Squawks himself to sleep

[tfw]

Do your macaws quietly and repeatedly just squawk themselves to sleep? LOL . It's not loud at all. Just quietly grunting nonstop to himself. Quite cute, really.

[ame="https://youtu.be/OTqV0Fng3_E"]Kass grunting himself to sleep[/ame]

 

[mcochran248]

My GW does for sure. It is pretty funny.

 

[GaleriaGila]

My Patagonian does it... it often erupts into loud screeches, chat, or singing, but then quiets down into "bedtime squawks" until at last he goes to sleep.

Your bird is adorable!

 

[Flboy]

My JoJo is doing that right now!

 

[SailBoat]

Yup. Clearly fairly common across the spectrum of species. Likely a form of contact call or something like beak grinding as a comforting tool prior to sleep.
Beautiful Blue and Gold!

 

[T00tsyd]

Syd's last communication to me as I covered him up used to be 'I'm sorry' in a really plaintive voice. A couple of days ago that changed to 'kisses'. I sing him Baa Ba black sheep first which makes him go into a feather ball and position himself on his favourite sleep perch, but sometimes I hesitate before closing his door and he then goes into a whole conversation with himself.
My grandson used to do the same thing when little, practising words, I think Syd does the same going over his day until he settles down. It's soooo cute.

 

[tfw]

The other day, I took him up his gym that's in my room and I ended up falling asleep to him grunting. He and I fell asleep for a good hour or so LOL . He seems to only do it when he's falling asleep outside of his cage. When we put him in his cage for a nap or bedtime, he doesn't make a peep.