About
Wing and A Prayer Aviary, home of Celestial Cockatiels, is a
family run aviary owned by Lisa and Mike Grimes. We are located
in Lawrenceville, Illinois, specializing in show quality
cockatiels and pyrrhura (greencheek) conures. All of our babies
our handfed with the utmost care and are well socialized. We
cater, not only to the personal pet owner, but to breeders and
exhibitors, as well.
We believe in allowing our birds to be in the most natural
environment that can provide. When not in a breeding setting,
our birds are placed in a flight. Our flights are adorned with
tree branches, wooden perches, natural light, and healthy
food options for the birds to choose.
We established our aviary in 2001 and have continued to work to improve our methods, as well as our knowledge. It is our desire to breed, healthy, beautiful birds with sweet, loving, temperaments and personalities. This means taking time with each and every baby we hand feed and excelling at providing the appropriate nutritional needs of the parent birds.
In addition to our cockatiels, we raise and nurture several mutations of pyrruha conures. These include Pineapples, Cinnamons and Yellow-Sides. Our Greencheeks have a room to themselves as they like their privacy. When babies are pulled at two weeks of age, we take pride in providing not only their required nutritional needs, but lots of love and individualized attention.
helps with the general care and maintenance of the aviary. She
also has several pairs of cockatiels who live in our aviary and has
been breeding. Her other bird interests include: English
Budgies, Bourkes and Finches. She is an irreplaceable asset to
our aviary. Darlene is also an NCS member and has been
attending shows since Fall 2007.