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The one foot stretch?

GabeCast

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So I've been seeing my tiel do this for a while now. He stands on one foot and stretches his wing out, crest down. Is he just stretching or does it mean something. I've tried to get a picture.. but no luck.
 

MandaExotics

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I call it the ballerina bird move. Much more elegant than "my bird is stretching again waiting for me to go get her".
 

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I call it Birdy Pilates. It's not just Tiels that do it. My conures and lorikeets do it. I haven't seen my Hahns do it (yet)
 

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Interesting tidbit... it seems to be a visually learned behavior. I had an adult female tiel for more than 5 years and never saw her do it. (She lived as an only bird for years before she was given to me.) Eventually a male tiel found his way to our house. He did the wing-leg routine: Right side out-Left side out-Feet down and folded wings lifted to meet in the middle for a long finishing stretch-Then a nice ruffle fluff. Every morning when I uncovered his cage it was his routine. Within a month she picked it up! And she did it every day she had the strength until she passed away years later.
 

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It's a "birdie-see, birdie-do" kind of thing around here. Once one does it, they all do it.

Kind of looks like the "wave" done at sports venues...:)
 

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My Quakers do it also
 
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