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A couple of outsiders have taken over the local gang and have taught them the virtues of forming an orderly line. 
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Sep 24, 2019 01:11
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Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Parrot
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Sep 24, 2019 05:57
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Funky See Funky Do posted:A couple of outsiders have taken over the local gang and have taught them the virtues of forming an orderly line. That's not a line, it's a Cockaqueue. Actually, the idea of just meeting lots of wild cockatoos fills me a weird mixture of joy and apprehension - I love them, but I also fear them. I have seen 2 or 3 jackdaws like this close to where I live - chocolately brown all over, they were beautiful 
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Sep 24, 2019 08:08
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I keep telling Tony to take more picture of corvids, but he keeps giving us pictures like this handsome fella. Though to be fair, in this region we're pretty much just crows, with a few jays.
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Sep 24, 2019 11:38
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Pookah posted:That's not a line, it's a Cockaqueue. 
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Sep 24, 2019 11:58
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Sep 24, 2019 20:01
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Even owls are subject to bird logic You can turn your head round, you don't need to bend down to look behind you!
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Sep 25, 2019 00:03
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Pookah posted:That's not a line, it's a Cockaqueue. Whaat? I'm scrambling to find to find anything fearful about them. They're loud and obnoxious I guess?
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Sep 25, 2019 00:04
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They're very large with finger-shearing knives taking up most of their faces.
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Sep 25, 2019 01:13
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Zeth posted:They're very large with finger-shearing knives taking up most of their faces. They also have the intellect and temperament of two year olds who stay at that mental age for their entire lives. Flying two-year-olds with bolt cutters for faces, and their face is their primary way of interacting with the world.
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Sep 25, 2019 03:15
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You guys are nuts they're harmless little angels.
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Sep 25, 2019 05:14
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Funky See Funky Do posted:You guys are nuts they're harmless little angels. 
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Sep 25, 2019 07:55
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Yeah, they are probably one of the least dangerous animals in Australia. It's the magpies you have to watch out for 
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Sep 25, 2019 10:44
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What these friendly little fellas? 
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Sep 25, 2019 11:25
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Cockatoos are only dangerous if you're a tree, a fixture, a garden hose or any form of inanimate object. The streetlight at the end of my street has been replaced six times in the last few years cause the local cockies enjoy destroying it.
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Sep 25, 2019 11:37
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This little guy would never destroy your things. He is nice birb. 
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Sep 25, 2019 11:38
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Funky See Funky Do posted:What these friendly little fellas? oh shi
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Sep 25, 2019 12:19
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That's his house now.
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Sep 25, 2019 12:55
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Funky See Funky Do posted:Whaat? I'm scrambling to find to find anything fearful about them. They're loud and obnoxious I guess? I live with an african grey who has on very rare occasions bitten literal lumps out of me - she's a good sweet girl but like any of us she loses her temper sometimes. Cockatoos are twice her size, and their beaks apparently give much more painful bites than a grey's can - not just because of their size but the beak shape is different. I fear parrot bites because they hurt like HECK.
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Sep 25, 2019 13:17
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I think it's very natural for anything with eyes to fear anything with beaks, frankly
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Sep 25, 2019 14:07
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Pookah posted:I live with an african grey who has on very rare occasions bitten literal lumps out of me - she's a good sweet girl but like any of us she loses her temper sometimes. Cockatoos are twice her size, and their beaks apparently give much more painful bites than a grey's can - not just because of their size but the beak shape is different. A lot of parrots will give a pretty nasty crunch when they're pissed off, Greys do the added spite crunch and grind. I've known cockatiels to draw blood, their bigger cousins can definitely gently caress you up if they want. I'm fortunate that the one time I got bitten by our b&g macaw it was because he thought my little toe was a peanut. The fortune is that because it didn't take him much force to chew a peanut I still have that toe.
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Sep 25, 2019 16:49
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My sun conure is tiny compared to a cockatoo and he can bite drat hard too
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Sep 25, 2019 16:55
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Tsaedje posted:A lot of parrots will give a pretty nasty crunch when they're pissed off, Greys do the added spite crunch and grind. I've known cockatiels to draw blood, their bigger cousins can definitely gently caress you up if they want. That was indeed fortunate! My bird only every did the really vicious Grey biting thing for a short period a few years ago. The rest of the 19+ years she's been pretty mellow. The bad time was when she was in the middle of a crazy hormone storm - she'd just had an implant put in and no-one told me that the problems she'd been given the implant for would GREATLY increase in the week or so afterwards. She bit me five times that week - hard hard bites. I remember one time, she'd just bitten me again, and I said HEY - really reproachfully, not angrily and she just looked at me with these big wide furiously angry eyes and bit me again. The awful thing was I had to push myself to keep on putting out my hand for her to step up on to, even though there was a good chance I'd get bitten, because I knew that if I lost my nerve I'd risk never being able to pick her up again. Happy ending though - the hormones did work, the implant would have worn off years ago now and she's been fine ever since
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Sep 25, 2019 17:58
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Tsaedje posted:Even owls are subject to bird logic That position makes it easier to aim the poop cannon
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Sep 25, 2019 18:43
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Sep 26, 2019 01:53
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This is the final bird of the batch. When will Tony post more birbs? Who knows? But you can be sure I will repost them here when he does. 
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Sep 26, 2019 11:45
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Elías García Martínez, Ecce Ave, restored
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Sep 26, 2019 12:37
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Sep 27, 2019 03:24
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Sep 27, 2019 14:55
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Can anyone find the video where a guy is trying to get his parrot to speak French but it instead calls him a twat? The video I had bookmarked is broken, but it might have another upload that I can't find.
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Sep 27, 2019 15:16
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i got you fam
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Sep 27, 2019 17:01
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So there is definitely a young Quaker parrot flock by my work. I'm wondering if the red crown I thought I saw was a reflection off their glossy heads from somewhere. The Quakers are curious about me. The other night, I dropped a tomato from my sandwich on the ground Uber them and walked to my bus stop. I don't know if they ate it, but I figured it is bright red, so they probably appreciated the gesture. This morning, one of them followed me for a short distance from the busstop yelling at me, as only a Quaker parrot can. Probably wondering why I was not taking pictures or dropping did scraps. I have a witness this time at least, since my coworker was walking with me.  
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Sep 27, 2019 17:21
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Master Twig posted:I keep telling Tony to take more picture of corvids, but he keeps giving us pictures like this handsome fella. Still corvids. Crows love Cheetos and in-shell peanuts. Tony loves pictures of crows if he knows what's good for him. (This is not a.real threat. His work is amazing and I wish him the best)
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Sep 27, 2019 22:48
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Yea I wanna second that I am glad that this thread could help Tony take more photos of birds
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Sep 27, 2019 22:51
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Pookah posted:The awful thing was I had to push myself to keep on putting out my hand for her to step up on to, even though there was a good chance I'd get bitten, because I knew that if I lost my nerve I'd risk never being able to pick her up again. If she had bitten you hard enough, you could have lost a nerve.
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Sep 27, 2019 23:03
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speaking of corvids, this handsome fella is a Florida Scrub Jay, the only bird endemic to Florida 
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Randaconda posted:speaking of corvids, this handsome fella is a Florida Scrub Jay, the only bird endemic to Florida He looks pretty smug about it too
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