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Dinosaurs are the best birbs

I think birds are cool but are there birds that don't sing in the middle of a night like my mom's friend's canary I was babysitting for two weeks once?

>>2405214
They should be pretty quiet at night. Was the cage covered at night?

Why do some birds walk around with their mouths open? Is that how they perspire?

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>>2405233
That's actually it. They don't sweat and instead have to pant like dogs. The excessive heat could be caused just by the environment, excessive exercise, or by being too frightened (which is why it's also said that panting is a sign of stress).

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>>2405209
Reminded me of this

>>2405292
We wuz dinosaurs in sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit

>>2405248
Some seem to like roasting themselves in the heat. Wings lazily flopped out to the side, beak wide open, staring at the clouds, sitting in direct sunlight even though there is plenty of cool water and shade nearby.

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>>2405306
Or they could just be in severe shock.

>>2405195
I'm having an eyegasm right now.

>watch the wall with my parrot
>quiet the whole time
>it ends
>he goes "what"

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can someone please identify this birb

western manitoba, canada

>>2405292
Do we know the exact dino that was a direct descendant of all modern birds, like how chimps are our direct ancestors? There were actually some ancestors of modern chickens and ducks waddling around at the same time as rexes, and T. rex was one of the literal very last dinos when that asteroid hit, so they left no direct descendants.

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>>2405690
another photo, he is pretty smol

pls respond

>>2405690
Looks like a swallow.

>>2405696
i thought chimps weren't our direct ancestors

they're more cousins than anything else

>>2405705
What was it then? Australopithecines?

>>2405690
>>2405700
Definitely a swallow, looks like a barn swallow at first glance

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Hey guys, my AC is out and I'm worried about my conure overheating while I'm at work since he's used to AC. I put out a fan on a rotate so it doesn't keep blowing in the same spot. Do you think that this distance is safe? Any advice is appreciated!

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Birbs come to visit me,
sometimes also attack my window.
>cant explain that behavior, have no idea what's going on
Here are some of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFaGx5h0X1M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1a2KN4GwbU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl8WBCuzrJA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL6-qhbJ3c8

>>2405975
A Goldcrest used to peck at my kitchen window, I think it was reacting to it's reflection.

>>2405934
It should be ok, if you notice the fan is bothering him more it further or away from it. Just keep looking for signs of panting and make sure the water is fresh.

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>>2405975
Why do birds go to your window so often?

>>2405934
It can over cool some animals, even you, be careful and get an ice pack to set on a plate (condensation catch) inside the cage.

This is not as hard to deal with as you think. Also put the fan on standstill and blow through one corner of the cage so he can get into and out of the air, works well and since he can leave he won't get frozen.

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hi there

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>>2406369
can't be seen

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Took this pic a few months ago, looks to be a juvenile (female I think) red-tailed hawk who took down a squirrel and was fleecing the fur off of it when she caught me snapping some pictures of her on my deck.

>>2405975
>>2405988
>>2406354
idk, I thought i was bc of their reflection, but my neighbors have the same type of windows and it doesnt happen there.
Also, been living here my whole life, but its only been happening for the last 3 or so years...

Thought it was hormones or something bcause of the poop they leave behind, so washed the windows, but its still happening.

I dont feed them either.
And they range from tiny 2 inch birbs, to huge hawks and parrots.

Hello /birb/,
I live in a shitty apartment which has cute pigeons that like to visit and sit on my windowsill and watch me. I feed them oats sometimes, and it's almost always a mating pair (though sometimes two mating pairs will come and two birds - presumably the males? - will fight each other for the territory, and if I'm lucky an old mating pair will bring one of their offspring).

It's given me a really cool insight into pigeon behaviour. In fact, they're outside right now, and they keep having sex.
But before one mounts the other, they do this weird thing where they open their beaks and, it looks like, try to bite each other's tongues.

Why do they do this? They obviously like it. Is it just bird foreplay?

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>>2406449
Here is them grooming each other. Really brightens my day desu

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>>2406371
>>2406371

>>2406467
What kind of bird is that? Where do you live?

>>2406521
Wilson's warbler, it was in the cascade mtns

better resolution here (and previous picture)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/155339046@N05/35127268402/in/album-72157681567567174/

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>>2405195
Sorry for newfaggotry but what the hell is this? I'm in England if it's any help, there were 4-5 chicks walking about looking terrestrial but there was a large nest in the tree above so they might have fallen. They seemed pretty large for this stage easy 12 cm tall even maybe 15. Cheers

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>>2406831
Well I just saw the mother I suppose so if anyone was wondering this is it, I still don't know what this T. rex legged thing is

>>2406932
It's a moorhen my dude, common water bird, a coot is one of these with a white beak

>>2406954
Thanks, website for UK birds were useless

>buy a parakeet from petco
>it's a boy
>he's pretty quiet for a week, afterwards he chirps or screeches according to the outside noise of other birds during the day.
>try to introduce him to a new toy after a month because he isn't playing with what he's given
>he freaks the fuck out and starts flying inside the cage everywhere

it's been 6 months. He can go outside of the cage, but only around his cage. He refuses to go anywhere else. The only time I took him out forcibly was when we went to the vet. The avian vet said he was healthy.

My issue is that he's afraid of new things. Anything, even the things he see in view, when I put it near his cage, he freaks out.

He steps on my hand, but if I touch him he pecks me lightly.
Also if I move my hand out of the cage, he immediately goes back inside the cage.

What should I do? I want to build an actual relationship with him.

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What kind of birds are these?

I changed the seed in my feeder recently and now they show up all the time. I used to only get little yellow and green finches, but now these fellas are showing up constantly. I was worried they'd spook the little guys but I get a steady stream of both.

Are they some kind of dove?

>>2407213
Mourning doves. They make a weird coo that sounds like a higher pitched owl. Relatively peaceful birds but their numbers and size can sometimes spook smaller birds.

>>2407157
Do you know of he was hand raised? If not you may have to start socialization from the beginning.

>>2406449
Male pigeons have to court females and build a relationship with them. They are probably just building their relationship. Fun fact, pigeons are relatively monogamous.

>>2407235
When I was younger I thought that squeaking sound their wings make when they take off was them chirping.

>>2407235
Bird plants?
They're pretty cool.

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>>2407270

>>2407290
You've doomed yourself to having to post this thousands of times.

We appreciate it a lot, so don't stop.

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>tfw mushroom hunting in the woods
>see this on the ground
>its over a foot long

how big can turkeys get, lads?

> adopted hurt budgie last week or two
> parakeet can't quite close toes
> vet says he likely has a tumor that prevents this, from the xrays
> answer on Friday

Feels fucking bad man.

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This flew in my room today while I was studying and it scared the shit out of me
I'm thinking of keeping it
Is it a parakeet? What kind of food should i give it?

>>2407559
>flew in my
flew into*

>>2407559
Where do you live?

