Bird Crazies: while he is very clever he is also very stupid

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mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

Bowling pin mode:

Suave mode:

I love how you can see the brown of his eye in good light.

# ? Apr 29, 2020 04:08

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# ? May 25, 2024 23:38

CROWS EVERYWHERE: Dec 17, 2012; CAW CAW CAW; Dinosaur Gum

redgubbinz posted:

the triumphant WARK at the end

AND STAY DOWN! < :mad:

>

Crouton and Galbedir are delighted with the lockdown in Queensland. I work in a cafe in the middle of a shopping centre; most of the shops being closed and us being only allowed to do takeaway means my shifts have been decreased to almost nothing, though they're coming back up a little (a whole six hours a week! Nice!) with the Jobkeeper payment helping the boss pay us to come in and the restrictions looking to ease a little by Saturday. This means much more time spent at home and lots more delicious home-cooked meals including bird-safe bird-sized bird portions. Lots more cute videos of internet birds and scary horror movies including scary bat/mouse/rusty iron hinges/etc to scream at. Lots more stubble to groom and pyjamas to chew holes in. I will be glad to go back to work and earn proper money once things calm down but for now at least the birds are enjoying the economic downturn.

Crouton does not at all like the reusable fabric masks I wear on the odd occasion I get an actual shift:

# ? Apr 29, 2020 08:50

Suntan Boy: May 27, 2005; Stained, dirty, smells like weed, possibly a relic from the sixties.

Everyone needs to see this.

https://v.redd.it/yjgntomsfsv41

I can't find the matching YouTube video, so you guys get the reddit link.

# ? Apr 29, 2020 20:22

Tendai: Mar 16, 2007; "When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."; Grimey Drawer

LITERALLY A BIRD posted:

# ? Apr 29, 2020 20:31

Nokanoh: Jan 24, 2014

My friend in NC caught a budgie in her yard using a fish net and bird seed.
The budgie didn't even move from the dish when she put the net over it, it must have been very hungry. He's now chilling in an old cage with a towel over top (but open to allow for airflow) with access to seed/water. She has not seen any postings about lost budgies.
He's a bright yellow male budgie judging by his ceres.

I believe if no one claims him she intends to keep him. Is there up to date good information on cage size & diet for budgies? I have not kept them in decades and i'm not sure where would be a good idea to find information on that. She said she was doing some quick googling and the recommended cage sizes seemed super small (i.e. not allowing for flight in the cage).

# ? Apr 29, 2020 20:34

CROWS EVERYWHERE: Dec 17, 2012; CAW CAW CAW; Dinosaur Gum

Nokanoh posted:

My friend in NC caught a budgie in her yard using a fish net and bird seed.
The budgie didn't even move from the dish when she put the net over it, it must have been very hungry. He's now chilling in an old cage with a towel over top (but open to allow for airflow) with access to seed/water. She has not seen any postings about lost budgies.
He's a bright yellow male budgie judging by his ceres.

I believe if no one claims him she intends to keep him. Is there up to date good information on cage size & diet for budgies? I have not kept them in decades and i'm not sure where would be a good idea to find information on that. She said she was doing some quick googling and the recommended cage sizes seemed super small (i.e. not allowing for flight in the cage).

The bigger the better. The biggest you can get from the regular pet shop at least.

Pellets with fresh fruit and veg will be the best diet for the bird, BUT as it's currently on seed she will have to slowly wean it off the seed. Regular weighings are good for this. The pellets she gets should be the smallest size (little rice grain size). Vets have Opinions on which pellets are best that vary from country to country but they are all better than seed.

# ? Apr 30, 2020 02:51

Chaosfeather: Nov 4, 2008

Nokanoh posted:

My friend in NC caught a budgie in her yard using a fish net and bird seed.
The budgie didn't even move from the dish when she put the net over it, it must have been very hungry. He's now chilling in an old cage with a towel over top (but open to allow for airflow) with access to seed/water. She has not seen any postings about lost budgies.
He's a bright yellow male budgie judging by his ceres.

I believe if no one claims him she intends to keep him. Is there up to date good information on cage size & diet for budgies? I have not kept them in decades and i'm not sure where would be a good idea to find information on that. She said she was doing some quick googling and the recommended cage sizes seemed super small (i.e. not allowing for flight in the cage).

