Budgie Parrot Vintage Photos

Parke Avenue's Moe, kissing a lady, likes to take his bath in an old fashioned glass and say "Where's the whiskey?"
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen


Chief stealing a cigarette from her owner's pocket.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

 
Schnauzer Spice, play pal for budgies, allowing the birds to climb all over him.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

Chief shrieking into mouthpiece of telephone when she hears a sound.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

Chief sampling one of her favorite foods, grapefruit, from owner's plate.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

Life-sized picture, showing actual size of budgie.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen


Baby budgies and the egg are from the same clutch as mother usually lays eight eggs-one at a time-every other day, with babies arriving on the same schedule.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen


Parakeet watching reflection in a mirror.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen


Having stolen a cigarette from her owner's pocket, Chief is finding it too heavy to carry.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

 
Mike practices making conversation, while raising his head slightly and ruffling his feathers.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

Parakeet bird, with bushy feathers and dots forming a semi-collar around its neck.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen


Budgies at Macy's department store, flying around in a large, high cylindrical cage, with trapezes for the birds to sit on.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen



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