A Walk in the Garden with Superintendent Diane Sipos
As visitors walk through the upper Palm Forest, the joyful chirping of birds greets them. The historic Aviary, home to parakeets and a male cockatiel, now has a new addition: a female cockatiel. The lone cockatiel had always captured my attention. With bright yellow feathers, orange Crayola-like circles on either side of his beak, and tufts of feathers protruding like a Trojan helmet from the top of his head, the cockatiel would often be perched in front of his bird-size mirror, staring at his reflection as if looking for his mate. Cockatiels are naturally social birds who cannot survive alone in the wild, so it was clear he needed a partner