>>2407602
Lebanon
It probably came from a nearby shop

>>2407605
Must be. Wish I could help, but I have no idea what it is. Pretty cool birb though, you should keep it bro.

>>2407559
I think it's a Fischer's Lovebird.

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This is an Eastern King Bird right? Hard to tell because I don't have a pic of the underside.

So an american robin made it's nest right outside my doorstep and its funny how it always flies away scared when I leave my house and returns back to it's nest when I'm not around but recently, the robin has not returned for quite some time now, is my bird friend dead?

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so my budgie's beak had been getting pretty long since he flat-out refuses to use his goddamn cuttlebone
I was thinking of bringing him to a vet to have it trimmed since he seemed to be having trouble eating, but today my mom told me she's done it herself with a pair of dog toenail clippers
miraculously he sit through it just fine, didn't even protest, excess beak came right off without a hitch but it scared the fuck out of me when she told me
he seems perfectly fine, if anything he's more cheerful since I guess he can eat better
still though, fucking dog nail clippers for a beak about the size of a cat claw

>tfw they get all excited when they see you coming home because it's playing with human time

>>2407300
Big.

>>2408041
Yep.

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this thing looks stupid
its camouflage sucks

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Think of the coolest bird you can think of. Now tell me what it is and what makes it cool to you?

Does anyone else's canary make a squeaking noise? He seems do it even when he's happy but it sounds so concerned.

>>2405975
nice vids i envy you. The colors on that woodpecker are very pretty

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Hey Faggots,
My name is John, and I hate every single one of you. All of you are fat, retarded, no-lifes who spend every second of their day looking at stupid ass pictures. You are everything bad in the world. Honestly, have any of you ever gotten any bread? I mean, I guess it’s fun making fun of birds because of your own insecurities, but you all take to a whole new level. This is even worse than jerking off to pictures on facebook.
Don’t be a stranger. Just hit me with your best shot. I’m pretty much perfect. I was captain of the flock, and starter on roost. What sports do you play, other than “jack off to naked drawn mammals”? I also get straight A’s, and have a banging hot girlfriend (She just preened me; Shit was SO cash). You are all faggots who should just kill yourselves. Thanks for listening.
Pic Related: It’s me and my bitch

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>>2408737

>>2408956
Is this in SE Asia?

>>2409001
No, I shot this in the tropic house in Vienna zoo. Not entirely sure what kind of bird this is to be honest.

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Shoebills are awesome!

BIRDFAG IS BACK BITCHES FOR IDS. FUCK ITS BEEN A LONG ASS TIME

>>2405580
Gyrfalcon

>>2405690
>>2405700
Barn Swallow

>>2405975
Blue-billed Currasow. Good shit!

>>2406354
Emperor Penguins

>>2406369
>>2406371
>>2406467
Wilson's Warbler

>>2406390
Yep, juvie Red-tailed Hawk

>>2406831
>>2406932
Common Moorhen with chicks. Nice! Love their legs.

>>2407213
>>2407290
Mourning Doves

>>2407300
Fucking enormous

>>2407559
Fischer's Lovebird. You'll need a lot of time, money, and a massive cage.

>>2407600
Ruby-throated Hummingbird

>>2408041
Yes, Eastern Kingbird

>>2408737
Lazuli Bunting. Awesome!

>>2408956
Pied Imperial Pigeon

>>2409345
Fuck them. Sadistic infanticidal motherfuckers. Worse parents than black people.

later bitches

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>>2409505
Welcome back birdfag

>>2409505
we missed you

What do you guys think about people that leave bird food and water outside so ""wild"" birds can eat and drink?

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>>2409505

>>2410282
I do this and now have 20 cardinals and 40 finches around in 3 days, they have completely eradicated my slug problems in this time, very useful.

They get on the porch and toss cat food everywhere when they run out of crackers and seeds, really annoying, attracts ants.

Do you continue feeding birds in winter? I was told not to add a bird feeder if I don't keep I going in the winter because the sudden drop in food during the hard months will kill a lot of birds

>>2410552
>the sudden drop in food during the hard months will kill a lot of birds

Not true. Unless there's some sort of famine going on, your feeder isn't the sole food source for all the birds that come to it. They come to the feeder for a quick fill-up but spend most of their time looking for food elsewhere. It's like bird fast food--nice, but not necessary.

The reason to keep feeders up year-round is because it's nice having birds in your yard.

>>2410642
I scatter feed, I have no desire to have 20 cardinals pecking 40 finches all day to get food from a tacky fucking red plastic hangup full of expensive seed with fillers.

Give them sunflower seeds, like David's, not black oil seeds. They don't give a shit about the salt, they can open the seeds. Do not feed pre-husked seeds or they will fuck with you more often because they eat them faster and don't have to work.

Pretty much throw unenriched crackers and plain seeds in the yard so you don't poison them with our "nutritious!" waste chemicals.

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Just found this bugger in my back yard in the apple tree. Has to be someone's pet. Never seen a wild parrot here in South carolina. Flew up on my shoulder too so it's familiar with humans. Walked around the community for a bit to see if anybody lost it but nobody claimed it. Went to the local pet store and put up a thing on their lost pets bulletin board. Never had to care for a birb before. Only reason I brought it in is because there's a hawk that roams the sky out back. Got some food and am just letting it fly around the house for now till someone calls.

>>2410664
You may need to get a bird cage or bring it somewhere, there's a good chance no one will claim it today. CHeck CL for lost birds too. If you can't keep it find a shelter or rescue that will take birds

It's a qt bird

>>2410545
That's nice, my grandma used to have a cardinal when I was a kid, I have never seen them in the wild, though.

I leave a little tub with bird food on one of my windows (which I refill twice a day) and I get tons of house sparrows, and some doves. They're really cute.

Is it bad that I leave them water in a plastic container? It gets hit by the sun in the morning.

I think somebody killed one of the doves that came to my house... ;-;

It was outside and it had blood on its beak.

>>2410833
BPA free. The main cardinal actually just listened to me pointing to where I put the food, too windy to put cracker dust on the wood railing today and he frequently comes to ask where it is.

I think I fucked up because the finches whine and whine until they get food. The male cardinal just walks up and look at me until I give him the thumbs up meaning I am going to get it, he also took to the sign 0 meaning no food right now. This is pretty shocking. Only been four days, however I'm outside 15 hours a day. Surely he'll be a friend before two weeks are over. They interpret english through repetition extremely fast.

>>2405696

Down the line we split from chimps but they pretty much stayed the same while we went through even more evolutionary steps and offshoots, who we prob killed at the end... cough

>>2410849
More likely it ran into a window or stop sign. Doves are very nice animals, but they're quite stupid.

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I've had a bunch of different animals before (fish, shellfish, lizard, rodents, turtle, cats and more), but i've always wanted a bird, preferably a crow (Scandinavian), but not limited to.
Does anyone know if they make good pets, how you should keep them and so on?
Not to mention how you aquire one.

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We call him "pollo"

I wish to employ of army of pigeons how do I achieve this?

