Pajarita wrote: What cuties!!! They seem very happy to be out or very eager for their food.
It was happy to be out. They escaped because I was changing their nectar bowl. The old bowl was too deep which meant they could never get the fruit pieces I put in it without great effort. One (Probably the male) bit my hand and I dropped the bowl. He took the opportunity to fly around the room and generally make a nuisance of himself, lol. I opened his cage door because they will often go back on their own. His mate flew out to join him.
I let them stay out as long as I could, but eventually they started bugging the other birds in their cages and were going to get a foot bitten. Not that a lory can do much damage (there are nothing but lorries in this room), but I eventually had to net one. The other one followed into the cage.
We have some sort of white boards propped up against the walls behind the cages. It so they can be taken out and sprayed down. These guys love to get down on the floor and run behind them. There can be so hard to catch. They're easier to catch outside in the aviary, but it's too cold for that now.
Floopy, who just got adopted, would fly around, occasionally landing on me to bite my face. If I opened his cage and just went to pick up the net, he would fly back inside.
Most of the little scaly-breasted ones who would step up for me have been adopted. Pacino (we named him this because he had a scar on his face) would ride around on my shoulder while I fed other birds.
Here is a picture of Pacino and his scar.