R.I.P. Hadeda

Yesterday our love bird Hadeda died. Thankfully we just found her dead in her cage last night. There wasn't a long illness or anything. I'm not going to say that I will miss the bird because honestly I will not. She was mean, loud, and messy. She bit anyone who put their fingers too close to her cage. Our friends who feed our animals when we are away certainly will not miss her.
We got Hadeda (named after an Ibis in South Africa) in 2004. She was pretty wild when we got her but I was able to tame her enough to where I could handle her. She liked to hang around with me and we tolerated each other. This photo is from 2005.
When Hadeda was about 3 years old, she started laying eggs and got really mean. I was always terrified she was going to eating my children! So she spend most of her time in her cage outside.
We figured she was going to out live us all but thankfully she went peacefully.
I hope my kids never ask for another pet bird!
Good bye Hadeda.