What is this behavior...?

Morty · Jan 21, 2019

Woody does this to me often, when he's cuddling in with me. The other party I've asked informed me that this is happiness and contentment. Just wanted to ask some other parrot people. He will do this wing flipping/batting against me. :orange:

https://i.imgur.com/A9ocp5W.mp4

He also makes a number of vocalizations that are quite different from my GCC-- its astonishingly hard to find species-specific parrot calls and behaviors. Humorously I've discovered that parrot information is very... broad spectrum.

Tami2 · Jan 21, 2019

Hi Morty,

Thanks for sharing, and adding the video. I'm not the best one to answer this for you. As I am pretty new to the bird world myself. I'm a registerd nurse and most of the odd bird behavior I see I immediately think it's neuro and most times I am wrong.

Like someone has already mentioned it could very well be as simple as contentment.
I also see him doing something w/ his tongue & mouth. I know beak grinding is a sign of them being tired. But, it doesn't look like beak grinding in your video.

Good Luck, I'll let the 'Parrot Elders' enlighten both of us

Laurasea · Jan 21, 2019

Darn I don't have the app so couldn't play....

GaleriaGila · Jan 21, 2019

If anybody sees anything wrong with it, let me know, because the Rb does that stuff, and I've always taken it as a happy/flirty thing! Geez, Woody is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Squeekmouse · Jan 21, 2019

I couldn't hear any sound, but I saw him doing some wing twitching. I've read that's a sign of contentment and security. Baby birds twitch their wings next to their parents to help remind their parents that they are still there so please don't accidentally knock me out of the nest.... that's what I've heard anyway. My boys both do the wing twitch thing when they are snuggled and sleepy/sleeping against' my neck.

texsize · Jan 21, 2019

I have seen my birds do something like that when they have a feather that is not laying correctly but something tells me that's not what's going on here.

Sunnyclover · Jan 21, 2019

I have 4 Conures and have them all since babies and the only one who ever did this was my force weaned (not by me ofc) Nanday who has mental problems and at the time he did this he was very ill. I've heard that a wing twitch is actually a sign something might be wrong and or mating behavior. I maybe wrong but this is my experience and what I've read. Hopefully your little one is just happy as others have said. I'd keep an extremely close eye on it though just in case.

Jen5200 · Jan 21, 2019

Bindi does this (she’s a sun) - mostly when she’s happy and sometimes when she’s hormonal. She’ll cuddle up under my chin and do the wing flip thing. It’s kind of a daily occurrence here

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Morty · Jan 22, 2019

I guess I should have mentioned, I am Woody's second home. He was in a cage for 12 years. Confined. Surrounded by lots of other parrots. His prior owner found him "mean" (not so at all, just very nervous and cage defensive) and when she had to part with all her birds, I got him. He only does this behavior when curled up under my neck. I usually take him out when I get home from work and lay down in my bed with him and he comes and cuddles up like this. He was looked over by a CAV when I got him and was confirmed very healthy.
That's why I suspect this is just behavioral, but I only have my two parrots and I'm a very new owner, so I am just learning body language.

texsize · Jan 22, 2019

Please be carful you don't end up falling asleep.
People here on this form have lost birds because they fell asleep with there bird.

texsize

YUMgrinder · Jan 23, 2019

I wasn't able to watch the video, but it sounds like something my nanday did too. It was something she never grew out of and was ill her short life. I agree it's a sign of force weaning and is basically baby behavior. They should grow out of it but seems like the behavior sticks around when they weren't weaned right.

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