Does your bird flirt?

[Princessbella]

Bailey is a big flirt. He doesn't care if the person is male or female. He will make heart wings, click, and sing to anyone who comes into my house. My neighbors love him and now my housekeepers do also. He is such a charmer. Bella would go to people but she didn't flirt. Is this a normal male tiel trait? Or is Bailey just being Bailey?

 

[Tangoares]

Tango my male cockatiel enjoys everybody's company, and has to check out any new person coming in, but he doesn't make the heart wings etc to people,
He only does that, the clicking & singing to towels, clothes etc lol,
Thought he does like to sing along with people at times

 

[CStone]

As soon as someone looks at him, Coco starts displaying heart wings and either wolf whistling or making kissing noises. He won't let anyone touch him, but he certainly acts flirty with people.

 

[Sparkles99]

It sounds like he's imprinted on people. Winston & Aurelius don't flirt. Pistachio & Marzipan will feed each other occasionally, but that's it. I'm not sure it's flirting so much as being buddies, as no other flirtatious or mating type behaviour is involved. Is this typical of bonded budgie pairs?

 

[The_Mayor]

Esmerelda used to spend a fair amount of time shaking her tail feathers at Mustrum.

He started out totally confused, began thinking, "this might be relevant to my interests" but by the time he thought maybe he should see where this led, she was so over him.

Flirting with me, no.

 

[MC_Hahn's]

My cockatiel makes clicking noises, whistles/sings, and makes heart wings when he sees me, but he doesn't do it to anyone or anything else. I've had him for a little less than a year, so perhaps he'll start doing that to others eventually.
On the other hand, some family friends of mine had a cockatiel who did that to everyone he met, all the time. I think it mainly depends on the environment that the bird was raised in, and their interactions with people previously.

 

[Britnicorn]

Phoenix flirts if he wants something from you He’ll suddenly turn into a sweetheart, making kissy sounds, say “you so cute” and “I love you!” And a bunch of other phrases in hopes to win you over he really knows how to work it!

 

[Kassiani]

Sadly, no, lol! My birds could give a...well, you know...about me unless I'm bringing food! Opie will grip the cage bars with his beak and flutter his wings at me when he wants out of the cage--I don't know if that's flirting for a conure. Conure flirting is more the slow, sideways back and forth of the head. He does that to his toys!

 

[keirieski17]

Titus is sweet on his mama, I think. I get lots of kissies and clicks and heart weeks. A little less for my fiancé, but sometimes for them too.