FAREWELL MY FEATHERED-FRIEND ! This image is a tribute and memorial to the passing of of my pet bird - SPOCK , who I found dead on Friday the 13th of this month ( November) 2026. He was a birthday gift to me by my brother, back in early 2019. My brother suggested I call him Leonard after Leonard Nimoy, as he knew I was a star trek fan, although I am more into the Next Generation Series than the older and original series. Well as my brother was getting him out the box and into the birdcage I had ready ( I had pet bird before it did some months earlier ) , the bird in defense and panic , turned its head and sharply bit my brothers hand. Fortunately it did not drew blood from the bite but it was painful of course and my brother let go of the bird. This was happened in the garage with both the main door and doors to the inside closed, so the bird could not escape outside or get inside the house. It did however get loose in the garage as their gaps in ceiling, being it was not like rest of the house. This bird was clever as he eluded us for at least 1/2 an hour to 45 minutes before we caught him and put him the cage. It was then I decided, being the bird was so clever to escape us for so long, he should be named " SPOCK ", as the character is very clever himself and this how the bird got his name. Well this bird was clever, as he learned to sing and whistle - natural bird sounds , not mimicking.. .. No he was not a talker as in mimicking human voices but I could see he tried to copy me at times when I was talking to him but he did not speak loudly enough for me to understand, it sounds more of a faint mutter than a normal person speaking. He also developed what would 1 would singing, as in repeating the same sequences of sounds over and over, and if *we ( my mother and I copy him back as best we could ) , he would do sing this sequence again - sometimes several or more times, which we enjoyed and clapped at times in praise.. He also learnt to tap against the cage bars, or his perching to get myself or mother* to respond and tap on something back and he would do more and this became a game with him which I called Tap-Tap.. - *My Brother did not live with us. In recent months, Spock would whistle or chirp if I got up and or left the room his cage was in, it seems over time he got to liking my presence. Sadly due to my elderly mother getting more frail and ill in recent months, I would have to leave my feathered friend alone for most of the day as I would have to visit my mother in hospital or at the aged-care home I managed to get her in for respite care. He missed my mother presence also as he would look to her bedroom and whistle or sing ( well - whistles and chirps in a kind of sequences, not mimicking human sounds ) where she used to rest at times and where she was the last time her could see her. He even did this for some time even after her passing.. I would say to him, that Granny was not here, when she was in hospital or Granny has gone to heaven after my late mother's passing .. :(( .. ;-(,,,,,,, Now he is with my mother in Heaven, singing to her and maybe playing Tap-Tap with her. Farewell - SPOCK , My feather friend. Please keep my mother and others of my family who have passed on, company ... :( :(( ;-(,,,,, #PET #DEATH #FRIEND #BIRTHDAY #PRESENT #GIFT #BROTHER #FAMILY #MISSING #PARROT #AUSTRALIAN #COCKATIEL #QUARRION #WEERO #WEIRO #COCKATEEL #ESCAPE #SMART #INTELLIGENT #STARTREK #STAR #TREK #LEONARD #NIMOY #CHARACTER #VULCAN #BIRD #BITE #DEFENCE #COMPANY #COMPANION