The silly things your bird does...

Toulouse will be playing on his cage and then all of a sudden fly to the ground... when i pick him up, he books it up my arm to my shoulder and hides in my hair and runs around my neck and shoulders in a circle. Crazy bird. * Sigh *
 
I also feel like I could write a novel on the funny things my birds do!
Here are some highlights:

:whiteblue: Milo loves her little plastic cat toys w/ bells and plastic jacks. Though the other birds mostly ignore these toys, Milo used to find it necessary to hide them. She would drop them, one by one, from the top of the cage to the floor. Then, she would climb down her ladder to the floor and drag or carry the toys, one by one, to her special little spot underneath a chair in our living room. It was her little "secret stash."

:grey: In his younger days, PJ had an obsession with human feet (especially feet in white socks). He would run all around the living room and inspect each pair of feet. He would sing to the feet, bow to the feet, climb on the feet and pound the big toe with his head repeatedly. His favoite pair of feet are my mom's, in white slippers. This is often where he chooses to sit, even in his older years.

:grey: Kiwi loves to see me exercise, and gets very excited when I dance or do stretches or pilates on the living room floor. She comes over to inspect what I am doing, and climbs up onto my stomach. (This makes it very difficult to continue my exercise routine, but I don't have the heart to move her, so I just let her sit there and chill on my stomach.)

:grey: Scout sings beautifully, but only when he's left alone. If you bring another bird near, especially one of the other cockatiels, he will begin to sing loudly and his singing turns into more of an alarm sound.
It's fun to take the birds to another room, and inevitably, you'll start to hear Scout singing quietly to himself in the other room. Practicing?

:greenyellow: Pixel used to tuck herself in her cage when she wanted to go to sleep and she would start chattering loudly. This continued until the lights and music or TV went off, and the humans went to bed. She was pretty particular about her bed time.

:grey: Scout's alarm squawk also sounds at about 8:00 AM on the weekend (we never sleep that late during the week). He can be off by 15 minutes here or there, but he's pretty consistent. We never have been able to break him of that habit...
 
How observant birds are !!!!!
I had a haircut today, it was shoulder length, and always tied up.
I had it cut bob style, not too short.
When I got home, went to her cage, she just stared at me and her feathers were working overtime.
Mishka would not come out her cage, until I clipped my hair back.
She sat on my lap, not saying a word for about an hour.
Gradually she started playing with my hair.
I guess she was okay with the haircut, when she said mommy popcorn please.
 
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Boy, this sure is a lot of fun! There are some pretty silly birdies here.
 
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Agreed, I wonder what they'd say!

Also, I forgot to add that both of my boys say "what was that?" whenever they hear an unfamiliar noise. They learned it so quickly, too!
 
So I was home last week on break from school and one day dusty was sitting on his play perch next to me while I worked on a paper I had to write. He was content playing with his blocks. He was actually being quiet for a while. After about half an hour of playing with his blocks he starts chirping a silly little melody I taught him and then bobbed his head in a dance. At first it was quiet but when he realized that i wasnt watching him he screamed so I looked up at him and said "shhhh Dusty. Quiet time" and he chirped a soft little chirp as if saying "yes mamma" and then went back to dancing and singing to me. He would get mad at me whenever i would turn my glance away from him.
 
It seems like singing melodies is something Dusty really enjoys recently. My mom called me today to tell me that Dusty has been screaming all hours of the day (the only time he is quiet is when his cage is covered at night) He tends to get louder when I go back to school so I had my mom put the call on speakerphone and to hold the phone near Dusty. When the phone was set up, I spoke into the phone. "shhh Dusty. Momma's here. Momma misses you." I reinsured him that I missed him. He started chirping into the phone and then singing. My mom told me that he was dancing as he was singing. I told Dusty. "Dance Dusty. Sing for Momma" And he sang a little louder. "Shhh Dusty since quiet" he started singing softer. It was cute.

It really warms my heart that my baby misses me while I am gone and that when I do get a chance to talk to him or see him he shows his happiness in such a sweet way.
 
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That's adorable, wish I could have heard the 'conversation'. And I'm sure you miss your baby, and he misses you too.
 
It seems like singing melodies is something Dusty really enjoys recently. My mom called me today to tell me that Dusty has been screaming all hours of the day (the only time he is quiet is when his cage is covered at night) He tends to get louder when I go back to school so I had my mom put the call on speakerphone and to hold the phone near Dusty. When the phone was set up, I spoke into the phone. "shhh Dusty. Momma's here. Momma misses you." I reinsured him that I missed him. He started chirping into the phone and then singing. My mom told me that he was dancing as he was singing. I told Dusty. "Dance Dusty. Sing for Momma" And he sang a little louder. "Shhh Dusty since quiet" he started singing softer. It was cute.

It really warms my heart that my baby misses me while I am gone and that when I do get a chance to talk to him or see him he shows his happiness in such a sweet way.

Birds are such pure innocent pets.
They give so much love and joy, without even realizing it. ;)
 
Jade, our RFM, is really growing into her personality. Her newest thing that cracks me up is this: She loves to hang upside down and look around. I guess it gives her a new perspective. We call it her Bat Jade pose.

Her usual routine after settling on someone's lap is:

first Baby Noise (that soft little squawk baby RFMs make)
then Baby Wing (slight flutter of her wings, not fully extended)
if she doesn't get enough petting we get Pretty Wing (wing fully extended over her head so we can see her pretty orange underwing)
lastly, she climbs onto your hand for Bat Jade
 
Jade, our RFM, is really growing into her personality. Her newest thing that cracks me up is this: She loves to hang upside down and look around. I guess it gives her a new perspective. We call it her Bat Jade pose.

Her usual routine after settling on someone's lap is:

first Baby Noise (that soft little squawk baby RFMs make)
then Baby Wing (slight flutter of her wings, not fully extended)
if she doesn't get enough petting we get Pretty Wing (wing fully extended over her head so we can see her pretty orange underwing)
lastly, she climbs onto your hand for Bat Jade

What a little character Jade is, I love it when the hang upside down, then look at us like we are the mad ones LoL :eek:

You must send a pic of Bat Jade pose okay!!!!!:D
 
You must send a pic of Bat Jade pose okay!!!!!:D

As soon as she's stays there long enough for me to get the camera!:p By the time my camera's on and ready to go, she's right side up again.

Max just looks at her like she's nuts. I swear I've seen him roll his eyes and shake his head.
 
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCrPdn12R8g]YouTube - Goof the Goffin Cockatoo is in for a surprise[/ame]

This if 'Goof' our Goffin. She did this exact same thing 2 times about a week or so apart! After the 2nd time we modified our perch placements :)

Notice the 'cocky' headbob she does right before it happens - she does that to people or objects she's not familiar with or doesn't like. I think she's trying to intimidate them! Does anyone else's Cockatoos do this? I just looks so 'cocky' that I can't help but laught everytime she does it!
 
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Chiba, thanks so much for sharing. I looked at some other videos in your stream, Goof is hilarious. His name fits him well! It was so cute how he tried to scare the duster.
 
Goof's name sure suits him...... LoL
He sure is so cute and curious
Mishka bops her head as well (AG) when not liking someone as well
Thanks for sharing
 

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