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Excuse double post, my precious bbs are all grown
 

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Some awful woman called Pearl a flying rat and kept muttering "kill it" while we were out today. Pearl got the last laugh, though. The woman was dumb enough to get her crack pipe and drug paraphernalia out so Pearl got the security guard who got her to leave. Like a boss, she then returned to her delicious millet snack.

Don't mess with inner city birbs. They know where to find the security guard.
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Some awful woman called Pearl a flying rat and kept muttering "kill it" while we were out today. Pearl got the last laugh, though. The woman was dumb enough to get her crack pipe and drug paraphernalia out so Pearl got the security guard who got her to leave. Like a boss, she then returned to her delicious millet snack.

Don't mess with inner city birbs. They know where to find the security guard.View attachment 3710000
Is that a harness and leash on her? That's quite cute, never knew they made those!
 
I'd love to have a leash for the Feathery Asshole Overlord of the House - except the last time I got one for him, he screamed like a banshee, partially degloved the tip of a finger and then managed to wedge his beak under a strap and gnawed on it until it was no more. And this was after the 'proper introducing your African Gray to new things' bullshit that stretched over 2 weeks.
 
Saw a beautiful little snowy egret at the beach the other day. We were alone and it was stepping along the waterline. It let me get quite close, about 5 yards away and I saw that every time it would take a step, it would wiggle its knee, I realized it was stirring up mud to find little critters to eat. This isn’t my photo but close enough. The herons up north are so much more solitary, you have to admire them from far as a white speck in the trees.
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I'd love to have a leash for the Feathery Asshole Overlord of the House - except the last time I got one for him, he screamed like a banshee, partially degloved the tip of a finger and then managed to wedge his beak under a strap and gnawed on it until it was no more. And this was after the 'proper introducing your African Gray to new things' bullshit that stretched over 2 weeks.
I understand. Of the 5 birbs that we are servants to, only 2 will tolerate the harness and only Pearl does not chew the crap out of hers.
 
This is counter-productive. If you accept that it's your lot in life to be a servant to this birb, it will reward you by not shitting on your car, house, and other outdoor personal belongings as well as let you know when there are people around your property that shouldn't be. It will also teach its young that you are cool, which can provide you with years of entertainment.
 
I love it when the baby corvids around here do that at their parents and older siblings, despite the food offerings being on the ground right in front of their little feet. Babies wanna be babied for as long as possible. The sound they make when they get fed is hilariously adorable; the only way I can think to explain it is a more birdlike version of Yoshi going "AWOWOWOWOH!".
 
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