{"id":8385,"date":"2020-06-07T13:28:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T18:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flamingohouse.net\/?p=8385"},"modified":"2020-06-06T19:33:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T00:33:50","slug":"happier-big-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamingohouse.net\/?p=8385","title":{"rendered":"Happier Big Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that Big Bird is in Sesame St, right next to the full flock, he&#8217;s a lot happier than he was when he was in the pack n play in the Florida Room. He was so starved for a flock that when I gave him a mirror, he wouldn&#8217;t stop looking at it. At all. Not for a second. And if he did, and something (people) scared him, he ran back to the mirror. It was sad. <\/p>\n<p>He acted much that same way in those first few days in Sesame St and he&#8217;s still flighty and doesn&#8217;t really love anyone at all &#8211; but he&#8217;s so much happier and so much more calm. He even runs to the gate to see us when we come out for a visit. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a wee video of Big Bird scratching around on 5\/31\/20. (There is no audio on his coop camera &#8211; not that he makes much noise at all, anyway.) <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/POxqzdgmmBc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that Big Bird is in Sesame St, right next to the full flock, he&#8217;s a lot happier than he was when he was in the pack n play in the Florida Room. He was so starved for a flock that when I gave him a mirror, he wouldn&#8217;t stop looking at it. At all. 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