Dawww good luck little boodge. Definitely a pellet diet and the biggest cage you can get without the bars being too thick for the bird to climb/the bar space being wide enough for them to try to get out and get stuck in.

Crossposting from the critter thread, more bird bothering! I am running out of new species to introduce so you guys will get a break soon.

Chaosfeather posted:

Birds that I shamelessly bothered!

Here we have a handful of female and male House Finches!

Very timid and flighty, these were a bit more difficult to chase in the larger trap.

"Ugh, humans"
I just loved the loving scowl some of them had.

They were not amused that I lined this picture up. Don't worry I let them go super fast afterwards.

There was just a swarm of these birds at once, we let them go and closed the trap. Haven't seen them since.

Next we have another species we manage, House Sparrows
The males are brightly colored and super noticable.

I've caught a couple of them now, all males except one.

She is so done with my poo poo.

And lastly, a new species for me! Period! These are (both female) Yellow-headed blackbirds!

We had two ladies chilling with a flock of cowbirds. This one was pretty chill.

However...
Her friend gave me the fury that I'm used to getting from blackbirds.
If she wasn't biting me, she was yelling at me.

I love this little shithead.

Thanks for joining me!

# ? Apr 30, 2020 04:37

Elmnt80: Dec 30, 2012

Never stop posting indignant birbs. :allears:

# ? Apr 30, 2020 05:40

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

Ooh, she got a nice chunk of your glove too.

# ? Apr 30, 2020 06:40

nielsm: Jun 1, 2009

Wow those blackbirds have seriously long feet.

# ? Apr 30, 2020 07:13

Captain Log: Oct 2, 2006; Now I am become Borb,
the Destroyer of Seeb

Nokanoh posted:

My friend in NC caught a budgie in her yard using a fish net and bird seed.
The budgie didn't even move from the dish when she put the net over it, it must have been very hungry. He's now chilling in an old cage with a towel over top (but open to allow for airflow) with access to seed/water. She has not seen any postings about lost budgies.
He's a bright yellow male budgie judging by his ceres.

I believe if no one claims him she intends to keep him. Is there up to date good information on cage size & diet for budgies? I have not kept them in decades and i'm not sure where would be a good idea to find information on that. She said she was doing some quick googling and the recommended cage sizes seemed super small (i.e. not allowing for flight in the cage).

I'm pretty sure parakeets need bar spacing no bigger than 1/2 inch. If the bars are too far apart their heads can get stuck. The ensuing freakout can potential kill the poor thing.

If I'm off, someone will correct me. But parakeets will shove their heads into small spaces and can risk getting stuck.

I've always used Vision brand cages for my parakeets. Their design is awesome for cutting down on mess. I've got multiple Vision cages I've used over the years. The only downside is the cages are plastic - parts can get snapped if you drop the cage while moving or bumble into it, as I did a few years back. (Not with the birds in the cage, luckily. )

# ? Apr 30, 2020 07:35

Plant MONSTER.: Mar 16, 2018; I was watching simpsons at 0.75 without knowing until a scene where homer and bart were getting back massages at a hotel and the noises they were making were super drawn out like a youtube poop

Yes budgies will stick their entire faces in holes or tight spaces.

Weaning from seeds to pellets can take months up to like, a year or more. My budgies won't eat pellets unless I soak them and roll it into a giant turd and put it on a stick.

# ? Apr 30, 2020 14:49

Youth Decay: Aug 18, 2015

Plant MONSTER. posted:

Yes budgies will stick their entire faces in holes or tight spaces.

Weaning from seeds to pellets can take months up to like, a year or more. My budgies won't eat pellets unless I soak them and roll it into a giant turd and put it on a stick.

Although it's possible that the budgie was on pellets in his former home and only ate the birdseed while it was lost outside?

# ? Apr 30, 2020 16:49

RoboRodent: Sep 19, 2012

In order to avoid losing my mind as an incredibly underpaid essential worker, today is super self care day.

# ? Apr 30, 2020 18:34

LITERALLY A BIRD: Sep 27, 2008; I knew you were trouble
when you flew in

Chaosfeather posted:

AAAAAAA

RoboRodent posted:

In order to avoid losing my mind as an incredibly underpaid essential worker, today is super self care day.

