Bird Thread

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Cassowaries. Nature's best houseguests.

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my skarny poo

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Please let there be owls in this thread

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>>2092596

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I want to get a senegal parrot but I cant if its too noisy or I will be evicted. Does anybody know the amount of noise it makes? Does it quiet down at night?

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>>2092512
That's a nice bird, OP.

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I hate birds. Stole my quarter

>>2092788
>i want to get a bird but if my bird is noisy i will be evicted

Getting a bird is not an option for you period.

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Good evening, gentleman.

>>2092788
Don't even think about it. Parrots will make noise when they're happy, angry, stressed, lonely, the sun comes up, they hear an annoying sound they'd just love to imitate all day..

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>>2092788

parrot quiets down when it's dead.

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I get all my animal pictures from [spoiler]/v/[/spoiler]

Time for dumping.

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>>2094341
Well, guess that didn't work. I'm not from here.

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Owl's are silly.

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Behold, the best bird. The magnificent Bearded Vulture.

Gods greatest bird.

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Seriously, I love this bird. I'm breaking my dumb-fest to splurge on about this guy.

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>Come, my people, the bird king commands you.

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I'm out of Best Bird, and patience. Might dump more tomorrow, but I'm done for now.

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>>2090401
Is the anon asking about this bird book still around?

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can anybody help me ID these bird remains?

found on a beach in Charleston, South Carolina

I regret not getting a better picture of the feet or the underside. Looks like some kind of wading bird to me but I am not aware of any wading birds of that size and brownish color. I also don't know if the weird brownish plumage is just an artifact of baking in the sun for god knows how long.

>>2094700
Stabby beak makes me think of a cormorant.... but the ones I've seen didn't have any white. Could be a juvenile bird of some kind because its back is rather downy-looking. Don't see much in the way of adult tail feathers either.

>>2094705

cormorants have hooked beaks. you might be thinking of an anhinga, which i have considered, but it's too big to be either and the head isn't long/skinny enough to be an anhinga. sorry the picture doesn't have a good sense of scale; the beak was about 3.5 inches long

i too was thinking it might be a juvenile something or other, but i can't find anything it looks like on google. things that share the same general shape that i know we have around here are great blue herons, tricolor herons, and great egrets, but it doesnt look like a juvenile of any of those, at least based on what i can find on google

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>>2094707
Well I'll be damned. I guess I never looked close enough at a cormorant. You're right, of course.

>>2092514
"You-hoo-hooooo fockin wot m8?"

>>2094700
That looks like a booby bird. The species is unidentifiable because of its decay, though. Quite a rare sight in South Carolina, it must have just been already dead when it drifted on to your beach.

>>2094776

that ain't no booby

>>2094348
What

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>>2094229
But I LOVE chickens Eddy!

>>2094383
Vultures in general are cool as fuck. Sucks that they generally looked don upon.

How would a vulture go as a pet? Are they trainable? High maintenance? Will they kill a child if they get loose?

>>2092596
>>2092598
>>2092600
>>2092602
I want an owl as a pet but I hear they're high maintenance as fuck.

Anyone with best birb confirm?

>>2095250
They're not pets and theyre not very teachable

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>>2095253
>it's a "animal is cute as fuck and for some reason people have them as pets but the moment you get one, it's like they spawned from Satan's asshole" episode.

It fucking hurts man.

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>>2094655
Yep any answer please?
I plan on getting a cockatiel soon

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>>2095468
It's "The Cockatiel Handbook" by Matthew M. Vriends. I think it might be kind of outdated though, since it says to feed cockatiels mostly seed when it's mostly pellets you should feed them. Also, cockatiels do not need (and shouldn't be given) grit.
This page might be helpful for you too:
http://www.cockatielcottage.net/

Thanks a bunch of saying my tiel is gorgeous by the way! I was super happy and showed my mother and brother your post too. She is indeed a lutino, and she's very sweet.

>>2095257

my grandfather found one as a chick and tamed it, and though it lived outside in the wild. it would come and hang with him most of the time, so I guess it can be done but it would take alot of time and effort and I doubt they can fully tamed, and you probably need to live in the rural setting.
I found a baby tawny owl some years ago, got it back up in its nest but holy shit cutest thing ever, it was so affectionate, I really wanted to keep it.

