OK, THIS is a first.

by Meg on March 8, 2007

Um.

TWO LOVE BIRDS snuggling?  That’s right, you just saw "bird" and "snuggle" in the same sentence.

Not to mention eye capules!

This is not even REAL.

No_way_1

OMG, I still can’t believe it. They look so human-like, Daniel L. :D

{ 78 comments }

1 Theo 03.08.07 at 2:53 pm

Even *Meg* is being sneaky about the “first” thing now.

;-)

2 InAwwe 03.08.07 at 2:53 pm

And they called it birdie looooove ….

3 misscrisp 03.08.07 at 2:54 pm

sooooooo tie tie…me too!

4 Less 03.08.07 at 3:00 pm

O.O

That is adorable on at least twelve levels of adorability…

5 pny 03.08.07 at 3:01 pm

are they even alive?

6 sydney 03.08.07 at 3:02 pm

Two birds tucked under a blanket I think this is a first for me too. They must be well trained. Tuggin’ at my heart. Precious.

7 sydney 03.08.07 at 3:03 pm

pny WHAT? Don’t ruin the moment. Yes they’re alive. I see them breathing.

8 Chelsea 03.08.07 at 3:04 pm

So, the one on top is all squinty-eyed like he was just woken up from his snuggle-session with his smiling little birdy partner.

Adorable, absolutely adorable. :D

9 Susan 03.08.07 at 3:05 pm

This is one of THE sweetest things I have ever seen :) My heart has been warmed for the whole day *squeeeee*

10 punkpie 03.08.07 at 3:09 pm

squeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I want to go home and do this right now with… well, someone. :-(

11 Geo 03.08.07 at 3:10 pm

They’re spooning each other! Too cute.

12 ThreeCatNight 03.08.07 at 3:11 pm

” Come closer,dear. Sweetie Pie has gone home to mother!”

13 Theo 03.08.07 at 3:11 pm

pny — to be excruciatingly pedantic, “they” are a digital photograph, in point of fact, and therefore cannot possibly be alive. There. Happy?

14 Suzanne 03.08.07 at 3:12 pm

This is totally a married couple…you can tell by the bottom bird’s expression

Bird 1: Hey honey…you up? I can’t sleep.

Bird 2: *sigh* I’m up now…and I have a headache.

15 Kathryn 03.08.07 at 3:12 pm

Oh my goodness- The beak on the feathers, the beak on the feathers, the beak on th-

*thud*

Oh my god, too rare and too cute.

16 sydney 03.08.07 at 3:16 pm

Theo Confused about your remark. Were you being sarcastic to PNY? Please tell me they are alive.

17 DKN 03.08.07 at 3:21 pm

I want to kreonch on them! I bet they taste like Pink Lemonade Bubble Yum!

18 hronnsa 03.08.07 at 3:23 pm

hello folks! let’s not get carried away here with dead or alive question. what is it with you?! theo was being sarcastic, dude, have you read his other comments? sheesh.
wow. *pause*
i’m sorry for the eruption. i just don’t want another comment-drama here. enuff wif da drama, back to da qte!

19 Daisycat 03.08.07 at 3:24 pm

Do I hear some “Let’s Get It On” silently playing in the background??

20 Daisycat 03.08.07 at 3:25 pm

ok…I meant quietly playing….if it was silently playing I WOULDN’T hear it now would I? It’s too early, people.

21 Faekitty (Heather M.) 03.08.07 at 3:26 pm

Syd, I think he meant because it’s a digital photo they’re aren’t alive.. because it’s on the web.. online..
I’m sure in their house, in real life, wherever the lovey birds live.. they are contentedly snuggled up.

22 joodster 03.08.07 at 3:30 pm

I am ashamed to say that I have nevah thought of birdies as cuddly. This has just bowled me ovah! So shweeeet! Thank you CO for opening my eyes to all manner of Qte.

23 Mimi 03.08.07 at 3:32 pm

the one on top is totally smiling! sweet!

24 Andrea DuBois 03.08.07 at 3:33 pm

This has just proved to me that birds are some of the best pets ever! Gotta love the lovebirds :)

25 Tor 03.08.07 at 3:48 pm

Honk-tweeee, honk-tweee (in stereo, no less!)

26 ariel 03.08.07 at 3:49 pm

smoosh fluff!
ohhhhhhhh the blush!

27 Simone 03.08.07 at 3:52 pm

aaahwww, omg sooo cute!!!!

