My name is Vicki. About our grey, I think I know what might have set her off. She plays this game with me whenever I try to feed her. She stands on her bowl and tries to nip me (she doesn't do this to anyone else). The day she started plucking again I had gotten fed up with the nipping and switched her water bowl and her food bowl. She looked at me kind of funny and then I forgot about it. I think it might have stressed her out or something. When my husband picked her up to play with, I noticed her beautiful tail was gone, and some of her belly was bare! I had used this stuff called 'pluck no more' in the past and it helped. Barb from the rescue told me it was dangerous to use, but it didn't seem to bother the bird. I would like to check that stuff out. Send me a link.
If you've never been to the Finger Lakes area, you should definitely visit sometime in the summer. Get out of the heat and away from those fires! Here is a link about it:
NY Tourism & Travel- Finger Lakes wineries vacations packages events | Real estate summer rentals. There are a lot of places to stay but you can also rent houses on the lakes. If you're interested in that, let me know and I'll send you the links. There are wineries everywhere. We stayed on Keuka lake two years ago and fell in love with the area. For the past year we looked for land and finally bought 25 acres up on a hill with a fabulous view.
By the way, this picture was taken a couple of years ago before I quit smoking. I'm about 50 pounds heavier now and won't get in front of the camera.