>>2095483
What an ugly cunt

>>2095484
Go fuck yourself, that cockatiel is very cute.

>>2095486
Do you wanna fuck nigger?

>>2095487
Sure, you can suck my big black cock.

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>>2095480
Aww thanks for letting me know anon
Btw any bird lovers should follow @kanmiQ for adorable tiel whistling and pics

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How can I get rid of doves? They eat too much and chase away the cardinals. I don't have a gun so I can't shoot them. Fucking fatty fatasses

alright /an/, I give up

what fucking bird is this? I remember hearing it all the time on the east coast.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s174SrjRvU4D

>>2094381
>Oh god please kill me

>>2094700
>>2094776
It's some type of anhinga.

>>2095647
The east coast is huge. What state? What time of day/night did you usually hear it?

>>2095775
in Boston, usually during the day/evening.

>>2095782
http://www.enature.com/birding/audio.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Massachusetts

Have fun. It reminded me of flickers and the 'tree clingers' but that call has the 'awh' in it that throws me off.

>>2092788
A parrot yell for his soul all day.

>>2094700
>>2094705
>>2094707
>>2094710
>>2094776
It's a young Northern Gannet. Guy that guessed booby was closest--they're related.

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Agaponis are the best :)

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My favorite chart.

>>2095791
>>2095647
well, on the off chance anyone cares, I looked all through that, and the closest I found was the Blue Jay. it does sound like a blue jay, only slowed down and processed.

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Post your dramatic birds.

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>>2096502

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>>2096259

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Fuck yes let's post some birds.

>>2097158
Dumb nigger is me

>>2097158
>>2097156
Cute birds and nice colors.

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Burbs who love scritches

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>>2097439
Those are the best

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>>2097451

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turkey

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>>2097439
Burbs who wear britches

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>>2092788
Its worth finding the right place, i love muh babies.

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>>2096259

My keets just won't bond with me. I been trying for almost a year now, they don't like any treats enough to come to me for it.
>is it because I'm just stupid?
>is it because they're Petco keets?
>is it because I have more than 1?
>is it because I'm just expecting too much from this webms?

They would step up and stand on my shoulders sometimes, but they always try to get back to their cage the first chance they get. When I give them out of cage time all they neglect to add me to their play time.

>>2096240
Is that OC?

>>2092788
Don't get a parrot,period. Maybe a finch will be fine

How loud are parakeets? We had a few when I was a kid but I can't remember how much noise they made. I want another one. '_'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0wJBbs5MAw

>>2098488

Often quiet. Mine typically made noise during the morning. If you play music around them or have some sort of noise constantly running they'll likely become chatty more often.

>>2095616
you can't
they're protected, unless they're diseased or actually a starling in disguise

Does anyone have advice for getting budgies to trust you? I got a pair about a month ago and they're still really skittish. The only time they'll ever come near my hand is if I put food in my palm and just sit quietly with them eating out of it.

>>2094360
What's how they hunt mice.
fox_ass_in_the_snow.jpg

If I'm mute, would it be bad to get a green cheek conure?

>>2100003
If you have have a pair of birds like that, it's going to be hard for either one them to settle for the company of humans when they have another bird around. Not impossible, but it'll be difficult.

>>2094348
Awesome

>>2095132
https://youtu.be/HAjPEp1U8uI

>>2094345
one of my favs

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Pre Birds

>>2098031
I had a similar experience after we got our second keet.

First keet, by herself, was very friendly and played with us. She hopped around and jumped all over us. As my partner and I got busier with classes and such, we felt bad leaving a social creature alone for hours and hours everyday, so we got another female.

After they became friendly with one another and shared a house, first keet doesn't really play with us anymore like she used to. Second doesn't really either.

I tell myself that it's for the best, since we weren't at home enough anymore.

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HRONK

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HROONK

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HISSSSS

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These were pretty good duck bros to have when i was a kid in Florida

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Best parrot I ever owned was a Yellow Collared Mini McCaw wish I had my own pictures of it but alas I do not and damn i miss it

>>2095207
A vulture is a poor man's condor.