I've always wondered while watching videos of birbs on YT : do they just shit everywhere when released in the house? I heard they couldn't control it and just shit everywhere these motherfuckers. Must be boring to clean everytime you free them

>have tiel for 13 years
>flips the fuck out if laundry is done unsupervised
>passes away, get another tiel
>within 2 weeks he flips the fuck out if laundry is done unsupervised
>only reliable way to make him leave his cage is to stand in the laundry room and pretend to clean shit
Is there something in cockatiel psychology I'm missing?

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My Easter Egger rooster named Lil' Dicky with his hens

>>2411123
Mine were called gallo and gallina lol, the only ones that had a name were one red hen call la roux and one hen that turned into a cock called galleta

>>2411169
Stop fucking using poisonous laundry detergent. They're concerned that you're a massive retard for bringing poison into your home.

>>2411058
Corvids should never be kept in cages. Just try to befriend a wild one. Maybe you can get it to walk around with you.

>>2411162
Parrots have pretty good control and can be taught to shit on command while you hold them over a wastebin etc.

>>2411417
Do you know if it's ok to keep corvids in an outdoor aviary? Like small bedroom tier big.

>>2411426
I would feel very uncomfortable doing it. Maybe if it was a rescue and raised entirely in captivity. You shouldn't be catching highly intelligent wild animals and placing them in captivity of any kind.
There was that dolphin that was kept in an entire flooded house and he still got pretty fucked in the head.

>>2411058
A crow will very easily destroy your entire house given the chance. They require a lot of play, and if they don't get it, they'll make their own, which usually consisted of breaking whatever they can find

>>2409345
They look sort of like Muppets.

>>2410780
Yeah, that's the plan. Haven't seen anything on Craigslist but I'm going to keep checking. Probably going to hang onto it for about a week, see if anybody calls. If not I'm going to try and find a shelter or rescue. I'd like to keep it but the dogs I have aren't the best with other animals. He's hanging out in the spare bedroom for now. It's a shame, I really like its colors. One of my friends told me the breed. Blue quaker parrot I think? I have no idea if it's a male or female though.

Hey /an/, rarely post here.

I had a baby budgie a few years ago from a neighbor who didn't realize that she had gotten a female companion for her male budgie. I must've gotten incredibly lucky with him because he was as friendly as a loyal hound. He'd fly to me when I'd come home, he'd sit on my chest and nap when I'd watch a movie, he'd even fly into poker games and steal chips from me. You get the idea. Unfortunately due to an accident totally out of my control, he got killed while I was away. I didn't even get to say good morning or goodbye.

A couple years after that I decided to get another budgie. I got him from a breeder and he's just been...okay. He's finger tame, but not very sociable and incredibly skittish. He never leaves sight of his cage. He'd rather play with his bells or objects around the house than interact with anybody and when he does fly over to say hi it's either very brief or only to eat some of what you're eating. Then he's back off to doing whatever else.

It's really disheartening, /an/. He's 3 years old now and it's harder to break habits and train older budgies but I've got to do something. Is it just his nature and should I accept that?

>>2411276
>one hen that turned into a cock called galleta
Huh, that's a thing. Thought that only happened with fish and reptiles.

>>2410506
I love Anna's Hummingbirds. Saw this gif on the Joe Rogan podcast recently. Hummers are awesome.

>>2410257
>>2410260
<3

>>2410664
Monk Parakeet. There are feral populations in the US, but that's a captive bird. Note the abnormal colouring. They usually look like the above. They're also called Quaker Parrots.

>>2411058
They can't be kept in cages, will steal/destroy your things, keep you up at night and require a shit ton of attention. If you want to be friends with them, put peanuts in your backyard/a park regularly and soon whatever eats them (crows or jays) will be comfortable around you and you can hand-feed them.

>>2411113
Location? Looks good for Cinnamon Hummingbird

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>>2411797
forgot about Monk Parakeet pic

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>>2411797
Yucatan, México...
It's hatch, this is from today... Just one

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>>2411276
Pollo its his name... He was the first rooster i had.
I got him since he was an egg...and now he's 4 years old...love him, even when i got a lot of chickens, he is especial

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>>2405195
I just found this cutie in my garden.

Please /an/, help me save its life identifying its species and diet.

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>>2412473
So far I've fed it crushed, moistened dog kibble, but fuck me if I know what to do.

To start, I'll be leaving it outside in a shoebox (can't let it fall to ground level, my wiener dog would eat it) with the food, should the parents be around.

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>>2412475
Later today I'll be calling a shelter for advice when they open, until then I, or rather it needs all the help possible to survive.

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>>2412476
I think its a blackbird but I ain't too sure btw.

>>2412477
I think I may just have seen the parent around the area, I THINK it was a blackbird but I didn't see it well enough before it flew away.

I am in Spain btw, you know, so you guys can rule out some species not native from here.

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hello /birb/ today i found a jung bird(blackbird?) and i have read that the parents care for them.so i let it where it was, i just checket if it was bleeding (liftet it with gloves on) on a tree i also saw an adult blackbird watching me so i asumed it is its mother.
3h after that i looked and it was still sitting there.now i thought about feeding him a little bit, went online checking what i could feed i read about insects like flies, crickets or worms.
then i looked for the bird again and it was dead.
was it wrong what i have done,what should i do next time?

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>>2412553
second pic of dead bird :(

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;>

>>2412553
That's terrible to hear anon, fortunately mine ( >>2412473 ) is still well.

Bought some bird kibble for insectivorous birds btw, some live maggots too.

I've gotthe material, but I can't get it to eat. It sometimes opens up its mouth like it wants to be fed, but it just won't keep it open and let me feed it. It HAS eaten a couple times like "biting" the food out of my fingertip, maybe I should use toothpicks and make the food into little, smoshy balls or something?

I could also smash or shred the maggots and feed him through a syringe. I'm open for ideas really.

Fortunately the parents seem to still be around, I placed the shoebox-nest on a shady, elevated corner near where I found it, left it alone a few hours.

When I came back, there was fresh shit on the flaps of the box, indicating a bird had perched on the edge. It could not be the baby because its too tall a box for its size. Later I also found a small insect's leg (cricket, maybe roach) laying on the paper sheets, indicating there had been yet another visit with food. I've also spotted a blackbird/s(?) several times around the area, the last time it was carrying an insect on its beak.

So yeah, its going well, but I'm worried the parents may give up on it, and the area I left it at would be easy to reach by a daring enough cat. Hell, even I've got a cat. Thankfully he's old as shit so its not too bad.

I just hope he's fine in the morning, i thought of taking him in for the night but his parents may really give up on him if he was gone for the whole night, and I can't risk that. Not when it won't let me feed it.

I don't know wether to try and get it accostumed to me so I can nurture him safely for the 1 and a half month or so it'll still need to develop or try to be as hands-off as possible. Maybe a compromise is possible?