I want 2 snuggle with them…….

28 jen 03.08.07 at 3:54 pm

thnx co, i just spit water on my desk. this photo is so sugary sweet, so over the top, that i actually feel nauseous! i cant take it! stop, i beg you, stop!! all this cuteness cant be healthy in such large doses!!!! yargle!

29 Theo 03.08.07 at 3:55 pm

Sydney — yep, that’s what I was doing. (Agree w/you re: PNY’s comment.)

30 Denita TwoDragons 03.08.07 at 3:57 pm

Awwwww! That pic makes me wanna spoon wiv’ mah own hoo-man hubbin! ^__^

–TwoDragons

31 Tor 03.08.07 at 3:58 pm

Ok, Daisycat, now I had to go online to figure out how birds, er, mate. While at work. I sure hope no one here is monitoring my searches….

32 Rumi 03.08.07 at 3:59 pm

I do believe they are SMILING…..

33 sydney 03.08.07 at 4:00 pm

Gotcha Theo Thanks.

34 PuppyMomma 03.08.07 at 4:03 pm

That’s bird spooning.

35 Tony James 03.08.07 at 4:09 pm

“It’s only Thursday..wake me up for the weekend, yeah?”
http://image.guardian.co.uk/Guardian/gallery/2007/mar/07/internationalnews/002-2232.jpg

36 ask-god-a-question.com 03.08.07 at 4:16 pm

Next, she’ll be moving in and half his shirts will be pink.

37 Theo 03.08.07 at 4:18 pm

Well, at least they’ll match their “blush” feathers.

38 layla42 03.08.07 at 4:28 pm

aww..the sweet little babies!

any room in there for me?

39 anner 03.08.07 at 4:34 pm

these birds are actually smiling!

40 jaypo 03.08.07 at 4:38 pm

puppymama–my thoughts exactly!

I had a parakeet that took naps under my chin…his name was Chuchi and he was really cute and shweet.

41 Michelle 03.08.07 at 4:52 pm

FTW?!!??11!

Birds lay down on blankets??!!eLEVENTY!!1

that’s cute.

42 Subhangi 03.08.07 at 4:59 pm

Awwwwww. They even look like they’re smiling.

43 The Honourable Gladys Anstruther 03.08.07 at 5:13 pm

Oh mon cherie you kin ruffle mah feathers anytime, my petit creme puff.

44 Redzilla 03.08.07 at 5:22 pm

I don’t really like birds much, which is why I’m going to eat one for lunch, but this is adorable. Reminds me of hubby and me on Saturday mornings.

45 Sari 03.08.07 at 5:38 pm

Could this be a birdie case of Rule 6?! :O

They look like little fruit snacks.

46 fifi 03.08.07 at 5:39 pm

isn’t this illustrating the rule of cuteness about if you can tuck yourself in, it’s cute?
anyway, it’s cute.

47 TheLoveOfIsis 03.08.07 at 5:42 pm

Three words.

Cutest – Thing – EVAH.

48 snusnu 03.08.07 at 5:45 pm

You want tie-tie birdies? I’ll give you tie-tie birdies: http://www.parrotchronicles.com/2007/yourbirds/janfeb/yourbirds.htm

The top two pictures just about killed me.

49 daisyj 03.08.07 at 5:58 pm

My lovebirds do the exact same thing, except they like to snuggle under the newspaper in their cage. Even cuter, sometimes they sleep next to each other with their heads tucked down together so that they actually form a perfect little heart. I’d love to send a photo, but every time I try to get out the camera they wake up and start hopping around for attention.

50 daisyj 03.08.07 at 5:58 pm

My lovebirds do the exact same thing, except they like to snuggle under the newspaper in their cage. Even cuter, sometimes they sleep next to each other with their heads tucked down together so that they actually form a perfect little heart. I’d love to send a photo, but every time I try to get out the camera they wake up and start hopping around for attention.

51 Jessica 03.08.07 at 6:01 pm

My finches snuggle all the time. ^__^

52 andrea l nash 03.08.07 at 6:06 pm

“Our cheeks are nice & rosy
And comfy-cozy are we-
We’re snuggled up together
Like two birds of a feather should be!”

Remember “Winter Wonderland”?