Not sure how relevant this is, but I've built a new coop for my chickens and I'm worried about rats. I only had one before so we kept her in a rabbit hutch and just let her run around the yard during the day, and rats weren't an issue. But now I've got eleven chickens in an 8'x6' non-elevated run and I'm worried that rats will cause problems. The places is pretty much just a box now, of chicken wire on a pine frame, and I didn't really consider the rats when building it. Is this likely to be a big problem, and what ought I do to deal with it?

>>2092788
Get a green cheek conure, I have one and he screams like a maniac but only when he's hungry. Then it's back to being quiet.

A while ago I found a crow kicking a ping pong ball around a parking lot by itself. How can I invite myself to play soccer with crows

>>2100761
>>2100759
Domestic geese be tasty tho.

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Call ducks. Bred to die. Now, as pets.

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>>2094344
I actually burst out laughing when I watched that documentary

Why aren't corvids more common pet? I mean they are cool, smart and dressing in black is timeless. Are they seen too common in western countries? Is their smarts a bad trait for pet? What gives?

>>2098475
Why did you spray paint your 'tiel?

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My new batch of Rode island reds.

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I got my very first tiels about 3 weeks ago, and they've just started getting comfortable with my hand to step up. They're little shits but I love them to death already.

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>>2101672

>>2101592
The smarter the bird the most mental interaction it needs, else it becomes destructive to itself and its environment.

>>2101807
What if you gave it a tiny pachiko machine in addition to the other usual bird toys and parrot levels of interaction

>>2101877
It will develop a gambling problem

>>2101592
I always figured it's because it's a bit of a street bird. It'd be like keeping pet pigeons, why bother? There's like fifty of them roosting on your balcony RIGHT NOW.

>>2092596
>we are owl exterminators

>>2101891
>It'd be like keeping pet pigeons
People do that.

>>2101601
Are you stupid?
That's a greyface mutation.

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Any ornithology anons here? I'm visiting from /ic/, in the market for birds so I can study their wings, I need this first-hand research and observation for a project, and would appreciate some clarification on what it would take to get my hands on some freshly dead birbs to fondle, and what I can expect.

>What's the biggest bird an average person can acquire legally?
>Who do you contact to acquire a cadaver of such a bird?
>Is it possible to acquire their cadaver fresh, or do they come preserved with their joints still flexible?
>What should I do to make the cadaver last?
>Should I just visit the local museum, or a local ecology institute? Would the folks there feel flattered or get annoyed if an illustrator was asking if they could fondle their dead birds?

I hope I'm in the right thread

>>2101603
LOOK AT ALL THOSE CHICKENS

Are Bugies first good birds?

They're only about £20 in pet stores, but those are adults. Don't you have to get birds when they're young or they will hate you?

>>2102576
cockatiels are more interactive w/people generally

budgies are fucking weird

>>2102581
>Lives for 15 years

I guess you got to be sure you want one.

My cockatiel sleeps with me in my room and lately it's been getting extremely hot (I live in the Middle East), I can't turn the AC on since the room will get too cold for her to comfortably sleep so I decided to use a fan on lowest settings
How much will the noise produced by the fan affect her sleep?
Should I move her to another room? The problem is, my parents stay up very late and smoke the narjeeleh, so I keep her in my room since it's more quiet than every other room and smoke free

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>>2102661
Here is birb

>>2102661
>How much will the noise produced by the fan affect her sleep?
not much if it's fairly low and consistent. Id be more worried about the air blowing on her tho.

>I can't turn the AC on since the room will get too cold
is there only one setting? does it not shut off automatically?

>>2094351
Best gif here

Kekkkk

>>2102722
the fan is placed at the center of the and aimed towards my bed so there's not much air being blown on to her
As for the AC then no, it keeps going no matter how cold it gets
And the hottest setting(on cold mode) is still too cold for my bird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-e-CTxQFzU


reeeee

>>2102661
>parents smoke in the house
>having a bird
Put a towel under the door or something, and open a window or two in the house if you can.
Smoke is super terrible for birds.
The noise might be annoying to them, but they should get some sleep.

What's a good first bird for someone in a townhouse?

If birds shit every 10 minutes, how do people leave them out of their cages for hours?

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>>2094341
Aus birds best birds

>>2103765
It shit every 30, not 10.

And it's not mamal shit, water and a wipe make it go away.


Now if you have full size big ass parrots,it's hard but you can train them to use their liter

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>>2092512
My Ollie bird (bonus cat)