As you can see, Sammie is beautiful. Her hatch date was July 27, 2001.

Sammie was in the cargo compartment of an airliner, on her way to NYC when the terrorists struck and her plane was forced to land at our airport. Being only three months old and still being hand fed, the crew was worried about her and called a local pet store to ask if they would take her, which they did.

Three days later, we met. The employee taught me how to feed her twice a day and I really rushed to learn how to do this because each time I would put her back into her incubator cage, she would cry and spread her wings out. It really bothered me so I learned extra fast and soon, was able to take her to her new home.

As I mentioned earlier, she has an attitude and in the above picture, she's saying, "What are you looking at?" She is "ruffled" up, resting on one foot, getting ready to take a nap and was irritated with me for taking her picture.