#bird owner

[thedosboys]

I call this unflattering photos of my pets

[wild-raven-and-crow]

How to Get a Bird Back When it Flies Away

(This applies to corvids, parrots, and some other birds.)

I have heard people say that if your bird flies away you'll never get it back, but if you know what to do parrots and corvids are some of the easiest birds to get back.

Here are a few ideas about what to do:

Watch direction of flight so even if it flies out of sight, you know what direction to start looking in. Depending on the type of bird and how frightened it is, the bird may fly miles before landing.

If a bird is frightened, it is likely to fly in a fairly straight line away from whatever upset it.

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR BIRD even if you have waited for hours below it and it hasn't flown down to you. If night falls, and you are unable to stay with the bird, make absolutely sure you are back before dawn when the bird will wake up. The bird is very likely to fly somewhere new at dawn, or start looking for you. I can't stress this enough: you need almost unreasonable amounts of patience. It may take your bird many hours (perhaps even days) to fly down to you, but don't lose hope. (If you don't know for sure where the bird is, make sure you start looking for it again at dawn.)

Have someone else go get treats to lure the bird down, or its cage if that is available. (If the bird likes its cage, that can act as a lure.)

Things you can do to prepare for this ahead of time:

Teach your bird to come to its name.

Teach it to fly down to you. ("Stepping up" and flying upwards to you are not equivalent to flying down. Flying down takes different skills.)

Record its calls, so you can replay them for it when it flies off. If you can't see the bird or the bird can't see you, you can replay the recordings to help call it to you.

If your bird has unclipped wings, but never flies because its wings were clipped so young that it doesn't know how, either keep its wings clipped or teach it to fly. Otherwise it may spontaneously fly off your shoulder when its outside and not know how to fly back to you.

[sambadelinda]

Linda and her Bird Pet, Jewel 🩷💙✨️

[urlocalshroomdealer]

it’s all fun and games until your parrot notices your acne

[joellesbirds]

who said only cats can like boxes?

[chaoticpandemonium]

Trying to discover of I'm insane for thinking that bird owners are more likely to be artists. Being an artist also doesn't mean it's your profession. Please share!

[jollymalt]

bird owner tweek scribbles

[hmillustrations]

[spookychomp]

Day 1: Pokémon

“You got verrrry big, hm?”

Oh this was a delight!

A bit of an aside, but birds are one of my biggest special interests. I take great joy in imagining Emmet as a bird owner, because that is just an overall chaotic experience.

(Ayy bby dm me for BIRD FACTS lmao)

[bogleech]

At this point the best thing we can hope for is that the robot uprising happens at precisely the point when robots are an everyday thing for exclusively rich people. Like if they all rush to turn their ugly McMansions into “smart” McMansions just to show off, all a good 10-20 years before that could have ever become affordable to the average normal person. All their houses eat them and have no beef with the rest of us.

[thedosboys]

Pepper was sad that I was leaving this morning and not letting her out of her cage

But bandit says no paparazzi

[edorazzi]

Felix would like to think he’s a stone cold villain, but he dotes on his kwami just as much as the heroes. Duusu has basic needs Shadow Moth never addressed! >:’0

[sambadelinda]

Linda & Jewel 🦋🦜💕✨️

("What if Linda from Samba de Amigo adopts Jewel the Blue Macaw from Rio 2011 Movie?")

[todaysbird]

[blood-orange-juice]

Hot take: zhongchi is an *insanely* problematic ship.

One of the guys is 5000 years old and the other is, what, 22 max? I don't understand how you people are not finding it weird.

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

I wouldn't mind huffing Ga- (gunshot)

anons snorting Gay in my inbox.. stay safe