53 kiki 03.08.07 at 7:20 pm

Aww, I always wanted a pair of Lovebirds. When I was a kid I saw them in the pet store snuggling up to each other, it was so sweet…

54 sunshineshashi 03.08.07 at 7:45 pm

i can’t stand it. i saw this post this morning, it immediately became my background, and i went home for lunch to try to teach my starlings how to snuggle with me like that.
i need a hookbill. stat.

55 BunFF 03.08.07 at 7:47 pm

Oh mon dieu ! Cela est si beau !

56 de 03.08.07 at 7:56 pm

snusnu- those are some cool birds! The eclectus in flight is just awesome.

57 jaypo 03.08.07 at 8:03 pm

snusnu–my head splody.

58 Suda Nim 03.08.07 at 8:04 pm

Theo and pyr:

“Ceci n’est pas deux oiseaux.”

59 snusnu 03.08.07 at 8:11 pm

Birds are cuddly. My parrotlets sleep with their beaks tucked into each other’s backs. And they smell soft. I lof my birds.

60 Faekitty (Heather M.) 03.08.07 at 8:42 pm

They smell soft snusnu?..
Nurr..
I loff that smell too..

61 nichole 03.08.07 at 8:49 pm

OMG!! THAT BIRD IS TOTALLY SNORGLING THE OTHER BIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

62 snusnu 03.08.07 at 9:05 pm

How would one describe the smell of soft? Like hay and the outdoors and sleepiness and warmth and a slight amount of squish.

63 katherine 03.08.07 at 9:10 pm

that’s why they are called lovebirds, of course! so sweet.

64 Theo 03.08.07 at 9:41 pm

Suda — Je n’achèterai pas ce disque. Il est rayé.

(Babelfish didn’t have Hungarian.)

65 Linders 03.08.07 at 9:55 pm

hehehehe. that’s funny.

The left birdie must be the boy birdie. He’s waking her up… ehem.

66 pny 03.09.07 at 1:06 am

Umm, I’m sorry, Theo, but I’ve studied the photo a bit closer, and I’m reeeeally getting concerned about that one on the bottom. He looks like he’s being smothered. His beak-airhole is awfully close to the blanket. : \

67 Karen 03.09.07 at 1:36 am

:D Awwwwwwwwwwl, its me and my boyfriend in bird form :33

68 Suda Nim 03.09.07 at 2:39 am

Theo: Bouncy Bouncy.

69 warrior rabbit 03.09.07 at 8:14 am

The “Hey, buddy, pull my finger” picture from snusnu’s link cracked me up. They’re all adorable.

70 Daniel Larsson 03.09.07 at 9:43 am

I submitted the photo (I had no idea it would get accepted, very cool). The birds on the photo are named Sherri & Terri, both are girls, and they were just a couple of weeks old at the time. The photo was taken after a hand feeding session, and yes, they are just sleeping. Baby birds always cuddle up like that. I was lucky enough to get a shot of them both with eyes closed (or half closed at least), but the flash made them wake up. They are now all grown up, and they both still live with me.

71 Kaity 03.09.07 at 10:33 am

Awwwww! They’re such sweet little babies! I wish my birds snuggled like that…. So sweet! ^o^

72 anner 03.09.07 at 6:00 pm

nice Simpsons-related names, Daniel Larsson!

i always thought lovebirds were usually real hetero mated-for-life pairs. is that incorrect? i guess it *would* lead to unwanted clutches of eggs…

73 Alice Shortcake 03.09.07 at 6:01 pm

Two little birds enjoying a Barry White moment. Lovely.

74 Otter 03.11.07 at 12:59 am

They’re spooning! Very sweet. Lovebird love.

75 Hikari 03.11.07 at 8:57 am

I squealed out loud! SO CUTE! Such precious little lovebirds~

76 VaCKo 03.11.07 at 7:42 pm

Theo – I bet you like Magritte too, huh? Ceci n’est pas une snorgle.

77 Rebekah 03.12.07 at 5:10 am

*sighs happily* Instant desktop :)

Those Lovebirds are definitely smiling! So content and happy :)

78 Jupiter Star 03.17.07 at 3:35 am

Pny…can you curl up under blankets with the blanket touching your nostrils and still breath? Because so can birdies. If the bird were being pushed face-first into the blanket, then I’d say you could be concerned. But that comment that you actually made is really kind of silly.

My parakeets curl up in their little Happy Hut, which is a heavy little thing of yellow fabric, and press their heads up against the fabric while they sleep all the time, and they’re totally fine.

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