I'm definitely checking up on him tomorrow though. Hang on, lil' guy.

>>2412622
hyacinth a qt

>>2405195
Pick your side, /an/:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qu8S704VQY

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> Be this anon
>>2407506
> budgie getting worse
> in pain most of the time, because of the tumor in his leg
> tomorrow I will put him in peace at the vet

Hold me, /an/

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>>2413085

>>2412233
Cute.

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Does anyone knows what kind of bird this is? There are many of them around my city, including some black ones that I think may be a different species. They come to my house everyday to steal my dogs' food, lol. I live in Central West Mexico in the Bajio region.

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>>2405195
>live in southern california
>12 am
>theres a bird chirping loudly
>it's been doing this everynight for weeks

explain this I'm almost certain i hear the same chirping during the day from other birds but theres always this bird that sounds the same yet does it in the middle of the night
It's been bothering me for weeks and now i can't go to sleep because i want to know whats up with this bird

>>2413113
> tfw same

turn on an ac

or listen to asmr sluts

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>>2410257
that picture
is like something from HP Dovecraft

>>2412988
It ded.

When I woke up I went to check and it had died. No wounds or anything that told me why.

I tried so hard and yet achieved so little.

Rest in peace lil' guy (2017-2017).

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Hello birbfriends. There is a sparrow's nest right outside my house. It used to be well populated before. Yesterday while going outside I must've come too close, since they started screaming like mad and two of the sparrows (the parents, I guess) kinda "fake-attacked" me until I quickly went away. Since about 1 hour after that, the nest has been completely empty. C-could this be m-my fault?

Hello, /an/.
My (?) african grey is an asshole. He's bit me a couple of times in the past but we've been chill for some times and he's allowed me petting. I want to try to move him to and from the cage in hand so he can get more/specific outside time but I don't want to risk my fingers/assorted extremities. Wat do?

>>2413209
You get a parrot and do not even have basic knowledge.

Firstly parrots shouldn't be kept alone and he doesn't give two shits about your selfish "specific outside time". These animals have wings for a reason.

Next time you get an exoctic animal do more reasearch.

>>2413085
Very sorry to hear that, at least he had somebody that wanted to rescue him.

>>2413081
Why didn't the birb cops show up?

>>2413113
Sounds like a fucking mockingbird (monkeybirds, I call 'em). They're all right during the day, but especially around this time of year the bastards will sing all night.

-t. San Diegan

>>2413221
I did not "get" a parrot. I took it off the hands of my demented grandmother, where it was living in conditions you don't even want to fathom.

Next time you want to pontificate over the lives of others, do more research.

bird fell from roof, should I make a thread or use this one?

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I'm a first time birb owner who has done their research. I've got no places near me that sell them so I drove like a hour away out of state to a nice store and holy shit the options were insane. I'm now having difficulty choosing, as the options are an adventurous green cheek, and a quaker parakeet. Both are too young to be brought home, so I don't know if their personalities will change when fully mature. Thoughts?

>>2413108
Great-tailed Grackle. That one is a female. The males are black.

Someone explain this birB meme to me

>>2413240
So because the bird's previous condition was worse its current one should be free from criticism?

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Shoebills are awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saaRyCB3U80

hello, i got 2 budgies 2 weeks ago,they pretty much got used to my hand and i have a question;how do i know if my budgies are feeling good? i started rubbing their bellies today with my thumb, so far they seem to either stand still and half open their beak or try to climb my thumb im rubbing them with.

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>>2413592
>you will never be a cute girl who works with adorable goofball birds for a living

>>2414092
The Shoebill is cute too!

>>2405696
Sadly no.
And convergent evolution is a thing so developement of birds may have started with multiple dino species.

What you should look into is the developement of feathers and fur.

Mamals are actually an older group compared to birds.

Why did they develop the fur and feathers?

Most probably a cold era in earths history.

So considering that T-Rex lived in North America that was switching of and on between British rainy weather and Syberian cold it's fairly probale that they had at least some down but that didn't cover their whole bodies.

Their legs and claws were probably still scaly.

A fluffy T-rex is even more terrifiyng.

>>2413312
Thanks :)

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>>2412218
Cool! Range confirms Cinnamon Hummer.

>>2412473
>>2412475
>>2412476
>>2412477
European Blackbird, juvenile. That one's a fledgeling and will be fine on its own soon. Parent will take care of it. Just put it back where you found it and don't disturb it. It's fine.

>>2412553
>what should I do next time
Don't try to rehab birds. Take them to a wildlife rehab centre.

>>2412622
Hyacinth Macaw

>>2413108
Great-tailed Grackle, a type of blackbird. Niggers of birds, but smart.

>>2413159
Red Crossbill

>>2413209
Please do pic related


Fucking hell this thread went south.

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What can i do about dirty feathers?

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>>2414968

>>2414578
Birdfag, what are you up to these days? Doing bird things?

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>>2414578
>>2409505

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>>2414578
>>2416529

>>2414973
Buy bird mister
Give birb bath
?????
Profit

>>2414090
Behavior and body language are really important. A happy bird will chatter and sing, hop around or preen themselves. A bird that trusts you will let you see them drink and fall asleep. Budgies, especially my boy Roger, loves to nibble fingers and toes. Not hard enough to hurt, but you know he's there.

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>>2414968
>>2414973
Give him a bath, as far as I know cockatiels are more resistant than other birds to them
Try offering a tupperware of water or something for him to jump in and bathe himself with
If that doesn't work, try a mister (I found a great one at a Dollar General of all places, little water bottle you pump up to build pressure then can spray a light mist with)
If neither of those work, try putting a washcloth spread across the bottom of a sink, leave the tap on low, and see if he'll bathe in that
If none of those work just do like me and get a suction-cup perch for in the shower, put it out of the flow of water, and shower with your bird. Either splash water on them with your hands or let water run down your arm onto them

I'll bring him in the shower ever 2-3 days and while he isn't always too keen on baths he tolerates being in there with me. Usually once every 10-14 days he'll decide he's ok with having a bath, but just being in there with me will always get him a little damp so he'll preen afterwards

>>2416948
She actaully loves to bathe, but i let her do it her way and she doesnt wet her upperbody much. The only way i see that dirt coming off was if i tried to cleant it myself, but she probably wont let me.

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Can someone identify this bird?

Seen this weekend in Sweden, perching above a fairly large stream.

>>2417112
Could it be a sandpiper?

>>2417112
Common Sandpiper, the small white gap between the wing and chest gives it away.

Any eurofags know when the best time of day for hearing Thrush Nightingales singing is? Been going to a reportedly inhabited grove neaby at around 9-10 pm without any luck. I keep hearing what I'm fairly certain is its call but no song, should I head out later or earlier?
Swefag in case it matters.

>>2417210
>>2417240
Thanks. I guess I don't think of them as birds that spend time perched on branches.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTvAtwoPEyg
what the hell are these little niggers called

>>2417532
A bit hard to make out, but they could be Ringed Plovers. Look at the neck.

