As a side note, if given the opportunity, each and every bird, no matter how small, will eventually reveal that the KT extinction event was nothing more than a mere inconvenience, and that dinosaurs still roam the Earth.

This observation brought to you by finch!Napoleon, who unleashed every ounce of Cretaceous rage he possessed upon me when I attempted to check on him while he was in the nest basket.  In my defense, I wanted to make sure he wasn’t pulling feathers to line the nest again, as he has done before.  In his defense, attacking a giant primate who was poking her finger into the nest basket was 1000% the logical course of action and I really should have expected that outcome.

Good news is that he has not been pulling feathers again, and he and I have come to an agreement about keeping my clumsy primate fingers out of his basket, for which finch!Illya is the only other being allowed entry.

Bad news is that he’s been eyeing that Zelda poster behind him to shred with his beak for further nesting material.  Note to self: move poster.