# ? Apr 30, 2020 18:48

Captain Log: Oct 2, 2006; Now I am become Borb,
the Destroyer of Seeb

Serra has lost some grams, but still puts some legit effort into being a Borb when she is content.

I need to get a picture of her being skinny to contrast.

# ? Apr 30, 2020 21:20

Chaosfeather: Nov 4, 2008

Captain Log posted:

Serra has lost some grams, but still puts some legit effort into being a Borb when she is content.

I need to get a picture of her being skinny to contrast.

RoboRodent posted:

In order to avoid losing my mind as an incredibly underpaid essential worker, today is super self care day.

Some very wholesome birds right there :kimchi:

# ? May 1, 2020 16:53

Captain Log: Oct 2, 2006; Now I am become Borb,
the Destroyer of Seeb

TFR just opened up a new monthly chat thread about weird animal experiences. I'm crossposting what I wrote. Some of you have heard this story, but it's been a few years since I've told it -

Crosspost!

For a year or so, I had a job that required me to travel America constantly. It paid poo poo ($100 a day + $30 per diem on a company debit card!) but I didn't have a girlfriend and was glad to travel. It was the Great Recession and I was glad to be working. In less than three quarters, I logged 180 nights in hotels. I was on the road, a lot.

I didn't have the money or the time to do a bunch of tourist stuff. I normally spent my first day's debit per diem on groceries I could make in my hotel's microwave and saved the subsequent debit per diem to eat at one nice Thai restaurant a day. This often left me with some time to kill, cheaply.

I went to parrot stores. I missed my birds who were at home with my best buddy and room mate. I made a point to visit as many parrot shops as I could across America. In Florida, I found a place that specialized in large parrots.

I walked in and they had a well lit area of eight cages all next to each other. Each cage had a big rear end macaw doing macaw things. As I walked up, a chorus of, "Hello! HELLO! Hi! Hey!" came out from all the birds. They all had their unique way of saying howdy to me and I thought it was cool as hell. Then, the parrot on the end didn't say hello. He started loudly meowing at me while waving a foot. Weird.

I spent fifteen or twenty minutes playing around and talking with the birds. Weirdo the Cat Bird just kept meowing and waving the whole time. I figured he was the weirdo of the group, so I liked him a lot.

As I started to walk away, a chorus of different bird voices said, "Bye! Bye bye! Good bye!" Just like when I walked over and they hit me with a chorus of hellos, they now had a chorus of good byes. It was one of the damndest things ever, all these birds speaking appropriate English phrases to me.

Then the chorus got to the Cat Bird who had been meowing up until this point. When the chorus of farewells got to him, he shouting, "HELLO!!!"

I wanted to take him home.

# ? May 1, 2020 22:29

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Birdzarro.

# ? May 2, 2020 03:01

Plant MONSTER.: Mar 16, 2018; I was watching simpsons at 0.75 without knowing until a scene where homer and bart were getting back massages at a hotel and the noises they were making were super drawn out like a youtube poop

Look at this kind of pigeon. I bet you'll like it.

# ? May 2, 2020 16:14

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we can leave Marle behind.
'Cause your fiends don't dance,
and if they don't dance,
they'll get a Robo Fist of mine.

Plant MONSTER. posted:

Look at this kind of pigeon. I bet you'll like it.

When you roll a randomly generated character and go with it.

# ? May 2, 2020 17:01

Kenshin: Jan 10, 2007

https://twitter.com/backt0nature/status/1256587748628193280

# ? May 2, 2020 17:04

CROWS EVERYWHERE: Dec 17, 2012; CAW CAW CAW; Dinosaur Gum

Plant MONSTER. posted:

Look at this kind of pigeon. I bet you'll like it.

Spinifex pigeon! He lives out in the desert and doesn't come near cities very often. His cousin is the crested pigeon, with whom he is often mistaken (image nsfw if your boss is a pigeon):

Crested pigeon lives out in the bush but also comes into towns and cities. He is kind of dumb and in the areas I grew up often hangs out with happy jacks (apostlebirds, CWA birds, happy families, 5000 other names) because they benefit from safety in numbers and the happy jacks know the pigeon is no competition.