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Saw this bird a while ago, was wondering if anyone knew what species it is

>>2417951
some kind of dove or some shet

>>2405195
Why are parrots so smart? As in, what's the evolutionary purpose of that inteligence? All they do is scream around and look for seeds and fruit, something that's basically everywhere at their native habitats, so I'm struggling understanding what need did they have for that extra brain power.

>>2417954
this

its a juvenile dove or some shet

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Getting a borb for the first time. I've narrowed down my choices, cockatiel or lovebird? Should I get a rescue, buy a bird from someone in my hometown or get one from a breeder?

I've got a Cokckatiel for a while now, and while we're all good i'd like some advice on two things mostly.
First off this piece of shit will not stop destroying my plants, and making a huge mess in the process. All my efforts to stop this behavior have failed so now i just spend my days chasing him out of them. Any tips, or am i shit out of luck?
Second, it's impossible to get him in his cage except at night. I let him out as often as i can. Always when i'm home. But then when i do want to put him in it he'll become impossible because as soon as he realizes my intentions he won't let me pick him up or grab him.
I love this little shit, i really do, but it's always like he is just aiming to push my buttons.

>>2418661
>bird REALLY doesnt want to be put in a cramped space against his will

surpriiiiiise

>>2405667
I really like this. It made me laugh

>>2417532
Killdeers

>>2413259
From my experience Quakers are alot less active but still need allot of outside time

>>2418384
Get a rescue at least

>>2418717
Are rescues usually aggressive or is that just a stereotype? I can work with a timid bird, but I don't think an aggressive bird would be a good starter for me.

>>2413259
>out of state
Don't forget to check whether you can have a quaker, as they're illegal in some states.

https://www.petcha.com/where-can-you-own-a-quaker-parrot-infographic/

>>2418858
Not him but I wouldn't unless you want a challenge or think you'll be lucky. Fucked up cat/dog rescues you can deal with behaviourly, bird behaviours are a bit harder/take WAY longer to change.

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>get banned from one birb facebook group for making people question the tumblr admins
>get banned from another birb facebook group for defending someone from a particularly abrasive lady who was "giving" advice
Why do bird groups suck worse than other pet groups. If they're not tumblr furries, they're baby boomers gobbling their old-wive's-tales regarding bird care that... type... like... this....
>yes I know I am normie as fuck

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>>2419176
I noticed this as well, every other facebook group geared towards pets arent nearly as bad as bird groups for some odd reason, when it comes to public social media, bird communities seem to attract the absolute worst people. Those undesirable tumblrina furries who will scream at you for 'misgendering their bird' and otherwise people who spread the most horrible misinformation, and if you call them out on it even politely, you can get banned

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can someone put this pic into the 'The VVitch: A New-England Folktale' poster for me?

I'm too dumb to do that

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>>2419178
i tried

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>>2419193
thank you!!! that's perfect

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My sister found this bugger just sitting on the corner of a street, not moving.
I placed it in our flower garden, under some big leafed plants to shield it from sunlight, and brought it water, soaked bread, and some ham.

Wat now?

>>2419260
Is it only a juvenile? I'm familiar with Australian birds, can you be more specific in where you found it?

I would recommend you take him to a vet. Considering his feathers and looks, he may be too young for you to care for.

>>2414578
yo birbfag, what birbs are these?
>>2416529
>>2416534

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>>2419270
Too late I'm a fraid, smoll birb is kill

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>>2419279
Went to check back on the poor thing, and it had died in my absence.
Decided to bury it ;_;

>>2419279
Rip in piss, forever miss.
Borb will always be in our hearts.

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>>2419281
Rip in peace, sweet prince ;_;

>>2419279
>>2419281
>>2419283
I suspect that the poor thing got internal injuries or something from falling from it's nest. It didn't seem to like to move much and mostly just drank water, eating only few bits of bread and meat I brought to it.

>>2419287
It's a shame, the poor thing looked really sweet.

>>2419288
Yeah.
Well, at least I hope it got a somewhat more pleasant death in our garden, next to water, than it would have gotten from just slowly dying on a street corner.

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>>2418661
Maybe try spraying your plants with bitter apple spray so they at least taste bad to your bird?
Post pic of cage and someone could probably tell you if there might be a problem with the cage itself.
On a somewhat related note, I got a little heater from the Dr. Foster's and Smith webstore (Gray plate attached to the cage). Basically plugs into the wall and stays warm to the touch and my cockatiel absolutely loves it and always gets right up to it when he sleeps

>>2419287
the tiney ones don't know how to eat yet... u gotta literally mash up food and put it down the beak

>>2419329
It did eat on it's own. I don't think that it was so tiny that it was incapable of feeding itself.

>>2419276
I'm not Birdfag, just a guy who collects all sorts of field guides from all over the world, but I'll take a stab at it in the hopes of summoning the real guy.

>>2416534
This looks like a species of wood-quail.

>>2416529
This is some sort of tapaculo in the Scytalopus genus. Even the super-good South American ornithologists have a hard time telling these guys apart. There's a page in one field guide that uses the same illustration for 4 species of tapaculo because they look so much alike you can only tell them apart by location and the noises they make.

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>>2419176
>facebook
There's the problem right there.

I've been out of town, sorry for the late reply. But I'm back

>>2416529
Normally Tapaculo sp are fucking hard to ID. They're literally jumping rats that all look alike. This is that new species discovered in Colombia a few months ago. I didn't know they went that far North until then.
>looked up last discovered tapaculo - this is a Tatama Tapaculo.

>>2416534
Chestnut Wood-quail. Cool birb

>>2417112
Common Sandpiper. You may have noticed the excessive tail-bobbing they Common/Spotted Sandpipers always do.

>>2417532
Killdeer, a type of plover (related to sandpipers). They nest in open areas. They interestingly can fake a broken wing in order to lure a predator away from their nest.

>>2417951
Juvenile Mourning Dove

>>2419176
Lammergier (Bearded Vulture)

>>2419260
>>2419279
Location? Looks like a Eurasian Jackdaw.

>>2415159
yeh. No rarities around right now. Once all the migrating shorebirds arrive here I'll be in heaven.

>>2419554
Finland.
And it was not a jackdaw, it was a babby crow.

>>2405195
Three of these birbs are in black face/

thas waciss

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>>2419350
>collects all sorts of field guides from all over the world
nice anon.
And u were right with both:

>>2419554
yeah, scytalopus alvarezlopezi and odontophorus hyperythrus respectively :)

So my aunt is moving off our property and taking all her chickens with her
We want to get some more to replace them
what are some top tier chicken breeds?
They don't need to lay a ton of eggs or anything but we do use them, mostly looking for chickens that are more friendly

my bird died yesterday, sparky was 16 years old

>>2419711
What species of bird was it?

