Ekkie stoicism suddenly makes sense - short video on Ekkie communication

An amazing view for everyone, though ekkies specific.

I stumbled on this today. Suddenly it’s clear why ekkies seem so hard to read. It’s because they communicate in ultraviolet light, much more so than other birds! This blew my mind :bigeyes: this species continues to amaze me

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I sent this video to my partner, and now it kinda clicks on what to look out for in terms of 'body language' or this 'feather movement' I've been ranting about to him hahah

They also have a pretty decent article to accompany the video: https://birdtricksstore.com/blogs/birdtricks-blog/does-your-bird-use-light-to-communicate

Fun fact, we had discovered the light trick a while back. When Cairo would start getting very agitated, we would turn off the room light and turn on a warm yellow lamp instead. He'd calm down enough to safely but still carefully interact with him.

Isn't this fascinating???????????????????

Speaking of ultraviolet... I have read that the Black Lory is actually pure ultraviolet in hue. What a sight that must be... if you could see it, like the birds!

Great article! Where I disagree is in the representation of what the parrots see! The black light or UV filter distorts the true color range! It really is just a distorted simulation for us!

GaleriaGila said:

Isn't this fascinating???????????????????

Speaking of ultraviolet... I have read that the Black Lory is actually pure ultraviolet in hue. What a sight that must be... if you could see it, like the birds!

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And, what a different World we would see in Natural Sunlight based Ultraviolet Light as ultraviolet hue sources are near everywhere.

GaleriaGila said:

Isn't this fascinating???????????????????

Speaking of ultraviolet... I have read that the Black Lory is actually pure ultraviolet in hue. What a sight that must be... if you could see it, like the birds!

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I had Heard that males and females patagonian conures are different in "parrot eyes" I don't remember all differerents, I remember only more yellow in females and males have lighter Red belly but there are more differerents which we don't see

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charmedbyekkie said:

I sent this video to my partner, and now it kinda clicks on what to look out for in terms of 'body language' or this 'feather movement' I've been ranting about to him hahah

They also have a pretty decent article to accompany the video: https://birdtricksstore.com/blogs/birdtricks-blog/does-your-bird-use-light-to-communicate

Fun fact, we had discovered the light trick a while back. When Cairo would start getting very agitated, we would turn off the room light and turn on a warm yellow lamp instead. He'd calm down enough to safely but still carefully interact with him.

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Amazing article, and really sort of brings it together in a comprehensible way. It could so easily be confusing talking about communicating in lights, when in fact what we perceive is actually communicating in feather color. Thanks for sharing!

You know, now that you mention it I have always done the same thing with Parker. Except I didn’t realize what I was actually doing.. I didn’t think “the low light calms him down, let do that”. Just went on instinct and did it.

This is making me have a close look at our lights too, to make sure we don’t have any fluorescent lights around. Wanna find out if CFLs have the same effect.

Flboy said:

Great article! Where I disagree is in the representation of what the parrots see! The black light or UV filter distorts the true color range! It really is just a distorted simulation for us!

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Well yeah, I think you may have sort of explained away your own concern. for educational purposes, Some sort of simulation is better than nothing.

I have kinda known about this for a few years, and when friends say oh my bird bit me for no reason,I'llask f they changed laundry soap or fabric softeners recently, becasue they add flouresent brighteners to those products, which , as we see here, makes the owner look 'strange'to their parrot.

Also could account for our parrots almost surreal ability to sense our moods, since we no doubt have small changesin body temperature according to our moods. No one has studied that that I know of.

Nice find Chris !