Flying in place?

[NovaGirl]

my budgies have been like flying in place a lot lately like hovering above the branch and I’m just wondering why they are doing this. Thanks

 

[DonnaBudgie]

my budgies have been like flying in place a lot lately like hovering above the branch and I’m just wondering why they are doing this. Thanks

My Budgies do this, too! We call it *helicoptering. I think they do it because it feels good to stretch and exercise their wing especially when flying isn't an option .

 

[Percival the great]

Yeah my budgies did this a lot whenever they got an energy hit so totally normal! Once I got them a bigger(huge) cage they just fly around that now now and the behaviour stopped… my Senegal does it now when on his perch but I think does it more for testing his wings (his wings where clipped) and he’ll randomly take of😂
anyway could be either but totally normal!

 

[SailBoat]

The goal regardless of the size of the Parrot is to activate the full system; from muscles, to heart and the air sacks. With younger Parrots its to build muscles and strength of the balance of the system. For Parrots that have been trimmed it is a means of testing the regrowth as well as to keep the system ready for flight. And, finally with fully flighted Parrots it is used to assure the feathers are in their correct location or shake-out any molting large feathers.

 

[Bluberrytheparakeet]

There is no **scientific** evidence or reasoning for why they do this, but we like to assume (and the most evidence leads to) they like to stretch and if it occurs after a bath or shower, they are probably drying their wings.