We had some visitors over for the last two days and Birdie was really quite pleased with himself for entertaining them with quality bird dance, gossip and clowning about but the best bit for him I think was completely sucking them in and then landing two bites on someone who he begged for scritches from- lol, people should believe me when I tell them he may look sweet and innocent but he is a cheeky biting turd in disguise so do not get too confident with touching him or being within striking range
. Thankfully he did not do much damage but he did spill some blood both times.
He had an absolute blast singing, headbanging and dancing with the visitors and after they had left to go home Birdie thought he would try on a new level of brat behaviour (I think he maybe had a very big day and was slightly overstimulated) with me and he threw a full blown feral screaming biting tantrum (his first really good one) and tried telling me he was staying outside of his aviary for the night... he was so very wrong lmao. It was honestly quite a nice surprise to see him communicating his wants but it was also rather amusing to see him puff himself up nice and big and stick his crest up, throw his head about exclaiming his desire to stay out right where he was and verbally give me what for in cocky language and there was some devil chanting too I am pretty sure hahaha - he even tore up a few sticks I use to move him with and refused to move from the stand for anyone- not even my son or my cousin who he really adores could move him! He did keep saying "come on Big Bird, step up" (Not copying me as I do not say step up) but just would not do it till he realised my cousin and I were just going to lift and move the whole stand he was on and he crapped his teeny birdie pants and put his foot out saying really sweetly "step up", so I tried him with a stick again and he moved onto it so fast it was crazy funny, he did this weird creepy chatter all the way back to the aviary though which I am concerned may very well have been some kind of spell he put on me
He really is showing so much more personality, independence, energy, mobility, confidence, problem solving and general interest in the things around him now, I am really proud of the progress he has made, tough little trooper- he is getting more confident or more willingness to touch some new foods too (ok, so he has not eaten or tasted everything I have been offering him but finally picking up a fresh chilli to throw across the aviary so it is not in his bowl is so much better than avoiding it lol).
He has loved being able to come out of the aviary again. I wont let him out when the kites and hawks are all circling above and there has been none in town anywhere of late so that is a bonus, they tend to disappear when there are floods or fires about- easy hunting working with floods and fires and there are some pretty bad floods a few hours away and also a fair few places more local have had more than enough water to move rabbits, mice, lizards and other small critters so Birdie has been spending a heap of time out in the back yard doing as he pleases
And he's got so much energy now he can throw proper tantrums. Bird people really must be nuts because that's wonderful news.