When he flies his flight feathers make a characteristic whirring or whistling sound, which makes him extra fun to chase.

# ? May 3, 2020 06:24

Captain Log: Oct 2, 2006; Now I am become Borb,
the Destroyer of Seeb

CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:

Spinifex pigeon! He lives out in the desert and doesn't come near cities very often. His cousin is the crested pigeon, with whom he is often mistaken (image nsfw if your boss is a pigeon):

Crested pigeon lives out in the bush but also comes into towns and cities. He is kind of dumb and in the areas I grew up often hangs out with happy jacks (apostlebirds, CWA birds, happy families, 5000 other names) because they benefit from safety in numbers and the happy jacks know the pigeon is no competition.

When he flies his flight feathers make a characteristic whirring or whistling sound, which makes him extra fun to chase.

That has to be one of the outright funniest mating pictures I've seen in my life.

The facial expression alone is hysterical.

# ? May 3, 2020 07:44

Plant MONSTER.: Mar 16, 2018; I was watching simpsons at 0.75 without knowing until a scene where homer and bart were getting back massages at a hotel and the noises they were making were super drawn out like a youtube poop

CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:

Spinifex pigeon! He lives out in the desert and doesn't come near cities very often. His cousin is the crested pigeon, with whom he is often mistaken (image nsfw if your boss is a pigeon):

Crested pigeon lives out in the bush but also comes into towns and cities. He is kind of dumb and in the areas I grew up often hangs out with happy jacks (apostlebirds, CWA birds, happy families, 5000 other names) because they benefit from safety in numbers and the happy jacks know the pigeon is no competition.

When he flies his flight feathers make a characteristic whirring or whistling sound, which makes him extra fun to chase.

Thank you for that!

# ? May 3, 2020 12:47

Potato Salad: Oct 23, 2014; nobody cares

LITERALLY A BIRD posted:

Cereal Killer

# ? May 3, 2020 16:12

redgubbinz: May 1, 2007

Just a reminder that this video exists, and is Extremely Birb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kxMCUk0Pg0

# ? May 3, 2020 16:14

Plant MONSTER.: Mar 16, 2018; I was watching simpsons at 0.75 without knowing until a scene where homer and bart were getting back massages at a hotel and the noises they were making were super drawn out like a youtube poop

redgubbinz posted:

Just a reminder that this video exists, and is Extremely Birb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kxMCUk0Pg0

literally Banane.

He screamed at soup if it was too hot.

# ? May 3, 2020 16:48

redgubbinz: May 1, 2007

Banane

You should also know, I use your pic of Pesto hiding in a plant as one of the many pics in my desktop wallpaper rotation.

e: this one

# ? May 3, 2020 19:14

Plant MONSTER.: Mar 16, 2018; I was watching simpsons at 0.75 without knowing until a scene where homer and bart were getting back massages at a hotel and the noises they were making were super drawn out like a youtube poop

omg, baby Pesto! Look at his baby budgie eyes!

Now he has the crazy eyes.

His hatch day was in April so he's pretty much a man now.

edit - im pleased as piunch that you have pesto as bg

Plant MONSTER. fucked around with this message at 00:03 on May 4, 2020

# ? May 3, 2020 19:51

Captain Log: Oct 2, 2006; Now I am become Borb,
the Destroyer of Seeb

Serra has learned she can get DOUBLE BONUS SCRITCHES!!! if she rubs her little noggin against my goatee while getting regular scritches.

# ? May 3, 2020 21:26

RoboRodent: Sep 19, 2012

I wonder what my neighbours think of the yelling I get when I come home. I did get some confirmation from the girls who live on one side of me that they can hear the birds, but it's not annoying or anything.

Anyway the yelling seems half excited and half angry. "I'm so glad you're home! But also, how dare you have left at all!"

# ? May 4, 2020 00:00

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

https://i.imgur.com/vP6XXx8.mp4

# ? May 4, 2020 23:46

Plant MONSTER.: Mar 16, 2018; I was watching simpsons at 0.75 without knowing until a scene where homer and bart were getting back massages at a hotel and the noises they were making were super drawn out like a youtube poop

CRIPES he's too cute.

# ? May 5, 2020 03:07