Bird gravitate towards foliage?

[Eleanor J]

It's nighttime here and in my dark living room my Amazon Chomsky seemed a bit nervous, he was reaching towards a leafy plant I have on top of a tall DVD cabinet, the cabinet is also in a bit of an alcove.
He relaxed instantly being near the plant, I opened the door to the cabinets and he's been stood there next to the plant for an hour.
Is this an instinctive safety reaction?
It was very cute.

 

[msplantladi]

ahhh sounds adorable. I figure whatever makes them happy as long as it won't harm them. Does he have a cover on his cage? maybe the plant made him feel he had a place to hide.

 

[Eleanor J]

Do you think a cage cover would be good for him? Or a big plant next to his cage?

 

[pajarita]

I believe they do. I mean, if humans who have lived in man-made houses in large cities for thousands of years feel better when in contact with nature, how could parrots, an undomesticated species only a few generations removed from their natural habitat not to?

 

[Crazy4parrots]

@Eleanor J just make sure the plant its safe for him, just in case he decides to eat it.