I too am an avian enthusiast! In fact I just joined Steemit & a lot of my content will focus on my life rehabbing rescue parrots (yes i trained for this! Was I crazy?! Lol)

Another cool fact: Parrots are able to create a bond to their mate & flock (& owner/single human) that is so strong they can almost feel what we feel. If their mate dies, they will often die of depression. 😭

There’s one species of nocturnal non-flying parrot in New Zealand called The Kakapo (its a fun word to say!) They are endangered. They cannot fly & instead nest on the ground or under porches. They only come out at night to breed but due to lack of suitable mates in close range, they often have to be coaxed out from under porches to go to the forest nightclub for a date. This is why they’re endangered.

Parrots are so smart, they are very similar to having a 2-4 year old child who never grows up. This means a bird is perpetually stuck in his “terrible twos” of tantrums and continual learning and wanting to try new things but often with a lack of maturity to know what they’re getting into.

They’re not like dogs or cats who only learn what you teach them mixed with their instinctual behaviors, they are learning every day. That mean comment they heard on tv: memorized! That dirty joke your bad told: yep! Lol. They’re a constant hoot. Super fun but like having a kid full time. Not a low maintainable pet.

Their alone diets in captivity are super complex. I do more cooking for them than for myself. Lol. As are all the things an owner has to give up: candles, perfumes, earrings, clothes that don’t have holes in them, fireplaces, etc. They’re super sensitive to fumes. So no febreeze or harsh cleaning chemicals.

Stop by my blog and we can chat about birds any time you want. I hope to find more bird peeps around here. One of my boys wants to be a gangsta rapper someday and Idk where he learned it but we cannot get the #ThugLife out of him. 😂🙈