Bath Time!

[Mimsy01]

Foofanny is a bit of a weirdo. Favorite way to bath is under the sink faucet. She likes it running right over her head.

 

[Allee]

She is so adorable and such a character, perfect combination! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Dinosrawr]

That's so cute! Avery always has to take it in her water bowl AS I clean her cage. As soon as it's clean or nearly clean, she hops in and "christens" it with her bath water... conures sure are quirky

 

[Skittys_Daddy]

That is just too cute!

 

[Mimsy01]

That's so cute! Avery always has to take it in her water bowl AS I clean her cage. As soon as it's clean or nearly clean, she hops in and "christens" it with her bath water... conures sure are quirky

Foo sometimes thinks it's great to do that and then you go and clean the bowl, and then she is in again, so then you clean the bowl and then she is in again. We've had to repeat that process several times over.

 

[Taw5106]

I love the picture. She looks a little squishy and completely happy. She's so cute.

 

[TacoNTiki]

Love that pic!

 

[Terry57]

Great picture! I love the look on her face

 

[BoomBoom]

Probably one of the cutest pictures in existence.

Also... don't you love the smell of wet conures?

 

[RavensGryf]

That is SO adorable, little Foo lol! Does Zekie only use his water bowl? Would a Starling sit under the sink like that too?

 

[Kyoto]

I think Foo is so cute :3

 

[Mimsy01]

That is SO adorable, little Foo lol! Does Zekie only use his water bowl? Would a Starling sit under the sink like that too?

I'll have to get a picture, Zekie will go in the sink, but he baths in your cupped hand or any dish you are trying to wash! He does not like the full strength of water coming down on him, but he'll bath in any water he can find. His new thing is going into Foo's house and getting it soaked by bathing in her dish.

Until Zekie I had no idea how much starlings love water.

They also get like drunk sun bathing.

You can see his big bird feathers coming in well when he does this.

 

[RavensGryf]

He's so cute . I can't wait to see him fully colored!

 

[Skittys_Daddy]

I've never heard of starlings before. They look so much like the wild birds you see outside!

 

[Mimsy01]

I've never heard of starlings before. They look so much like the wild birds you see outside!

Well, a little secret, parrots are wild birds seen outside depending on where you live.

Starlings are all over the place. Here in the US they are considered an invasive species. I'm sure you have seen a LOT of them.

 

[Taw5106]

Zekie looks like what we call a crackling and those are everywhere. Do you know if a starling is the same as a crackling? Buddy loves to mimic all of their sounds, lol. They are smart, I've had to run them off of the trash bags and found where they had of course pulled things out of the bag but even loosened the tie. I use the bags with the ties built in. We also have one around our street that laughs like a person, cracks me up when I hear him out of the blue, lol.

 

[Mimsy01]

Zekie looks like what we call a crackling and those are everywhere. Do you know if a starling is the same as a crackling? Buddy loves to mimic all of their sounds, lol. They are smart, I've had to run them off of the trash bags and found where they had of course pulled things out of the bag but even loosened the tie. I use the bags with the ties built in. We also have one around our street that laughs like a person, cracks me up when I hear him out of the blue, lol.

Well, I'm wondering if it's a spin off of a grackle, which is a bird who lives naturally here in the US. (one of the ones that the naughty starlings fight for nests with) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_grackle

This would be a starling (a grown up one): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_starling

They do look a bit alike. both eat insects and both are the ones who will typically eat off the ground for those feeding wild birds. Both can mimic. Starlings are a bit more accomplished mimics, they are in the family with minahs.

Here is one of my fave video of them talking from someone over on the talking starling board.

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[Newbsi]

Foofanny... *giggles* That is a really great picture!

 

[RavensGryf]

OMG the video of the talking Starlings had me cracking up, they were so funny!! The names too, Ernie and Bert hahaha!

 

[ToMang07]

https://youtu.be/v-aWykXx8fs

@1:54 did that starling just say "Giggedy Giggedy?" LMFAO!!!!!