I always wanted a Goffin's cockatoo so when my 10 and 12-year old sons said they wanted a bird I told them they could have any bird they wanted - as long as it was a Goffin's. I learned long ago - don't get any bird for your children that you are not ready and willing to have yourself - chances are it will wind up being your bird in the end!

Junior is the only bird that we have gotten as a baby - all of the rest were 'previously-owned' or 'hand-me-down' birds and they are absolutely great! It is really quite alarming how many homes some of these birds see in their lifetime.

Junior is everything I expected from a Goffin's - and more so! He will lay on the floor on his back like a puppy and play with toys using his beak and feet. He will do flips and somersaults and he runs and hides and chews everything!

Junior also has the most advanced flight ability of all of our birds. I trim him as extensively as I dare (I don't believe in trimming birds so that they drop like a stone) but he is still quite able to fly from his play stand in the living room to the play room - maneuvering through doors and around furniture as though he had every flight feather intact.

Junior is a joyous bird who will go to anyone and a very welcome addition to our flock.