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>trying to get my birb to like me more
>it prefers my partner
>get chewed out for asking how to get her to like me more
this is fine

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What kind of goose is this? There's always a gaggle of like 30-40 Canadian geese by this pond with a few nearby restaurants because people feed them, but this one was really lonely so I fed it some chips and it let me pet it, surprisingly.

>>2419720
I think it's a snow goose/canada goose hybrid.

>>2419283
F

>>2419717
the answer is always food

>>2419893
Sure, but the responses I got were like 'a bird makes its choice and you have to live with it' 'Stop being jealous' 'You can't expect to just give it food and make it love you' 'birds are like people, you can't just make a person love you' 'my bird hates me and bites me but I still love him, so learn to deal with it' etc etc etc.

Like...okay, fair enough, but it felt like they were putting birds on an imaginary pedestal. Talking out their bum in terms of bird psychology. Still, it didn't make me feel much better.

That said I've been giving loads of treats and cuddles and healthy food, which does make me feel good.

>>2419973
>birds are like people
this is how you can tell they're bullshitting

>You can't expect to just give it food and make it love you
And this is the part when you call them a retarded faggot.

>>2420003
Birds aren't like people they're like toddlers. Smart enough to want things but not smart enough to realize that other beings want things too.

>>2420023
What is the smartest birb, and how smart is it?
Can birbs cheat?

>>2420226
depends on what kind of smart you mean
an african grey parrot is probably what most people define as smart
crows and ravens have excellent problem solving capabilities
pigeons are little pattern recognition machines

>>2405195
Does anyone knows what exactly can I feed my cockatiels or not? What fruits for example?

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>>2420003
They seemed to believe birds have more sense of agency than any other pet, and that they are similar to children and to wanting to win their affection is seen as wanting to dominate it. Or something. That's how this one lady came off. Said I was too jealous and should just return the bird and get a dog. Funny thing is i've owned birds for 5 years so it's a bit late for that.
>facebook bird communities

Anyway, just spent a long time cuddling with my birdo this morning and gave her lots of treats and she talked and tried to regurgitate for my finger.
>tfw she already knows how to say her name in 2 months

>>2420226
Well the smartest parrot was Alex the African Grey, now deceased, Alex was part of a 30 year avian intelligence experiment. By the time he died his researcher estimated his intelligence to match that of a 5 year old child, with the emotional complexity of a 2 year old. A quick Google takes you to his Wikipedia entry

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>>2408762
My buddy Kane. hes cool because hes mine and he likes apples.

>>2420220
is that the elusive blurred borb. that thing is worth some money on the inter-dimensional black market.

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>vet only clipped one wing
>also told me to not feed my birds every day to prevent fatty liver disease
hmmm... okay.

Anyone got any cool or funny stories of what you've gotten your birds to talk or repeat back?

>>2420518
Not really, probably the silliest thing my lorikeet says is "whassittlefing" which is a mash-up of the phrase "what is it, little thing?" because I used to call him "thing" and "ugly" when he was a baby and I tend to mush together the words I repeat to my pets over time. Kind of how our dog went from "beautiful" to "booful"

>>2420493
>vet only clipped one wing

This (supposedly) makes them incapable of going upwards, but still able to glide so they can glide instead of falling and hurting themselves.

>also told me to not feed my birds every day to prevent fatty liver disease

What the fuck is wrong whit your vet?

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Okay, so some background, I've had a cockatoo for almost 10 years now.
His name is Popcorn and hes an asshole to everyone but me (and sometimes me) but I love him.
A couple of months ago I was at a reptile expo with my buddy who is a reptile breeder, and ended up getting a cute little white faced marble cockatiel from a breeder that was there. Her name is Cookie and she's literally the opposite of popcorn in every way. Super sweet and everyone loves her. Anyways I thought all my large bird skills would transfer over but the more I'm around her the more I realize that she's a bit different and I have some shit to learn about smol birbs.
Well you think that would be enough for me but I was at petsmart the other night, when my reptile friend and I go out for supplies we do a scales & feathers combo and bring our critters with us, kids and people that don't know much about exotics go nuts for it. Well I was hanging out by the parakeet aviary, and while all the others were doing the usual "must get away at all costs" bit, this one little lavender colored guy just couldn't stay away from me and (mostly) Cookie. Well I couldn't resist, and my dumb self bought him. His name is Milk, thus together they are Milk and Cookie. Pic related is them hanging out in Milk's cage together. I have them living in separate cages right next to each other, so they can still see each other and stuff but there's no risk of Cookie turning on him when I'm not supervising.
Anyways, I think I'm gonna let him be for a couple days to get used to his surroundings, he's okay with my hand being in the cage but if I try to pick him up he freaks out.
tl;dr, any tips for someone who's a n00b at smol birbs?

>>2420749
A few fun facts about the situation:
>I have not witnessed Milk drink yet, but I have witnessed him eat so far
>He seems to like to eat at the same time as cookie, and since cookie is kind of a pig I think that bodes well for him
>he has started to chirp and make noise occasionally, not sure if that's a good sign or not
>he's been exploring his cage and figuring out how to jump from perches and walls

>>2420751
House them separately, budgies can be some of the most persistently annoying birbs to larger borbs. He is drinking water but will only let you see him do so once he trusts you wholly. Chirping, noise, even screeching, and warbling are signs of a happy bird. Cage exploration and play means they're settling in and also happy

Reminder that birds are shitty pets and keeping them indoors is cruel.

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>>2420758
Yeah I figured they'd be better separate. 4chinz is being a don't right now and not letting me upload a picture of the current setup.
Thanks for the info I was hoping those were good signs.

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>>2420765
Beautiful birdo, here, have a shot of my bird when he went through his first big molt

>>2420774
Awh what a qt. Looks like a good birb

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What kind of lark is this?

>>2420858
I'm thinking it might have been a Woodlark or Meadow pipit.

How do i tell how old a lovebird is?
On her band there is a big 01, can I assume that means 2001?

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Hello fellow birb enthusiasts, I was thinking about getting another bird, a small one, I wanted to get a Parrotlet but at the moment they're expensive and not available in my area (tamed). Now however, I'm thinking about getting a Parakeet since they're low matience and in my budget (cage, food, toys and bird of course). However I found my choices where to either tame one from the petstore or buy a male and female and just breed for a baby and hand feed it myself. I looked in my area (nyc) but no one breeds them tamed or has babies available. What do?

Pic related is my GC I raised

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My hen is nesting for 3 weeks now
No roosters, dont even know she has eggs
Why is she doing this?
Sure i can pet her everytime i want now
But my other hen seems bored abd seeks too much attention from m

>>2421527
Like chickens? Spring hormones in birds are crazy, you could try buying ceramic fakes and place them in the nest, she'll take care of them for a while and get it out of her system

>>2421529
Hmmm, i'm sure i had one laying around
Haha, laying
Get it? Xd

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>>2421531

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This little faggot has no parents to take care if it (they're dead) and he can barely fly. What gay species of bird is he (I live in South-West Oklahoma) and what does he need to do eat? I know he's a retarded little fletching, but no other birds are taking care of him and it's getting way too hot for him to be out on his own.

