What is your favorite bird? And every fowl encounter you've had under the sun

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You people are reminding me of the talking bird set.

A friend of mine had a Cocatiel she would take in the car with her. After a while you could hear the bird’s learned response:
“Idiot driver. Idiot driver. Idiot driver”
 
I had an orange-winged amazon parrot back in my pet shop days, and it said a few words, mostly hello. It would mumble unintelligibly too, which sounded like people talking indistinctly from far away. It had a thing for women who wore sparkly jewelry, and it would excitedly display ruffled feathers and dilate its eyes for them. Casanova parrot.
 
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A friend of mine had a Cocatiel she would take in the car with her. After a while you could hear the bird’s learned response:

“Idiot driver. Idiot driver. Idiot driver”
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A young man named Jon received a parrot as a gift. Unfortunately, the parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.

Jon tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music, reading scripture to the bird, and anything else he could think of to “clean up” the bird’s vocabulary, but it continued to spew profanities at a remarkable rate.

Finally Jon was fed up. He yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. Jon shook the parrot and the parrot got even angrier and more rude. In desperation, Jon finally grabbed the bird and shut him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then, suddenly there was total quiet, not a peep was heard.

Fearing he had killed the foul-mouthed bird, Jon quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto Jon’s outstretched arm and said “I believe I may have offended you with my crude language and actions. I am sincerely remorseful for any inappropriate transgressions and fully intend to do everything I can do to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior.”

Jon was stunned at the change in the bird’s attitude. He was about to ask the parrot why he had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, but the bird continued…

“By the way, what did the TURKEY DO?”
 
I like swans.

I recently learned they fly.

They are terrifying when they fly. They look like pterodactyls.

I also like ducks. They are so cute and funny.
 
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I do love birds and rabbits but I wish they were more potty trained. 🙂
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Indeed. For the better part of 14 years, I lived in places where I had to park on the street under giant trees. I think the birds thought my car was the toilet. After washing the car, it would take literally less than an hour before it got tagged again. 🐦
 
The white swans look so beautiful 🙂 We have the black swans here in Australia.
 
My cover is blown 😁 I’m loving learning about other countries birds.
 
I’m really enjoying your photos. It’s always a puzzle for me when I don’t recognize the species.

I lived in Australia as a young tad from 1970-72. I remember the kookaburras, rosellas, galas and the lyrebird best
 
@tad, your photos inspired me to dust off my old photo collection. I am not much of a birder, but I take pictures when the opportunity arises. In June 2012, I took a canoe out to the nesting ground of some Great Blue Herons (I believe) in northeast Massachusetts.

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Adult with three chicks:
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Adult feeding chicks(?):
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Chicks alone:
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Those are lovely photos, RandomAlias. 😁

The babies are so huge! The nests must be really large, like those of an eagle’s nest.

I have seen photos of a stork’s nest. Those are incredibly large, too.

Some of these birds need really large nests to hold their babies once they have them. 🙂
 
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The babies are so huge!
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Yes, I was wondering how early in the year they hatched, so that by early June they grew so big. And to think, the parents have to catch enough food for all of them. It’s like feeding three hungry teenagers!
 
I have done this. My yard is filled with seed bearing plants, grapes & berries, pinecones and there are horse chestnut trees on my street.
I use native plants, let everything go to seed and leave it natural for the winter. We have 7 cardinal couples ( they mate for life, ya know), bluejays, black-capped chickadees (trying to get them to eat out of my hand), and bluebirds. We get Orioles from time to time, and some hummingbirds in the summer. We also get a variety of butterflies.
It’s my little piece of heaven in the middle of a large urban center. ☺️
 
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