Who's afraid to hold this bird?

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Oooh, parrot-buckaroo.

(Weird)People do that with cats.

HEHEHE, i have never seen that (thank God) as far as a cat goes. But after seeing that pic of that macaw with somethin on his head it made me think, why did I do this, and why apparently do others as well. It seemed like a dominance thing really, the african grey (max) tolerated me as a kid, I loved him but definatly tested his patence from time to time. Now as an adult the thing loves me, very attatched even tho I dont live at my parents anymore, he shows his displeasure of me leaving the house and coming back after not seeing me for a while. Super intelligent!

Ya, I like those "Gonzo" birds too.

My bird likes to play "Let's see if you can touch my head and get away before I bite your finger. Go ahead!" But that's just when she's playing. She does let me pet her without threats, and even insists on it. Most parrots like being silly though. She likes me to circle my finger in her vicinity and her pretend to lunge for it to bite it, but she's not really trying. She just likes the fun of pretend combat.

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Does Chloe ever get offended at your ears existing? My birds do. I don't know what it is about ears that gets them upset, maybe they don't like how they look, but they can sure get mad or fussy about them.

That is also a macaw--- the hyacinth. biggest parrot of them all, and in a different genus than the greenwing and blue/gold ones. They can snap through broomsticks and are rather rare, especially in the wild. Beautiful birds.
Here's another macaw--- the very rare Spix's Macaw. Threatened with extinction in the wild and with only a few captive birds, this beautiful macaw will disappear soon if nothing is done soon.

Ya, I knew it's a hyacinth -- it's a beautiful color, and it frequently looks like its joking. (Even while it may not be! Which could be scarry.)

Those two birds look like approaching storms at dusk.





I hope they don't look that way to forcast their doom of extinction.

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Only when she's on my shoulder and I deliberately nudge her with an ear too much. Like parrots, I play kind of aggressively, but measuredly. When she goes to grab my ear with her beak, I simply turn my head away, and then she quits because she can't reach it anymore. Or, I tilt my head toward her, pushing her away with the top/side of my head and also hiding my ear against my shoulder.

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When my birds go to attack my ears they have never pierced my ear but rather fussed at them like, "I don't like how you're looking at me!" Pavi, for a little creature who sits on my shoulder, really has some personal space issues. She doesn't mind flying to my head, no. But she minds if, "that weird looking ear!" comes to close to her (even if she was the one to get close to my ear and then just noticed, "Weird thing alert! Attack!") I take it that if Chloe does get to your ear that she does show her irritation, but she doesn't ever hurt you.

My birds seem to have their own little language: calling for a separated bird, calling for one's mate, asking for food, command to fly, asking what something is (whurp?), mating call different for male and female, singing and spreading wings over territory, water music lead by the budgies (and other songs that they sing just to sing), etc. Would you like to share how Chloe communicates?

Well, Chloe will sometimes bite harder and harder if I don't stop her, but she's easily stopped.

As far as language, she likes saying, "C'mon, Chloe!" in an irritated voice, mimicking me. She does that when she wants my attention, because I say that when I want her attention.

When she uses words, she usually talks like a hoarse human -- a human who's got severe laryngitis. Like she's just barely croaking out the words. But sometimes she speaks quite clearly.

She likes when I'm very animated in my voice or body language. Like a toddler would, she likes when I accentuate every sentence in upward-downward fluxuating pitch, and when I make things sound happier than they are. Yes, she's very good for my insanity. She loves maniac and over-dramatic antics, and she does them do.

Sometimes, when she's REALLY trying to get my attention, she'll hang upside-down from the roof of her cage, bite her leg, and scream. Over and over. She's a weirdo. But no loonier than my ex-wife, so such antics don't phase me.

So, did your ex-wife ever



That would be crazy.

No, hers was more in the (screaming, fit-throwing 3-year-old) human range.

That would be tough: An abusive wife. I think Proverbs says something about that...

(Proverbs 21:9) It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Is that close? Better to live in a closet alone, than with a temperamental wife in a house. I think it would probably be nicer to be married to a good woman AND live in a house than to live in a closet though.

I don't let the bible touch my phalic area as I am afraid it will steal my lust for the same or opposite sex

birds rock

Reality interpreted according to desire?

Yeah, birds do rock.

maybe I donno


my personal favorite bird is the Falcon