Your bird was so cute, I had to send the link to this thread to my hubby, who has an African Grey Parrot, named Howard. My hubby's response? "You would have a cow if Howard starting walking around on one of your quilts ;-) Birds do leave little gifts behind." LOL - he is right! Howard's cage sits rights next to my cutting/pressing table, so he watches me pretty closely. So, far, everything has been out of his reach, and he really doesn't like to get off his cage too often (keeping my fingers crossed).