Show us photos of your birds preening themselves!

[Cindy215]

Originally Posted by ROYJOY

that was a great idea, pictures of birds doing what they do! most pictures look posed. action pictures look more candid. i wish i had a better camera. still working on that. hey lets see some birds in flight, or should i start a different thread for that? im still so new.

double jointed grooming and flight...check out her awesome wingspan lol (she's doing a difficult u-turn she worked on for a couple of hours there...)

[ROYJOY]

thats cool. my 7 week old white zebra finches are practicing the u turn. some of my adults dont even do that. maybe the need just hasnt arived. the young ones seem to enjoy it in there play

[homebird]

Cindy215 - those 2 P'lets are too cute! I love everyones' photos but i just had to say something there.

Regarding the flight prowess of little birds - Laker has taken to following us everywhere [have to be doubly careful] - recently he calls to me if i'm in the en-suite bathroom & then if the light isn't on, you see him flying into the walk-in-closet & out again as he looks for a way to me - he won't go into a dark room - so if the bathroom light is on i have a bird on my head in minutes! But the walk-in-closet is pretty small & he just hovers or does quick turn-arounds!

Little birds have a lot to offer - it's not just the big guys that are a hoot.

PS to ROYJOY - i really hope you can get some photos going - finches are great too!

[svolk]

Both Jerry and Lulu are very skilled fliers as well (maybe we need a thread about this ). Lulu is famous for her U-turns. If we try and send her across the room to another person or gym she will usually boomerang right back to us

I love what I call the Swan Dive that Jerry does - I'll gently toss him and he'll wait a few seconds before opening his wings, so very graceful. Gosh I need to get videos of this stuff!

[ROYJOY]

my babies learned to hover right away too. i thought that would come later in advanced flight school, but they were hovering when they were learning how to land.... hey look, monica started a flight thread, the pics are just beautiful, yeah!!

[GreetingCardReligion]

Look at all those beautiful birdies! I want to share too!