Scent “puffs?”

[nkrbkr]

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?

 

[wrench13]

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.

 

[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

I hope happy birdie floofs are something that happens.

 

[nkrbkr]

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?

 

[nkrbkr]

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.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

Oh Wow! Cool Stuff!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

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

 

[DonnaBudgie]

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.

 

[rheashard2]

I see it. Could it be bird dust? Downy feathers kinda disintegrate over time. That makes feather dust. Movement and amount depends upon species, nutrition etc. I'd say your Ava is a spring breeze. Nameliss my CAG is a named tropical storm. I can't smell anything except a not unpleasant dust.

 

[bug_n_flock]

I'm very curious too. I always heard they can't smell well and only vultures/buzzards can in the bird world, but that doesn't make a lotta sense to me, since so many of them seem to communicate thru smell

My Mac smells like fruit loops when happy/excited

 

[nkrbkr]

I suppose it could be a fine dust? I know Amazons are slightly dusty, although less so than Old World parrots.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I'm very curious too. I always heard they can't smell well and only vultures/buzzards can in the bird world, but that doesn't make a lotta sense to me, since so many of them seem to communicate thru smell

My Mac smells like fruit loops when happy/excited

Yes. Fruit Loops is about what a macaw smells like and I just love the way they smell!

As for most birds' senses of smell, I'm pretty convinced they don't smell very well. House Sparrows are known to kill Bluebirds occupying nest boxes the civet and build their own nest on the bodies of the Bluebird mother and chicks. The smell inside the box on a hot summer day must be horrible but it doesn't bother them apparently. That's one reason I don't think songbirds smell very well. I think they rely on their vision and hearing to navigate the world.