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#1

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See what I did in the title? Angel2

Here's a thread for funny videos of birds I keep coming across and keep thinking I must share them with @Aliza (and anyone else who might be interested).



He isn't doing it because he's lost his feathers (as some people on instagram "thought") but to build a nest. Or so those in the know say Nod

(Also, I just learnt that the "spine" of a leaf is called "midrib"  Shy )
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#2

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OMG so cute! Thank you for posting. Smile Yes, I've heard of birds tucking materials into their feathers like that to carry them to other places. They're super smart and they solve problems with what they have on hand. Also, that bird is specifically taking one item and changing it to serve a different purpose. (So smart!!)
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(07-03-2021, 02:45 PM)Vera Wrote: See what I did in the title? Angel2

Here's a thread for funny videos of birds I keep coming across and keep thinking I must share them with @Aliza (and anyone else who might be interested).



He isn't doing it because he's lost his feathers (as some people on instagram "thought") but to build a nest. Or so those in the know say  Nod

(Also, I just learnt that the "spine" of a leaf is called "midrib"  Shy )

Yep, typical nest building for lovebirds. They are so very cute!
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#5

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Poop! Video removed by uploader.   Sad
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(07-03-2021, 02:45 PM)Vera Wrote: See what I did in the title? Angel2

Yes I did see what you did there.
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#7

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The best bird video ever! Big Grin

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(07-05-2021, 12:09 AM)TheGentlemanBastard Wrote: The best bird video ever! Big Grin


No wonder they are rare! Not very good at choosing a partner.
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(07-05-2021, 12:15 AM)Dom Wrote:
(07-05-2021, 12:09 AM)TheGentlemanBastard Wrote: The best bird video ever! Big Grin


No wonder they are rare! Not very good at choosing a partner.

...who is going to slap your ass into next week for it. (I didn't watch the video)

ETA- Watched the video. Not a chance I'd've let that bird get more than one stroke. And that's Stephen Fry?! I didn't know that he was into animal porn...  Big Grin
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(07-05-2021, 12:09 AM)TheGentlemanBastard Wrote: The best bird video ever! Big Grin

Rofl2 Rofl2  Rofl2 Rofl2
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#11

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Raped by a parrot. ROFL2
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#12

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Original video:



A cute toucan:



A nice Beethoven:

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Izzy the caique doing the duck dance  Big Grin













And course, the one and only - Snowball



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He has a whole account on instagram (can't post instagram videos here, sadly)... the vast majority of which are him following this poor dog and singing at him  Big Grin

His favourite song appears to be... I'm a little teapot, short and stout... The most adorable thing I've seen in a while  Shy



Here he's imitating a squeaky tow  Big Grin




Here's someone else, singing the song from Addams Family (apparently, never seen it)

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(07-05-2021, 12:09 AM)TheGentlemanBastard Wrote: The best bird video ever! Big Grin


I'm so glad I clicked on that video.  Sometimes I don't.  This time I did.
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Goffin’s cockatoos are so smart they’ve been compared to 3-year-old humans. But what 3-year-old has made their own cutlery set? Scientists have observed wild cockatoos, members of the parrot family, crafting the equivalent of a crowbar, an ice pick, and a spoon to pry open one of their favorite fruits. This is the first time any bird species has been seen creating and using a set of tools in a specific order—a cognitively challenging behavior previously known only in humans, chimpanzees, and capuchin monkeys.

The work “supports the idea that parrots have a general [type of] intelligence that allows them to innovate creative solutions to the problems they run into in nature,” says Alex Taylor, a biologist who studies New Caledonian crows at the University of Auckland. “[It] establishes this species as one of the avian family’s most proficient wild tool users.

[...]

a male cockatoo bit away the fruit’s skin, then quickly severed a small branch from a tree inside the aviary, and with a series of quick bites whittled its thick stump into a wedge-shaped tool. Holding the fruit with his left foot while perching on his right, he used his tongue to fit the wedge into the pit’s fissure, prying the pit open. Next, he shaped a splinter into a sharp, narrow tool and used this to pierce the parchmentlike interior skin protecting the seeds. Finally, the cockatoo fabricated a third tool from another bit of wood, biting it into a flattened strip that he used to spoon out the seeds”


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Big Grin
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(08-31-2021, 06:03 PM)Vera Wrote: Goffin’s cockatoos are so smart they’ve been compared to 3-year-old humans. But what 3-year-old has made their own cutlery set? Scientists have observed wild cockatoos, members of the parrot family, crafting the equivalent of a crowbar, an ice pick, and a spoon to pry open one of their favorite fruits. This is the first time any bird species has been seen creating and using a set of tools in a specific order—a cognitively challenging behavior previously known only in humans, chimpanzees, and capuchin monkeys.

The work “supports the idea that parrots have a general [type of] intelligence that allows them to innovate creative solutions to the problems they run into in nature,” says Alex Taylor, a biologist who studies New Caledonian crows at the University of Auckland. “[It] establishes this species as one of the avian family’s most proficient wild tool users.

[...]

a male cockatoo bit away the fruit’s skin, then quickly severed a small branch from a tree inside the aviary, and with a series of quick bites whittled its thick stump into a wedge-shaped tool. Holding the fruit with his left foot while perching on his right, he used his tongue to fit the wedge into the pit’s fissure, prying the pit open. Next, he shaped a splinter into a sharp, narrow tool and used this to pierce the parchmentlike interior skin protecting the seeds. Finally, the cockatoo fabricated a third tool from another bit of wood, biting it into a flattened strip that he used to spoon out the seeds”



I have two Goffins and yes, they are really smart. They have figured out every locking mechanism on the cage (and they are designed to foil parrots) so I have to keep them under lock and key, and the key out of reach. They know the name of many tangible things and ask for them, or use phrases in appropriate situations. They learn very quickly.
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“We drift down time, clutching at straws. But what good's a brick to a drowning man?” 
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I watch a lot of David Attenborough nature documentaries with my wife, and the males of all sorts of species fight each other. At least some of such displays are just wrestling or sparring matches to establish dominance or territories.
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(04-03-2022, 11:37 PM)Alan V Wrote: I watch a lot of David Attenborough nature documentaries with my wife, and the males of all sorts of species fight each other.  At least some of such displays are just wrestling or sparring matches to establish dominance or territories.

Mine used to fight their reflection on my car bumper. They do seem to get along with younger males in their own flock though.

In the pic above, the one on the left seems to be the older guy defending against a younger intruder in his territory. You can tell by the amount of green the one on the right still has on his neck.
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