Precious Budgie 'Singing Himself to Sleep' Will Instantly Make Anyone's Day originally appeared on Parade Pets. Budgies and smaller Parakeet species don't get the love they deserve, if you ask me.

Sparkie Williams may be the most unlikely star of an operatic performance there has ever been. For a start, there’s his voice, which has been described as sounding like that of ‘a middleaged woman ...