>>2421778
Northern mockingbird? Best bet is a nature center or animal rescue. It may die anyway because of reasons.

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How do I get my birbs to like me? I've been an ace with hamsters but these guys seem to hate me. Once I get them out they chill out a but but still move away from me. However at night they're incredibly docileand don't run away
Wat do

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This blackburd thinks he can just act like a chicken so he can profit of me feeding and giving water
He has to realise hes now my property

>>2421807
Read about birds, man, if you're trying to interact with them at night you're already doing it wrong.

Update on Milk and Cookie:
Okay so it's been a few day. I've mostly been letting him be. They live in separate cages right next to each other. Today I went to get cookie out, and he leapt at the cage door and wanted to come out. I figured I would oblige, and opened the door. After a minute or two he hopped on out and is now running around the floor and exploring a bit while I sit with cookie on my knee. He seems afraid of my hands in particular, as he won't step up on them, but will climb on me other ways. He chases cookie around on the floor a little bit, for maybe 30 seconds to a minute at a time, and then leaves her alone once she pretty much tells him to fuck off in birb. He's a pretty active and exploitative little shit, and I'm already starting to love him. Here's a pic of hiim falling asleep on my knee for like a minute before he jumped off to go explore

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>>2422376
God dammit it didn't post the pic

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What kind of parrot is this? My grandma bought her but she doesn't remember what species it is.

>>2422453
Quaker

Hey, /birb/. I don't actually browse /an/ that much but I do like birbs.

I recently moved into a new apartment in a fairly natural environment. Much to my pleasant surprise, some cute birbs have taken residence with a little nest nestled in some sort of structure in the side wall of my balcony. I took note of this, spent a little time clenching fists in reflex to how adorable this was and went on my merry way.

A few days later, I noticed that the birb droppings situated below the nest have grown into a literal, sizeable pile and while trying to make sense of how it could grow so rapidly, I noticed that the nest was now filled with 4 adorable freshly hatched birbs. They're basically just big feathered blobs with mouths. Super cute.

However, this does exasperate the cleaning situation. I'd normally wash it off/dump water and scrub away, but I'm on the third floor and I don't want to destroy or otherwise mess with the neighbors' balcony on the floor below. I want to be as discrete, too, in case there's some sort of unspoken rule or lease violation that occurs if they know wild birbs have taken residence on your balcony, because I do enjoy having them here. Flies are starting to gather there, so I need some sort of solution soon.

What's the best way to discretely clean up an inordinate amount of bird shit and subsequently maintain the cleanliness of my balcony?

>>2422538
put some bucket under the nest or something

>>2422541

Yeah, I think I'll do that. Some sort of disposable or easily cleanable container.

However, how should I handle the gigantic pile itself? Any particular cleaners effective for this sort of thing? Sufficiently disinfecting/insect repelling?

>>2422543
>Scoop into pile
>Throw over balcony at night
>No one will know or care

>>2422376
>>2422378
cute

>>2422543
You could put a plant below the nest where the poop lands. It would grow like crazy with all the nutrients.

>>2422811

Huh. Now that's an idea.
Got a particular plant in mind?

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Milk passed away tonight, guys. Cause is unknown as of now.
I've been bawling my eyes out.
RIP, little hero. I only knew you for a few days, but I loved you.

>>2423321
Oh no!
Rest in peace little birby ;_;

I'm going to post a few pictures of birds that live in the university I'm studying in if you guys don't mind.

>>2423413
Where do you live?

>>2423424
Canberra, Australia

>>2423321
Poor baby. I'm so sorry to hear that. It was probably simply a stroke or some complication from being bird #300,000,000 produced by petcosmart(tm)

>>2423409
I can identify all these birds but this one, I'm from Adelaide. What species is it?

>>2423603
I think it's this
https://www.australiazoo.com.au/our-animals/birds/native-parrots/eclectus-parrot/

>>2423650
Male Eclectus parrots are green, while females are red and blue This parrot is both, so unless the juveniles are green I'm unsure. The parrot in the shot doesn't appear to be too young.

My sister got a cockatiel. 80 days old. unkown sex. fairly big cage. alone, only bird we have.

the bird is getting more and more sticky and annoying every day, chirping and flapping a lot because he/she wants to get out, calling out to us everytime people leave the room, while we'd like to it to be quiet.
We decided to start to ignore it more so s/he won't get used to us answering too frequently, but i am not quite sure we are doing it consistently.
The bird cage is right beside my sister's bed and given it's summer and she is studying for exams in the room and her boyfriend lives there playing WoW and other bullshit a lot, the bird is almost always in company.

do you have any behavioural tip?how many hours should the bird spend outside of the cage? is there such a thing as them growing too attached to people to the point they can't really stay alone?

>>2424188
sounds like you should convince her to return it and get some finches or something instead

>>2424215
oh no, he's adorable and still does quite less noises than fucking finches.
i am more concerned for his hpapeiness and future than for the sound he does now.

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does anyone have any essential guides on African Grey parrots? I would really like to learn more about them and I am considering owning one as a pet

>>2424218
Exactly. That's why he said return it and get some finches.

do non-mature birbs make babbys?

>>2424461
Do all humans like dogs
No, it depends on the animal.

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Hey guys i'm from a third world Country and i guess it's fair to say that the pet business here is really negligent towards animals.

With that out of the way, my father loves birds so my sister and i decided to gift him a couple of Cockatiels, we managed to come across a cute couple from a very...suspicious place to say the least they looked scared and uncomfortable so we decided to take them home.

Now the problem is i have no idea if the cage dimensions ore materials are proper to them, they look very scared, the shop owner took them out of their cage in the shop in a very brutish way and i'm afraid they've most likely experienced this kind of treatment before. To make matters worse one of them is making a noise as if it was having trouble to breathe.

I've been doing some research on their diet and enjoyment and i'm willing to spend as much money as necessary to get them imported toys or anything so i was just wondering if you guys could give me any advice.

Here is a picture of the current set up we have for them and i'm more than sure that it's not good at all.

>>2424461
Depends on what you mean by "non-mature". Most small birds have fully developed reproductive organs by the time they're a year old, but they may not have their full adult plumage by then.

>>2424188
You sound like you shouldn't have birds.

>>2408951
quality shitpost

>>2424226
have you owned a bird before?

>>2424587
This guy gets it

birbs are VERY important...

