BIRD OF THE CLOTH. Louie, a toeless Quaker owned by Rose Keith of Rockford, Ill., perches inside a comfy towel.

GIMME A SHOT OF BRANDY. Whisky busses fellow budgie Brandy in a tender moment. They live with Hiulam Kam of Richardson, Texas.

SUNSHINE ON HIS FEATHERS. Paco, a double yellow-headed Amazon, basks in some rays. His owner is Emily McNair of Nevada.

WHAT, NO SPF 15? Beebo the cockatiel gamely wears a straw hat for Adam Stoddard, son of Delta Holder of Woodstock, Canada.

SAMMIE. Teresa Wilson of Broken Arrow, Okla., sadly lost her Pacific parrotlet to smoke inhalation suffered at a previous owner's home.

TAKEOUT. Piper, a green-cheek conure who lives in Scarborough, Maine, with Cheri Collin, checks an abandoned bag of popcorn for leftover morsels.

GROOMED. Pickle, a green budgie, neatly folds clipped wings over his back. Feather stylist: owner Jen of Lincoln, Neb.

BIGGEST TURN-ON: MILLET. BIGGEST TURN-OFF: POOPY WATER. Buzz the parrotlet strikes his GQ pose for owner Janet Wood of Steveston, British Columbia.

PLEASE BE GENTLE WITH ME. Blue the Irish Russell terrier submits to the perching wishes of Whiskey, a triton cockatoo owned by Liz Elliott of Brucefield, Ontario.

REVENGE OF WET BIRD. Do my bidding or I will shake water droplets all over you, warns Darby O'Gill, a Solomon Island eclectus owned by Nina Rogers of Savannah, Tenn.

CHECK OUT MY PECS. Chief, a hawk-headed parrot, prefers the waxed look over conventional chest feathers. The rescued plucker enjoys a well-heated home with Mary Collins of Bethlehem, Pa.

SHAKE YOUR SHOULDERS. Evie, an orange-wing Amazon, plays it coy for the camera of Danielle Boodoo Fortune of Trinidad, West Indies.

I WEAR TWO VISORS, ONE FOR SEEING, ONE FOR SMELLING. Neo, a greenwing macaw owned by Duane and Priscilla Sivanish of Spokane, channels LeVar Burton.

FLOWERS? FOR ME? Skittles, a green-nape lorikeet owned by Cindy Jones of Houston, tastes the latest backyard blooms.

I LOOK EVEN CUTER ON A BEAR RUG. Crystal Rolfe of St. Louis, Mo., took this baby picture of Keegan, her new Hahn's macaw, when he was two weeks old.

HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU. Taz the cockatiel has her portrait taken by Stephanie Brown of Mississauga, Ontario.

HEY, LOOK OVER THERE. Tango, a black-headed caique distracts Mango, a white-bellied caique, in order to steal his orange slice. Photo by Dawn Cox of Mesa, Ariz.

WHAT'S EATING SEEDLESS GRAPES? That would be Baby, a sun conure owned by Jose Valdes of Miami, digging into his favorite fruit.

RELAXING SHOWER. Cora, a dusky pionus owned by Annie Madrid of Santa Ynez Valley, Calif., rests her lower beak on the kitchen faucet after a good drenching.

HOLD IT! Lining up Andre the white-face pearl cockatiel, Cresty the grey cockatiel and Gimel (aka Chomp Chomp) the green-cheek conure for a photo took "forever" says patient owner Alissa Clark.

IN THE JUNGLE. Shon Miles' Vosmaeri eclectus, Arwen, blends right into her tropical backdrop.

CAN I MOVE NOW? Cookie, a green-cheek conure owned by Laurie Hockla of Stafford Springs, Conn., is ready for her tree ornament gig to be over.

MISSING MISSY. Ed of Dallas wanted to share this picture of his beloved red-sided eclectus, Missy, who died in March.

TAKE US TO YOUR LEADER. OR AT LEAST BRING SOME FORMULA. Four- and five-week-old African greys clamor for their next hand-feeding from Karen Maynard of Green Valley, Ariz.

YOU TURN MY WORLD UPSIDE DOWN. Lefty, a black-cap conure, gets all bent out of shape over Sophia, a sun conure; both live with Cindy Mink of Rocky Mount, Va.

