading Bird)

Part 3 of the Rickie & the Birdbrains performance in ORKZ Groningen Holland, where the greatest DIVA ( Lulu Goffini ) , is supposed to do his formidable reading act; of course he'd rather make a mess of it, and so does Rickie, so here's two birds of a feather;

The idea of Rickie & the birdbrains started out , because the smart bird Lulu Goffini was bored with life as a wild bird, born in captivity.
He developed very neurotic behaviour, and i was desperate to find a cure for that; a neurotic cockatoo is hard to live with; ecessive srceaming and biting are the reasons why people get rid of them...i didn't want to.

I talked to a lot of "specialists" , who couldn't answer my questions; but always told me in the end , when they got bored by my prodding, that there was this very arrogant and mean guy , that i shouldn't see, and so in the end i went to him, because THEY didn't have any answers, and they were talking mean about him, so i figured he might have something to tell me that i didn't know...

The best avian veterinarian in Holland AND Berlin to my personal experience, he turned out to be, drs. Jan Hooimeyer, and on his advice, we started to play the craziest games together, and perform for the neighbourhood children.

We also started to go for long bycicle rides together; to the woods, and the market, and this totally changed this bird from a neurotic, agressive, screaming biting white whirlwind, into a very sweet and intelligent creature, who loves to give money whenever we buy someting at the market, say hello to people and little children instead of biting them and screaming at them, and who can actually read; he recognises EVERY letter of the alphabet...although when performing, he'd rather focus on escaping into the audience, and finding a nice person on whom's lap to perch and maybe get some nice petting done....and of course APPLAUSE!!!
My mistake during this particular performance was, not to ask for applause for EVERY single letter he pointed out; you can see him looking at the audience, waiting for it, and i was too pushy, and the audience was unsure to do it on their own initiative; they didn't want to disturb too ( they were a very very sweet audience), so he didn't want to finish the job...but hey; it goes the way it goes,
and performing should be fun, so we're not going to take things too seriously; let's CLOWN!!!!!

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[iremkaneli]

eigenlijk een javanse vogel is net als mensen...met goede aandacht kunnen ze bloeien en verveeld worden ze neurotisch en bijterig .'t blift wel doseren met aandacht natuurlijk want te veel is ook weer te veel...zie soms mensen die te bekend worden in korte tijd dat ze zelfmoord plegen... Wat kusjes/applaus voor je "effort" of zitten op de schoot van iemand .jaja...ik herrinner hoe hij mij hielp met salade maken....uiteindelijk misschien toch de allerleukste wat lach uit mensen krijgen heheh :)

[loetje]

@iremkaneli There's no business like SHOW business...en wat kusjes of op schoot of helpen met de salade zijn beter dan rijk en beroemd...

Die salade vergeet ik nooit meer; eindelijk eens iemand die streng doch rechtvaardig was tegen de leesvogel...je bent een zeldzame vogel, Kanelili!

Heb een plekje gevonden aan een meer, in een bos, op een schiereiland, in oude vesting...daar gaat het Birdbraincircus weer van start...waar? Am*dammetje!!!!! Wees welkom; ik laat het je weten...liefs, Rickie

[justplainerica]

lovely show! :)

[loetje]

@justplainerica Thank you sweetheart! And thanks for the GOLDEN HEART !!!!!! You're such an angel. BIG HUGS Rickie

[ikgeloofhetniet]

Me as a giant,great! I love it! It was a good time!

Weeeeheeee HALO Alleeeexxx

Wat leuk! Kus van mij!

[loetje]

@ikgeloofhetniet Yeah...that's you, hon...you were the best technician/puppeteer/volunteer­/icebear with purple wig ever!!!! And a great inspiration... we gaan gewoon verder sprookjesbozn...liefs, Kuzn, Rickie

[loetje]

@unmeasuredinstances Dear Sarah

I'm working on it...the avian vet is always telling me to keep a diary, and sometimes i manage to actually write something down... he puts the pages on his website; saying they read like a boys book...of course i'm not disciplined enough to do it too coherently...let alone in English...but hey, that's what translators are for, so i'll just keep at it ( or try to); your reaction inspires!!! Love, Rickie

[unmeasuredinstances]

Just a lovely performance....and I LOVE the story you share in the 'more info' section. There is a book to be written one of these days....about you, the birdbrains, and the magic of life.