>get budgie
>it's my second one
>feed it seed mix
>grow grass from said seeds, budgie loves it
>bring it sticks (bake them in the oven to get rid of parasites first)
>bring it fresh grass with seeds
>bring it mineral blocks
>fucker goes and eats plaster and wallpaper and rubber
>fucker is scared of fruit and vegetables and egg whites
>get him a friend that behaved fine and ate fruits at least
>spends some time in company of my first budgie, is now scared of fruit too, but started eating wallpaper

why

>>2425090
Dude I feel you
>Spend $60 on foraging toys
>Newest budgie decides paint tastes better
>Buy fibrous shredding toy
>Birbs take breaks from eating paint to shred toy

>>2424226
i have one

they're pretty cool

>>2425102
It's kinda depressing how they don't recognize edibles. I went through a ton of bowls and plates before I found one in which they would recognize water as water when I wanted to give them a pond.

https://twitter.com/NoChillsZone/status/883097640182874113

was this bird deceased before they did this to it?

>>2425157
Based on way too much experience with birds and windows I'd say it was alive enough to bite the blunt but probably concussed beyond saving

>>2425165
I imagine marijuana would have a different effect on birds than humans when smoked like that, right? Obviously smoking is not a normal thing for an animal to do anyway. I'm wondering if these guys had anything to do with the bird being hurt in the first place.

>>2425166
It wasn't really smoking it, it was just pinched in it's beak. Cardinals don't understand the basics of proper blunt smoking. They found it, it didn't run, they did this. They may have shot it with a pellet gun or some shit, it's hard to tell, but it looked like it was dying and not dead

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wrens are fuckin tiny

>>2421527
Brooding is normal but I suggest taking her out and forcing her to move around and eat (grass). She can always go back to lay but it's good to discourage brooding if she's not setting because they eat less and move less. Not great for their health to do it constantly for months.

On Monday, I will be calling the federal government to schedule my falconry permit test. I am super nervous.

I spoke to a biologist working for the government and visited a master falconer. Everyone has been encouraging me and I am studying hard. Please wish me luck guys.

My goal is to return this fall to this thread with my permit and talk about manning my first hawk.

;_;

>>2425375
I currently work at a petco and we conures in pretty often. Now some of them are pretty nice, but of course there are the mean ones, like the one we have right now.
If the door is closed he'll rush you down to the glass and try to bite your fingers
when you open he wusses out until you try to pet him, then he bites you.

Recently I opened it and laid my hands flat on the cage floor and he came down and just like of licked and nibbled on them. But as soon as I lift my finger to try to get him to step on it, he'll put one foot on and then bite down hard.

What can I do to help correct his behavior? Is it as simple as a light bap on the nose and a firm no, or is something more complex needed?

>>2419260
Also curious, on my way home there was this birb just sitting in the middle of the street. Kinda small, anyway after passing over it in my car coming home I went out to look at it. I nudged it with my foot and it didn't react. I went inside to get a shoe box to put it in but when I tried grabbing it birb flew into a nearby bush. What's up with that?

>>2419279
Oh well shit rip birb

>>2425419
Food training is pretty much the best method. Biting equals no food, good behavior equals food.

I only work with game birds, chickens and raptors and parrots are kind of another story.

>>2425435
Probably just shocked, it may have run into something such as a window and was resting in the road.

>>2419287
>eating only few bits of bread and meat
>MEAT

u fuckin retardo, who feeds a bird fucking meat??

you killed burb, fuk u

>>2425586
jk senpai,
but dont feed them meat, FFS

also rip burb

>>2425586
Kookaburras eat meat

>>2425562
Yeah I've heard of that before thanks anon

>>2425375
Nice. Just remember to come back. I need more people who will understand me if I want to bitch about NAFA's PC boner and "ethics" propaganda that is designed to make falconers feel bad for making human mistakes and generally not being perfect little angels and "threatening the existence of the sport" because PETA is literally magic and can unilaterally legislate it out of existence or some shit. Too many apprentices never wake up out of that koolaid induced trance and they become the next generation of falconers that fucking HELP USFWS enact the draconian totalitarian shit they pull.

Petco conure guy again, I've had a pretty big breakthrough after getting to spend some quality time with him today
It turns out hes just wants to play but has no sense of boundaries
after about 15 minutes with him he's starting to understand that OW means he went too far
hes not quite to the point of stepping onto my finger, but he'll climb around on my hands if I lay them down

How hard should I boil an egg if I want to feed it to either canaries or quakers?

>>2405707
We don't know. It's current called "the lost link"

>>2405209
birds are dinosaurs: "The fossil record indicates that birds are modern feathered dinosaurs". from the wikipedia page on dinosaurs

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Anybody have amusing bird images like pic related?

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>>2405195
Okay /birb/, story time...
>moved to Texas about 8 years ago
>wake up every morning to the sound of a LOUD, throaty bird call outside my window
>didn't even know it was a bird at the time
>didn't really think much of it either, until one night I had a nightmare about a creature hiding in the bushes, with huge glowing eyes, making that sound
>start to wonder just what animal it could possibly be
>think it's probably an owl, listen to some youtube clips of various owl calls, but to no avail (their hoots are much too soft)
>spend years googling various bird breeds that live in my state and listening to dozens of bird call compilations on youtube
>be today, with a stroke of luck I come across a video of a dove that KIND OF has the same call as the one I always hear
>manage to narrow down the search to "doves of central Texas," do some more googling, listen to some more clips
>turns out it's a white-winged dove
>literally every video of these fuckers on youtube has a small handful of comments saying "HOLY SHIT I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR YEARS"
>that feel when I'm not alone
>that feel when I'm one of a select few who has made this journey
>that feel when victory tastes so sweet
>that feel when at last I am finally free

>>2424507
Cage seems fine, its pretty big.
Just get your birds used to you, dont just walk up to the cage, but just do your daily routine.
Feed them and talk to them.

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>>2420392
stupidest fucking bird and ever, heres a real 1

>>2427775
Fuck off waspcuck. Don't you have some plant sperm to choke down while you jerk off to the invert thread?

>>2427784
wow who dropped you as a baby

>>2427844
WELL I CAN'T PROVE IT WASN'T A WASP

I'm here. Sorry for the late reply. Let's get on with this.

>>2419562
Ah ok cool

>>2419607
I've been trying to ID this for a fucking week. It's a Tanager from the Andes, but I'm too lazy to look through 200 species to find out which one this is. When I ID this, I'll make a thread about it. Good fucking job you faggot.

>>2419720
Hybrid. Canada Goose x Domestic (Barnyard) Goose.

>>2420220
Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Nat Geo quality shot.

>>2420858
Eurasian Skylark. Most other larks (such as Woodlark) have darker face patterning.

>>2421778
Northern Mockingbird. Take it to a wildlife rescue/animal control ASAP. Don't feed it human food. Berries, fruit, insects. It's nearly ready to feed on its own. Keep it outside and unrestricted so it can leave when it wants.

>>2423388
Galahs

>>2423389
Little Corellas and a Pale-headed Rosella

>>2423390
>>2423399
Australasian Swamphens (big purple ones) and Common Moorhens

>>2423403
Crested Pigeon

>>2423409
Eclectus Parrot

>>2423413
Maned Ducks and Eurasian Coots

>>2425220
Agreed. Calls are awesome

>>2425357
Location? Maybe a young Chiffchaff?