MY HOUSE IS A VERY VERY VERY NICE HOUSE. Marley the Timneh African grey's favorite toy is an orange acrylic building, says his owner, Kristi Robertson of Flowery Branch, Ga.

LET'S GO CAMPING! Koko, a harlequin macaw, enjoys Cape Cod vacations with Elissa Buja of Leominster, Mass.

OH, MY BUMBLEBEE. Spirit the macaw has a rollicking good time with her plastic ring toy in the Anchorage home of Diane Richards.

TELL US ANOTHER SCARY STORY! George and Felix, peachface lovebirds who live in Matthews, N.C., with their owner, Victoria, camp out in their birdie tent.

THIS PLAYGROUND IS SO EXCITING! I JUST WANNA...ZZZZZZ. It's lights out for Marlyne Lessard's napping sun conure, Sunny, in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec.

SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER. Snuggles, a Goffin's cockatoo, cheerfully submits to a North Pole makeover from her owners, Phil and Denise of Corpus Christie, Texas.

BUT DOES IT MATCH HIS SHIRT? Why settle for a feather in your cap when you can have an entire bird on your head? Randy Crout of Arnold, Md., wears his military macaw, Diego.

DRY WEATHER AT LAST. After six long weeks of rain, Picaro, a white-eyed conure owned by Angelika Payan of El Sobrante, Calif., enjoys a sunny Sunday stroll.

MOVE OVER, TONY HAWK. There's a new skateboarder in town and his name is Coqui, a half-moon conure owned by Herman Dominguez of Port Richey, Fla.

AND BIG BIRD LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER...Maria Kourou of Clinton, Mich., reads a species-appropriate bedtime story to Sunni the cockatiel.

GO ON, I'M LISTENING. Ben Draper's African grey, Lola, rests her eyes.

SAME SQUEAK TIME, SAME SQUEAK PLACE. Every night Lynn Blalock of Largo, Fla., tucks her peach-face lovebird, Squeaky, into her birdie tent, aka the Squeak Cave.

SORRY, TAKEN. Tweety, a cinnamon pied pearl cockatiel, guards a newly acquired computer chair. Her owners are Jennifer and Kevin Kiser.

YOGA 101. Charlie Wabba, an African grey who lives in Winston-Salem, N.C., with Deborah Britton, practices his plow pose.

MI NUTRI-BERRY ES SU NUTRI-BERRY. Lo Lee shares a nut cluster with pal Chi Chi. The green-cheek conures are owned by Carrie Foster of Kamloops, British Columbia.

VERTICAL LIFT. Reno, a green-cheek conure, catches a ride from Cataline Rechner of Sacramento, Calif.

THERE WAS A TREE HERE A MINUTE AGO. Harley the harlequin macaw, owned by Sharon Walker of Colorado Springs, Colo., ponders deforestation.

SOAKING UP THE RAYS. Sun conures Kira and Alliee enjoy a warm windowsill in the home of Emily Derewonko of Cedar Park, Texas.

JUST ROLLED OUT OF BED. Stella the umbrella cockatoo goes for grunge. Stylist: DeeDee's of Hollywood. Owners: Vince and Alicia of Grapevine, Texas.

GROOM ME, BABY. Gordy, a white-cap pionus, makes sure he's always on the receiving end when his good friend Indie, a Nanday conure, is handing out scratches. The two pals are owned by Michele and Joe Fitzgerald of Virginia.

FRED AND WILMA. Need we say more? These Fischer lovebirds, owned by Lisa Siwiec of New York state, are happily inseparable.

AND THIS, CLASS, IS HOW YOU TIE A SQUARE KNOT. Radar, an African grey owned by Shawn Hetrick of Clyde, Ohio, brushes up before sailing season.

GOOD DAY, SUNSHINE. Pamela Stark's blue-and-gold macaw, Ms. Oscar, greets the morning in Warren, Mich.

HO HO! FREETZ, FLY AWAY WIS ME TO ZE PERCH! Pierre the parrotlet invites Fritz the parrotlet to take a break from the cage. They live with Susan Salas.

HI, I'M GABBY! Pat Watson of North Port, Fla., snapped this picture of her white-cap pionus.

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