Can a bird love?

Sammy and I have a new routine now, he has his breakfast inside, gets some flight time in our large bedroom to help strengthen his wings and then he goes to play in his aviary.  He will be spending his days and evenings in the outdoor aviary from here on out, which I'm sure he will love.

I put some live crickets in with him this morning, to see if they would interest him, but he didn't show pay much attention to them. I also continue to play recording of Eastern Bluebird songs and calls and he becomes quite alert when he hears them.

We had some light rain this afternoon, and being the smart little guy that he is, he stayed on his perch in the corner under his roof shelter and kept dry.

Once he was back inside for the night and was fed, he enjoyed stretching his wings and doing some strong flying.  My grand-daughter, Tenley is here for a few days with her family and I honestly believe he remembers her.  He flew to her a few times, perched on her little shoulder and proceeded to snuggle himself right in against her neck under her beautiful long hair.  I'm beginning to think that if a bird can love, then little Sammy loves Tenley as much as she loves him. He seems so relaxed and content with her, and Tenley is over the moon with happiness.

Sammy tucked in Tenley's hair

Sorry for the pic quality, they were taken with my Iphone without a lot of light, lol.

Tenley and Sammy..who's more in love??

At dark, Sammy was placed back into his nest in his sideways kleenex box in the corner of his indoor cage and chirped softly a couple of times as I draped the towel over the cage.  Then, all was quiet for the night.