Scent “puffs?”

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Alright, at the risk of sounding nuts, I think I can actually see Ava emitting something (scent?) into the air. I was just asking in another thread if anyone knows how Amazons make those little puffs of sweet scent when they’re happy. I had her sitting in the sun on the chair behind me just now, and thought I saw a little whisp of something coming up from her, backlit by the sun. I watched closer, and it happened several times. I didn’t know if I could catch it on video, but was able to! Here are a couple of clips. In the first clip, you can see the first puff above her when she starts backing up, and a second one 2/3 of the way through. In the second clip, you can see a whisp when she puts her head down near the end. Any thoughts on this?
 

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I see nothing, but, my YSA emits a nice x-mas cookie kinda smell when he is happy. Other 'zons I've known give more of a musty smell.
 
I see nothing, but, my YSA emits a nice x-mas cookie kinda smell when he is happy. Other 'zons I've known give more of a musty smell.
I don’t know how I would describe it with Ava, although it is sweet. Maybe more like honey?
 
Dang! I don’t know how clear the video quality comes across once uploaded. I took some screenshots, so maybe that will be more visible? They look like little puffs of smoke that are coming from her neck area.

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Maybe they're good smelling birdie farts!
I see it in the pictures with the circles drawn and it's not just dirt on the window glass or camera lens.
When a bird subtly fluffy his feathers, all sorts of bird dust trapped in his feathers could
 
Trapped bird dust could float out into the air when he fluffs his feathers. Or he could be emitting his signature scent when he fluffs, pheramones perhaps, to communicate with his species or try to communicate with ours, but we don't speak his language.
 

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