In the first photo, Jessica captured Sparty and Belle working their feathers over with their beaks. Though parakeets have a sort of retracting beak, unlike their larger broad-tail parrot cousins, when they take it out it is a serious piece of hardware. That’s good for eating seeds, of course, but it’s also useful in keeping [...]
Tag Archives: behaviors
bird conference
The four parakeets have started to exhibit a new behavior–long sessions at a time when the four of them gather around in a circle for tweeting, grooming and general togetherness. It’s very fun to watch.
the four parakeets huddling together
Sparty, Striker, Belle, and Ava heard a lot of thunder and decided to stick together. August 2009.
standing on one leg
A parakeet sitting on one leg is often interpreted as the mark of a relaxed bird. If your bird feels comfortable, it will sometimes retract one of its legs into its feathers.
four parakeets on a chair
Jessica took this photo of Sparty, Striker, Ava and Belle while they were sitting on one of their favorite household perches–the back of my office chair.
Striker and Belle on my arm
a discussion of the personalities of the parakeets Belle and Striker, as well as a photo of the two climbing the blogger’s arm
Grooming
Parakeets are highly social birds; they travel in enormous flocks sometimes in their native land of Australia; and in homes they are likely to form close bonds with one another, and often the humans in the house as well. Grooming is often thought to be a social behavior; it not only helps clean those hard [...]
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