Found a Lovebird in the Rain Near Thonglor

I did not plan to adopt a bird. I was walking past a night market near Thonglor when I heard a thin chirp coming from a gap in a wall. A lovebird, bright green and missing a few feathers, was sitting in the rain. I took her home in a shoebox.

Her name is Fah, after the little light she seemed to glow in under the streetlamp. She is seven now, bossy, loud at six in the morning, and somehow still the best thing I come home to. Her favorite trick is sitting on my laptop screen during calls, which my colleagues find hilarious.

If you are thinking about one, know that lovebirds are social. Plan for company, or at least plenty of time out of the cage each day.